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1 Building the qualifications pillar Pedro Chaves- DG Employment Spyros Papaioannou- EOPPEP Elvira Raquel Silva- EWF Izabela Milewska- AWS

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4 Article 165 Treaty of Lisbon 1-The Union shall contribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between Member States and, if necessary, by supporting and supplementing their action, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems and their cultural and linguistic diversity

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7 Hellenic Ministry of Education, Research & Religious Affairs ESCO challenges Spyros Papaioannou National Qualifications Framework Department E.O.P.P.E.P. 09 Oct. 2017

8 Hellenic Qualifications Framework (HQF) E.O.P.P.E.P. is the competent body for the creation and development of the HQF and its referencing to the EQF, under the supervision and coordination of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs 2015: Development of the Greek Qualifications Register through national action co-financed by the European Social Fund and by National Resources. Operational online The Register is already interconnected with the European Portal "Learning Opportunities and Qualifications in Europe"

9 Greek Qualifications Register Serves the following main purposes: Systematic registration of the "Qualifications" classified into the HQF and, consequently, referenced to the EQF. Interconnection point for the HQF and the EQF. Dissemination of information on the qualifications for all interested parties (learners, employees, the unemployed, employers, education and training providers, bodies for the certification of qualifications, guidance counsellors, professional branches, social partners, etc.). Functions or use scenarios: Search for information in the Qualifications Register related to the wider public. Update information about the qualifications. Refers to users authorized by E.O.P.P.E.P. and by the various qualifications awarding bodies. Edit, verify, and publish information related to the qualifications, in collaboration with the awarding bodies. Refers to internal E.O.P.P.E.P. users. Edit and update the general information concerning the HQF. Refers to internal E.O.P.P.E.P. users. Update - synchronize the Register with the LOQE Portal. Refers to internal E.O.P.P.E.P. users. 2

10 Register: Current state of play QUALIFICATION TYPE LEVEL OF HELLENIC QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK & EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK AMOUNT OF QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ENTERED IN THE REGISTRY 1. Primary School Certificate Lower Secondary School Certificate Vocational Training Institute Certificate (Pistopoiitiko 3 20 Eppaggelmatikis Katartisis Epipedou 1 - I.E.K. 4. Vocational School Certificate (EPAS) General Upper Secondary School Certificate Vocational Upper Secondary School Certificate (EPAL) Vocational Upper Secondary School Degree - EPAL Vocational Training Diploma (Diploma Epaggelmatikis Eidikotitas I.E.K.) 9. Post Secondary and not Higher Education Diploma or Degree Bachelor s Degree Master's Degree Doctorate 8 37 TOTAL 674

11 Added value to publish in ESCO Increase of transparency and comparability of Greek qualifications in Greece and in EU Member States Prestige publishing the inclusion of qualifications to ESCO for: awarding bodies students E.O.P.P.E.P.

12 Expectations publishing in ESCO E.O.P.P.E.P. expects to become a qualifications centre where different stakeholders can receive information related to education and employment Stakeholders such as: students parents researchers awarding bodies social partners employers

13 ESCO future challenges Cooperation among social partners/awarding bodies/professional bodies to match qualifications with occupations and the subsequent work permits Inclusion of old (but still in the market) qualifications to NQF/ Greek Qualifications Register / ESCO pillar Inclusion of more (existing) University qualifications Inclusion of non-formal (existing) qualifications

14 What needs to be done to achieve full transparency of qualifications in the labour market Dissemination of quality characteristics of ESCO to market actors via EC networks such as Europass, Euroguidance, ECVET, NQF/NCP, EQAVET

15 Hellenic Ministry of Education, Research & Religious Affairs 41 Ethnikis Antistaseos Avenue, Νea Ionia, Greece Thank you for your attention! Spyros Papaioannou, Tel

16 EDUCATION WORKSHOP BUILDING THE QUALIFICATIONS PILLAR LINKING INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO ESCO - THE WELDING SECTOR EXPERIENCE C O N F E R E N C E : C O N N E C T I N G PEOPLE A N D J O B S MONDAY, 9th October 2017 E LV I R A RAQUEL S I LVA, P R O J E C T M A N A G E R

