KAUNAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CRAFTS

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KAUNAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CRAFTS
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The Chambers structure
President
Vice-Presidents (5)
BOARD
COMMITTEES
Membership
Social partnership
Innovations
Business environment
Health care
ENTERPRISES
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INSTRUMENTS OF ACTIVITY
CCIC, VET, Public administration laws.
Governmental decisions
Legal background
BCCA, LCCIC, Eurochambres, EIC, Ministries,
associations and universities.
Networks
Instruments
CRM, internet, intranet, emails, events, forums,
business clubs, etc.
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Representation
Club activity
Information
International support
Regional development
Business interests
Vocational training and Social partnership
EIC
Documents
Training of businessmen
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A BUDGET STRUCTURE
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Main tasks of VET department since 2001

• Organizing of qualification
• examinations in VET schools (Kaunas and
  Marijampole regions)
• Project activities
• Short-term seminars.
• Social partnership
• committee

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Employers functions represented by CCIC

• Vet policy (national and regional level)
• Delegating experts for Experts Group of Economic
  branches (VET standards)
• Evaluation of new training programmes content
• Practical training of VET students in companies
• VET qualification examination.

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LEGAL BASE FOR VET DEPARTMENT VET LAW IN 1997

• CCI Chamber competent institution
• CCI Chamber participates in organization of
  final examinations in VET schools
• CCI Chamber registers and supervises tripartite
  contracts between enterprise, school and student
• National VET board formed in tripartite
  principle
• Member of Regional VET Council.

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Organising final qualification examinations in
VET schools

• CCIC sets time and place of examinations
• Nominates members of evaluation board (employee
  and employer)
• Prepare tasks of examination
• Supervises examinations
• Organises evaluation of VET curriculum.

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VET law will be changed

• Changes of VET concept in Lithuania.
• Changes in other related laws (Law of education,
  Labor Code) and documents
• Creation of National qualification system (8
  levels)
• Assure recognition of acquired competences (in
  the context of Life long learning).

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What will be changed with new VET law?

• More functions to Social partners
• VET will be treated as LLL process
• Formalizing of non-formal learning
• Quality assurance

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Whats waiting for the Chamber?

• Role of competence assessing and recognition
  institution
• Accreditation of VET programmes
• Analysis of Labor market qualification needs
• More functions as a regional coordinator
• Supervision of practical training.

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EU ESF Development of competences assessment and
recognition system in VET Project period
2005-2008
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Project partnership

• Project coordinator LR Ministry of Education
  and Science
• Project partners Kaunas CCIC, Vilnius CCIC,
  Klaipeda CCIC, Paneveys CCIC, iauliai CCIC, The
  Chamber of Agriculture.

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Main tasks

• Training of specialists from VET departments (14)
• Prepared unified/standard final qualification
  examinations tasks for theoretical and practical
  examination for 34 VET programmes in the whole of
  Lithuania.
• First time in Lithuania we have started with
  electronic examination.
• Supervising of practical training basis in
  companies (with certification from chamber).

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Social partnership committee(16 VET schools, 2
colleges, 10 leading companies from different
sectors)

• Solving regional problems of VET (quality
• assurance, innovative curriculum development)
• Awards of best VET school in the region
• Seminars with legal representatives from local
  and national authorities ministries, labor
  offices,
• companies)

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Short-term seminars

• Projects management
• Changes in law
• Finances
• Marketing, marketing strategies
• Management, negotiation skills
• Export skills development
• Business etiquete

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Activities of The Chamber in Higher education

• Participates in the evaluation and accreditation
  process of colleges.
• Participates in the development of the National
  Qualification System.
• Active co-operation with colleges and
  universities in the developmemt of the training
  programmes and methodological guidebooks for
  SMEs.
• Co-operation in providing training seminars for
  SMEs.
• Joint efforts in the research of skills needs,
  etc.