TTnet Annual Conference

1
TTnet Annual Conference

• Session 3
• Expanding the network to include the New Member
  States
• Review of the process and main issues
• Mara Brugia
• TTnet Coordinator

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Expanding the network to include New Member States

• a) process launched in autumn 2002 in close
  cooperation with the ETF
• b) gradual and case-by-case approach reflecting
  the countries needs, priorities, demands and
  proposals

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Stages of the process

• a conference held in November 2002 in connection
  with the Danish EU Presidency
• consultation of the 13 countries on the basis of
  a vademecum and a questionnaire developed by
  Cedefop
• small working group (ETF, Cedefop, TTnet,
  acceding countries) set up to analyse the
  countries replies

4
Country frameworks

• Country frameworks drafted for the 6
  countries prepared to join TTnet (Estonia,
  Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia)
• priority issues in the field of teacher training
  within each country, checked against the
  priorities expressed by the countries
• EU priority issues for teachers and trainers
• TTnet achievements and good examples of practices

5
Issues to be raised

• how to integrate the acceding and candidate
  countries in TTnet activities?
• how to promote active partnership between
  existing TTnet networks and newly created
  networks?

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Final stage of the process

• Road map to be established for the association
  of the acceding and candidate countries with
  TTnet activities