17 EWF QUALIFICATION SYSTEM

18 EWF System Harmonised Qualification System: from project management to workshop level used in 46 countries, 650 training schools referred in CEN and ISO Standards based in training guidelines based in harmonised examination database Success driven by recognition of quality of the system by stakeholders Quality Quality Assurance System based on: Rules/Requirements for Authorised Nominated Bodies (ANBs) Rules/Requirements for Authorised Training Bodies (ATBs) Harmonised Assessors Training and Peer Review Experience to be benchmarked to other professions. Experience Benchmark 25 Years of experience in international qualification of personnel for the manufacturing industries Excellence in Welding Technology, Qualification and Certification since 1992

19 EWF System relevance and benefits Driven by sectors need for qualified personnel Reduce skills mismatch Assure harmonised knowledge, skills and competences at the international level Guarantee mobility of workers in Europe and outside Europe Recognition by a chain of stakeholders, including representatives from industry and education and training Referred in ISO and CEN Quality Assurance System from the design to the awarding of Qualifications

20 EWF ESCO EXPERIENCE Pilot project Why? To adapt the EWF System by matching to European Tools and Policies for transparency To share a common European reference language for the labour market To increase EWF Qualifications visibility To generate networking between VET Providers, National Authorities, Policy makers, and Industry for a better skills mapping. To serve as a best practice example for other Qualifications benchmarking for several areas

21 Publishing EWF qualifications in ESCO STEP 1 CHOOSE QUALIFICATION STEP 2 USE THE COMMON FORMAT OF INFORMATION STEP 3 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS EWE - Engineer EWT Technologist EWS - Specialist EWP Practitioner EWIP Inspection Personnel (3 levels) EW Welder (3 levels, 4 processes) IWSD Structures Designer (2 levels) Distance Learning International/European Mechanized, Orbital and Robot Welding (2 levels) - Level of difficulty -+ Level of difficulty Level of difficulty

22 Publishing EWF qualifications in ESCO STEP 4 APPLY METADATA TO EWP STEP 5 PUBLICATION ON PILOT WEBISTE STEP 6 REPRODUCE TO REMAINING QUALIFICATIONS ESCO Level of difficulty Level of difficulty

23 Challenges for the future transparency of qualifications To adopt a European common language for qualification, guaranteeing its use in each culture and national context To gain National Agencies and European decision makers trust regarding International Qualification Quality Assurance mechanisms To have a full engagement and co-operation between different organisations at national and European level

24 Next steps to guarantee transparency of qualifications Use a common language for describing International Qualifications Use a common language to describe learning outcomes Define Quality Assurance procedures and criteria for a International Qualification to be recognised (from the design to the awarding) by National Authorities Guarantee access to clear information by all

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26 AWS ESCO pilot project Building qualification pillar with industry-led certification Izabela Milewska, AWS Training and Certification October 9 th, , Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved.

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30 Why is it important? Cloud is the new normal and is accelerating. AWS is innovating faster than ever on behalf of our customers. IDC predicts that within the next 3 years 2/3 of all IT infrastructure and software will be consumed as cloud services.* 30 * Data from the IDC Whitepaper: Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017.

31 A New Challenge Companies need cloud expertise now more than ever 700 Indeed Job Postings that include AWS 600 Relative Percentage *Indeed.com job trends,

32 Companies Need Cloud Expertise 68% 32 *Data from the 2017 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report

33 Research Confirms Training and Certification Effectiveness 78% 73% 69% Likihood to stay With training plan Without training plan Unsure 73% of respondents who pursued certification in the past year noted an increase in their job effectiveness because of related training Employees in organizations with training plans in place reported being less likely to leave their companies 33 *Data from the 2016 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report

34 Why are we here? We acknowledge the fact of digital skills shortage in the EU. We are interested in getting European Citizens trained and certified on digital skills. We also want to learn how cloud skills can help people s careers and businesses. 34

35 AWS ESCO AWS complies with international standards on quality assurance such as ISO Industry-led certification is key on labor market as it recognizes the most recent and the most relevant skills required by employers. Technology innovation will always be ahead of academic curriculum simply for the fast pace it appears on the market. 35

36 Thank you! Izabela Milewska EMEA Education Program Manager

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