EstoSkills International Conference Role of ESPO in promoting VET through the EuroSkills event

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EstoSkills- International ConferenceRole of
ESPO in promoting VET through the EuroSkills
event

• Presentation by
• Mr. Thom ter Stege
• Secretary General ESPO
• Tallinn, December 4th, 2009

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ESPOs - mission

• Skills
• for a
• Strong Europe

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ESPO - activities

• Organising a biennial European skills competition
  event called EuroSkills.
• EuroSkills 2008 will have a follow up
• in 2010 EuroSkills will be organised by
• Skills Portugal (part of IEFP) in Lisbon
  (Portugal),
• in 2012 EuroSkills will be organised in Belgium.
• The concept of ES08 will be used in ES events in
  10 and 12,
• Member countries can express their interest for
  organizing future ES event. (first interest from
  members to organise ES2014 already received)

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ESPO - activities

• Support ESPO member states countries in
  establishing and further developing a national
  skills structure.
• - Organisational support in setting up a
  national structure and partner networks
• - Development of national (and/or regional)
  skills competitions
• - Use ESPO International network
• - Through the support program and with the
  financial support from the EC,
• ESPO will support countries in a way which
  best suits each country

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ESPO - activities

• Supporting EU programmes and policy on vocational
  education and training throughout Europe (e.g. by
  disseminating and valorising projects and their
  results).
• By using results from EU-projects and link them
  to Skills competitions. E.g. EQF-projects,
  mobility projects, EU networking projects etc.
• Creating and maintaining international and
  national platforms for the collaboration of
  Industry and VET through Skills Competitions
• The working together between National Skills
  Organisations will improve through the working
  together in ESPO. It gives the members also the
  opportunity to benefit more from other VET,
  industry networks and European government
  involvement.

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ESPO - activities

• Engaging with companies and social partners to
  promote quality of skills in trades, crafts and
  modern technical occupations.
• Promotionally, there can be gained a lot by
  organizing partnerships with companies. Existing
  EU-competitions can gain more from working
  together.
• Cooperating with European organisations in the
  field of VET in promoting skills excellence.
• Cedefop, ETF, Efvet and other European
  organisations who now more and more are aware of
  the existence of Skills competitions as a tool
  for raising the attractiveness of VET.
• Promoting European Skills on a global level in
  cooperation with WorldSkills International and
  other regional skills organisations.
• Europe is a strong participant in WorldSkills.
  Over 50 of the candidates of WS in November
  2007, Japan and 2009 in Calgary came from the EU.
  Working together benefits both organisations
  objectives.
• MoU with WSI is signed

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MOU WSI-ESPO
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ESPO Board
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ESPO Organisation
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Actual ESPO Membership status

• Full ESPO Members
• Members with WorldSkills experience
• Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia,
  Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland,
  Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal,
  Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and
  UK
• (20 member countries)
• Non WorldSkills members
• Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece,
  Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia,
  Slovenia and Turkey
• (11 member countries)
• Total ESPO member countries 31

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EuroSkills Event
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The EuroSkills Event

• Skills Promotions, including
• Competitions (Individual and Teams),
• Demonstrations and
• Try-a-Trade (See, feel and touch)
• Conferences Seminars
• Company/Product presentations
• Networking

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EuroSkills 2008 - facts

• EuroSkills 2008 18-20 September 2008
  Rotterdam
• Ahoy Venue, Rotterdam 50.000m2
• Participation of 420 competitors from 29 (of
  the 31) ESPO member countries
• Within six Skills domains representation of over
  50 trades in 26 competitions,
• A lot of new concepts with a focus on team
  competitions,
• Concept development through ESPOs Competition
  Development Committee,
• Interact with the public Have a go or Try a
  Trade, around 30.000 visitors
• EuroSkillsVillage for topic related Conferences
  and Seminars.
• Financed by European Commission, Dutch
  Government, City of Rotterdam, Sector
  organizations Sponsors.

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EuroSkills 2008 An impression
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EuroSkills 2010 Lisbon
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EuroSkills 2010 Lisbon

• EuroSkills Lisboa 2010 in figures
• 500 youngsters from 31 Countries will
  participate in
• 31 competitons with 51 trades in 6 domains means
• 9.000 hours of competition
• 800 international Judges, Experts and Observers
  involved
• 50,000 m2 Competition area
• 2,000 People involved in the organization
• 50,000 Visitors

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EuroSkills Competitions in 2010

• Skills Promotions (31) in 6 different domains
• Each Skills Promotion consists of 3 elements
• -Competitions (Individual Team)
• -Demonstrations
• -Try a Trade (See, feel, touch principle)
• All Skills Promotions are fully developed by
  teams of European Experts and documented in a
  Technical Outline
• All competitions based on Competence based
  qualification profiles

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EuroSkills Competitions in 2010

• All Skills Promotions take 2 ½ day in competition
• All competitions are carried out under the rules
  of the EuroSkills Competition rules, developed by
  EU experts and evaluated after each event
• International Skills Management Teams are
  established during the events for assessment

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EuroSkills Competitions in 2010

• Creative Arts Fashion
• 1010 Floristry
• 1030 Window display
• 1040 Hairdressing
• 1050 Shoe maker
• 1060 Fashion
• 1070 Stonemasonry
• 1080 Goldsmith
• Information Communication Technology
• 2010 Office ICT Team
• 2020 Cross Media Publishing
• Manufacturing Engineering Technology
• 3010 Manufacturing technologies
• 3020 CAD
• 3070 Mobile Robotics
• 3080 Mechatronics
• 3090 Electronics

• Construction Building
• 4010 Landscape Gardening Design
• 4020 Installation Technology
• 4030 Building Construction
• 4040 Plastering
• 4050 Painting
• 4060 Road construction
• 4070 Woodcraft Technology
• 4100 Dry Wall System      
• Transportation Logistics
• 5010 Transport Technology
• 5020 Automotive Technology Light Vehicle
• 5040 Motorcycle Technology      
• Social, Personal Hospitality Services
• 6020 Caring
• 6030 Farrier
• 6040 Cleaning services

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EuroSkills 2010 Lisbon
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EuroSkills 2010Venue
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EuroSkills VillageConferences Seminars
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WorldSkills and EuroSkills competitions

• Sep 2008, Rotterdam, NL 1-st EuroSkills
  competition
• Sep 2009, Calgary, Canada 40-th WorldSkills
  Competition
• Nov. 23-26th, Lisbon, Portugal 2-nd EuroSkills
  competition
• Oct 2011, London, UK 41-st WorldSkills
  Competition
• Sept. 2012, Spa, Belgium 3-rd EuroSkills
  competition
• July 2013, Leipzig, Germany 42nd WorldSkills
  competition

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Any Questions ?

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Thank you