Conference “Work-based Learning: a road to opportunities“ - Belgrade, 12 June 2018
12June, 2018
PROGRAMME Tuesday, 12 June 2018.
Moderator of the conference: Dragan Ilić, journalist
09:30 – 10:00
Registration of participants
10:00 – 10:30
Opening speeches
Gabrijela Grujić, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia
Leonie Reimers, Head of Development Cooperation, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Serbia
Mirjana Kovačević, Chief of Centre for Education, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
10:30 – 11:05
Keynote speech:
Thomas Mayr, Managing Director, ibw Austria – Research & Development in VET
11:05 – 11:10
Short movie
11:10 – 11:45
Coffee break
11:45 – 12:45
National model of dual education - Recent developments in Serbia and current practice
Gabrijela Grujić, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
Mirjana Kovačević, Chief of Centre for Education, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
with support of school principals and companies’ representatives who will share their experiences about working together through short testimonies:
Mira Lekić, Acting Director of the Trade school from Belgrade
Dragan Kovačević, Training Expert, VIP mobile company
Milivoje Đorđević, Director of the Technical school from Vlasotince
Vladica Stanković, Director at "Gruner Serbian" from Vlasotince
Dragan Tucaković, Director of the Technical school from Užice
Nataša Pančić, HR Director at the Copper Mill Sevojno
12:45 – 13:30
Expert interviews and discussions
Alper Dincer, Principal Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development:Models of
cooperation between public and private sector (employers) on WBL in WB countriesM
Stefan Thomas, VET Specialist, European Training Foundation: Achieving complementarity between skills and labor market – mission possible?
Interviewer: Tina Šarić, Director, Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Parallel Working Groups
WG 1 - Employment Introduction speech: Miloš Bogunović, Human resources manager at cargo-partner,
Lara Lebedinski, Researcher, Foundation for the Advancement of Economics and Institute of Economic Sciences and
Tijana Samardžić, HR partner, VIP mobile company
- Group work and discussion Moderators: Ivana Kovačević and Ana Stojanović, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
WG 2 - Quality Management Introduction speech: Gordana Kovačev, Director, Economic trade school Bečej
- Group work and discussion Moderators: Tatijana Glišić, Institute for the Improvement of Education
WG 3 - VET Permeability Introduction speech: Kurt Schmid, Senior Researcher, ibw Austria – Research & Development in VET
- Group work and discussion Moderators: Jasminka Čekić Marković and Dejan Stanković, Centre for Education Policy
WG 4 - Youth at risk Introduction speech: Lida Kita, Specialist in VET and Social Inclusion - Country Desk Serbia and Turkey, European Training Foundation
- Group work and discussion Moderators: Jelena Marković, consultant
15:30 – 16:15
Coffee break and presentation of the WGs conclusions (World cafe method)
16:15 – 16:30
Work based learning mission accomplished - success stories
Miloš Tatić, former student of the Technical school from Pećinci and employee of the company Robert Bosch d.o.o.
Zoltan Kuti, former student of the Technical school from Subotica and employee of the company Montavar Metalna Lola
16:30 – 17:15
Closing speech: How can we wisely approach an unpredictable future?
Clemens Wieland, Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung
17:15 – 17:30
Closing remarks
Ann-Kathrin Hentschel, Leader of the project “Reform of Vocational Education and Training in Serbia”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH