The EuroSkills Preview

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The EuroSkillsPreview

• Welcome
• Rotterdam, 16 March 2007

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The EuroSkillsPreview

• Presentation by Mr. Jos de Goey
• Rotterdam, 16 March 2007
• Managing Director Skills Netherlands

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Our ambitions

• A new platform for the promotion of European
  trades, craftsmanship and vocational education
• Exploring new concepts for competition,
  interaction and communication
• Finding the right balance between tradition and
  innovation
• in competitions
• in trades and craftsmanship
• High involvement of (new) industry and sector
  organizations
• Presentation at WorldSkills General Assembly May
  2006

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Our achievements so far

• 18 EU countries signed the EuroSkills Support
  Letter and joined the Development Workgroup.
• Several new national Skills organisations are set
  up
• 50 trades are selected for competitions and
  demonstrations
• Including new trades in modern (gaming) and
  traditional skills areas (locksmith) and even
  arts (fashion designer)
• Political and financial support of European
  Commission, Dutch Ministries, City of Rotterdam
  and individual companies

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At the Skills Masters

• Founding of ESPO, the European Skills Promotion
  Organisation
• To ensure continuity and a sustainable approach
  towards Skills competitions in Europe
• To establish a network of Skills organisations
  for future developments and innovation
• To create a platform for communication with
  European stakeholders
• To have a legal entity for sponsors and partners
• The EuroSkills Preview
• First try-out of new concepts and approaches

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Get inspired

• at our EuroSkills Preview!
• How to improve existing competition concepts?
• How to integrate different trades and
  disciplines?
• How to involve your audience
• How to promote personal excellence
• How to inform about educational pathways
• How to establish a truly European approach in
  vocational education and craftsmanship

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The EuroSkillsPreview

• Thank you for your attention

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Innovation of the competition formats at
EuroSkills 2008

• Rotterdam, 16 March 2007
• Stefan Praschl
• Board member ESPO

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Basic Idea (1)

• Organise international vocational competitions in
  which current vocational training and excellent
  vocational skills are at the forefront.
• EuroSkills event should represent the vocations
  and skills necessary for Europes competitive
  edge in the world. The following sectors are
  involved
• Modern, high-tech vocations
• Traditional trades
• Innovative trades in ICT
• Trades requiring social and communications skills

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Basic Idea (2)

• The presentation of the trades should have a
  thematic, open and recognisable approach in which
  seeing (the competitions and demonstrations) and
  experiencing (the participation events) play an
  important role.
• The heart of the event will always be the
  competitions they have the greatest value in
  publicity terms. To honour a winner ist to create
  a hero!
• It is therefore necessary to apply competitions
  models that enable the skills of the competitors
  to be displayed and measured in a way that
  attracts public interest.
• There must also be room to showcase trades that
  cannot be presented in a competition format, by
  including demonstrations or presentations.

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Basic Idea (3)

• Competitions, Hands-on Demonstrations,
  Demonstrations
• Duration of the competition
• Maximum of 18 hours, divided in periods of three
  days
• Numbers and types of competitors
• Age criteria (between 18 to 25 years) which may
  vary per competition field
• For a team competition it is not essential, that
  one country will be able to field a complete
  team. Individually registered competitors will be
  divided between the teams.
• Assessors
• Number is limited, varies per competition field
• Official language
• English

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Competition Formats (1)

• Individual, modular competitions
• Individual, multi-disciplinary competitions
• Team competition, multi-disciplinary
• Team competition, challenge
• A very important element of all competition
  formats is the presentation of the trades to the
  public, and the interactivity with the public. To
  ensure this element it is defined in the
  Technical Outlines per skill.

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Competition Formats (2)

• Individual, modular competitions
• Skills modules, separate prizes can be awarded
  for each module (Tour de France-principle)
• Individual, multi-disciplinary competitions
• The various skills of the competitor are assessed
  on the basis of the end result. Not the process
  leading to the result is important, but the way
  it is presented and explained.The presentation
  during the competition will focus strongly on the
  public response, since it is a model that is
  especially suited to creative trades
  (hairdressing, floristry, ...)

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Competition Formats (3)

• Team competition, multi-disciplinary
• In a multi-disciplinary team competition, for
  example, a small business will be under the
  spotlight as it presents a selection of trades
  within one framework. The various disciplines
  within this framework should work together to
  perform individual projects, whereby
  international communication and organisation play
  an important role. Individual skills and working
  together will both be assessed.

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Competition Formats (4)

• Team competition, challenge
• In a challenge team competition a team comprising
  several disciplines works together to find a
  solution to a problem outlined in advance. This
  means that cooperation between team members
  extends beyond just the production. Other skills
  include the design of solutions, drawing up
  calculations, purchasing materials and obtaining
  the required knowledge or expertise. The end
  result, and therefore the team, will be assessed
  (for example Landscape Challenge)

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Competition Formats (5)

• For example Building Construction
• A number of trades (Brick Layer, Wall and Floor
  Tiler, Carpenter, Metall Roofing, Stonemasoner)
  will be brought together to work towards a joint
  end product.
• Competition floor Skeleton of an apartment (50
  m²) including a living room, bedroom, kitchen and
  bathroom.
• Within this context, through discussions among
  the team members and, where required in sequence,
  the team members can perform their skills to
  finish off the apartment.
• So far as assessment of the test projects is
  concerned, the scheme must ensure that it is
  possible to evaluate the individual skills,
  including social skills, as well as evaluate team
  performance.

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Awarding System

• To win or not to win an award at competitions has
  large consequences for the attention the
  achievement receives in the media
• Due to the fact that EuroSkills premises
  promotion of vocational skills, to send
  competitors home without an award is a negative
  way to get media attention
• From this view, for the distribution of the
  awards a modus has to be found in which winning
  awards for a larger number of competitors is a
  possibility. In this it is not the intention to
  devaluate the value of gold, silver and bronze
  too much. Medals are only awarded to the best
• Not just awarding for the basis for the complete
  final result, but for finished units within that
  final product

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Innovation of the competition formats at
EuroSkills 2008

• Thank you for your attention!

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EuroSkills 2008 Event Design

• Rotterdam, 16 March 2007
• Thom ter Stege
• Project Manager EuroSkills

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Objective Preview

• Get a first idea on how EuroSkills 2008 will
  look like.
• A glance of the EuroSkills competition formats.

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Target Groups Preview

• Representatives from Educational and Sector
  organisations from approx. 20 European countries,
  interested in participation in EuroSkills 2008
• Representatives from EU DG EAC
• Representatives from European Ministries of
  Education
• Representatives from NA Leonardo da Vinci
• Members of WorldSkills
• All visitors of Skills Masters (15 to 20
  thousand) have the opportunity to visit the
  EuroSkills Preview.

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Set up Preview

• We present five different EuroSkills
  presentations of competitions and demonstrations
  from the following domains
• Transport Logistics (Automotive)
• Manufacturing Engineering technology
• Construction building technology
• Graphic design media

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Preview is a test for

• Providing a clear message to the public
• Attractive presentation of the messages
• New competition formats

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Set up EuroSkills Preview
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Preview during Skills Masters07
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Key items

• Attractive Boarding
• Interaction with the public through electronic
  screens, integrated in the Boarding
• Info Booth at the Centre of each Competition
  Segment
• Above each Competition Segment an Eye-Catcher

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Clear communication to the public

• Basic information in screens in boarding
• Covering the following
• Kind of presentation competition or
  demonstration?
• Which trades are involved in the presentation?
• What is the general assignment?
• Who are the participants, competitors, their
  trades and origin?
• What is special in this presentation?

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Expected Results

• Feedback on floor plan
• Feedback on way of providing information to the
  public
• Inspiration for the development of new
  competitions
• International cooperation
• New registrations of competitions
• Promotion of EuroSkills 2008!

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EuroSkills 2008 Event Design

• Thank you for your attention

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What do you think?

• About the improvement existing competition
  concepts?
• About the integration of different trades and
  disciplines?
• About the involvement of the audience?
• About a truly European approach in vocational
  education and craftsmanship?

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• Thank you for your visit