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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM AND vocatIonal qualIfIcatIons authorIty ( Vqa ) Firuzan SİLAHŞÖR

NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM AND vocatIonal qualIfIcatIons authorIty ( Vqa ) Firuzan SİLAHŞÖR Head of Department - Occupational Standards 14 May 2009- Bucharest , Romania. CONTENT. Turkey Labour Market Indicators About VQA National Occupational Standards

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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM AND vocatIonal qualIfIcatIons authorIty ( Vqa ) Firuzan SİLAHŞÖR

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  1. NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM AND vocatIonalqualIfIcatIonsauthorIty (Vqa) Firuzan SİLAHŞÖR HeadofDepartment-OccupationalStandards 14 May 2009-Bucharest, Romania

  2. CONTENT • TurkeyLabour Market Indicators • About VQA • NationalOccupationalStandards • NationalQualifications, TestingandCertification • Progress – 2007-2008 • Action Plan - 2009

  3. INDICATORS (December/2008, January- February/2009)

  4. EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE LABOUR FORCE • AccordingtoFebruary 2009 data of TurkishStatisticalInstitute (TUIK); • % 61.5 of unemployed • % 58.3 of employed • areunderhighschoollevel.

  5. DISTRIBUTION OF THE EMPLOYMENT BY SECTORS

  6. ABOUT VQA • EstablishedwiththeLawnumbered 5544 anddated21.09.2006, • Affiliatedorganisation of theMinistry of LabourandSocialSecurity (MoLSS), • Financiallyandadministrativelyautonomous, • Governedbytheequalparticipation of thegovernment, employers, employeesandvocationalorganisations.

  7. BACKGROUND • OccupationalStandardsCommission (OSC) establishedunderthecoordination of TurkishEmploymentAgency(1992) • Pilot studieshavebeenconductedunderthescope of WB EmploymentandTrainingProject, thedraftLaw on NationalOccupationalStandardsAuthority has beenprepared (1995-2000) • The draft has beenrevisedunderthescope of SVET Project fundedbyEC (2003-2006) • Commitment of theGovernmentunderthescope of EU screeningprocess (2006) • Withintheframework of EU harmonisation, theVQA Lawnumbered 5544 has beenapproved(21 September 2006) • The Executive Board has beenelected in VQA General Assembly(8 December 2006) • Thebudget of theAuthority, staffplanningandworkprogrammefor2007 havebeendetermined (28 February 2007)

  8. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT SECTOR COMMITTEES DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS DEPARTMENT OF TESTING AND CERTIFICATION LEGAL DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE GENERAL SECRETERIAT MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT FOR STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT EU, FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND PROJECTS IT DEPARTMENT HUMAN RESOURCES

  9. THE OBJECTIVE OF VQA Toestablishandoperatethe NationalVocational QualificationsSystem in linewith EU

  10. THE ROLE OF VQA • VQA will not perform: • occupationalstandardsdevelopment, • provision of testingandcertificationservices, • accreditation, • organisations/institutionsawardedbythe VQA performthesetasks.

  11. OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS • NationalOccupational Standard Format • Actors • Authorisationcriteria • Authorisationprocess • Role of OccupationalStandardsSettingBodies (OSSBs)

  12. NATIONAL OS FORMAT

  13. MAIN ACTORS • OccupationalStandardsSettingBodies (OSSBs) • SectorCommittees • VQA ExecutiveBoard

  14. AUTHORISATION CRITERIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OS

  15. AUTHORISATION PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OS

  16. TASKS PERFORMED BY OSSBs

  17. SECTOR COMMITTEES • SectorCommitteesarethesectoralexpertisecommittees of VQA. • SECTOR COMMITTEES; • analyse, • recommend, • decidefortheadoption of theoccupationalstandards as thenationaloccupationalstandards. • Members: MoLSS, MoNE, CoHE, ministriesrelatedtotheoccupation, onerepresentativeeachfromtheemployers’ andemployees’ organisations in the General Assemblyandonefrom VQA.

  18. OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS: STAGES

  19. TESTING and CERTIFICATION

  20. FUNCTIONS REGARDING TESTING AND CERTIFICATION Authorisingandmonitoringthetrainingaccreditation institutions AuthorizingandmonitoringCertificationBodies VQA developsorprovidesthedevelopment of qualificationsbyotherparties, validatesandapprovestheVocationalQualifications • Evaluation of test banks, • Development of VQA test banks • Providing, registeringandmonitoringthe VQA Certificates • Research, monitoringandimprovementactivitiestowardstestingandcertification • Determiningaccreditationcriteriaandprocedures , • Monitoringtheaccreditedtraininginstitutions

  21. DEFINITION of NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS National qualifications are developed based on national or international standards

  22. DEVELOPMENT & APPROVAL OF QUALIFICATIONS NQF

  23. AUTHORIZING THE CERTIFICATION BODIES

  24. CERTIFYING THE INDIVIDUALS

  25. ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS Accreditation of education and training institutions; • Accreditation of education and training institutions will be realised by training accreditation institutions authorised by VQA. • A commission is established including the represantatives of related ministries, employers and employees organisations and proffessional organisations to be authorised in accrediting public education and training institutions. • Education and training institutions seeking to be accredited education institution apply to the education accreditation institutions appointed by VQA. • Assessment criteria which forms the basis of accreditation of education and training institutions are determined by Executive Board with the opinions of MoNE,CoHE, education accreditation institutions and employers, employees and vocational organisations .

  26. PROGRESS 2007-2008 • SecondaryLegislation • ImplementingRegulation on VQA Staff • ImplementingRegulation on VQA ExpertsandAssistantExperts • ImplementingRegulation on theDevelopment of OccupationalStandards • ImplementingRegulation on theEstablishment, DutiesandWorkingPrinciples of VQA SectorCommittees • ImplementingRegulation on VocationalQualifications, TestingandCertification • General Assembly • II.General Assembly in 31 October 2007 • III.General Assembly in 30 October 2008 • StaffRecruitment • Employment of administrative, technicalandexecutivestaff. • Orientationand in-service trainingforVQA staff. -GENERAL ACTIVITIES-

  27. PROGRESS 2007-2008 • EvaluatingPrevious Pilot ProjectsProducts • Development of NationalOccupationalStandards Format • Development of AuthorisationProcedureandSupportiveDocuments • (PrinciplesforAuthorisation, FrameworkCooperationProtocol, Guidelineforthedevelopment of OccupationalStandards) • CallforInterestforDevelopment of NationalOccupationalStandards • (Morethan 70 applications in 22 sectors) -NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-

  28. PROGRESS 2007-2008 -NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS- • EvaluatingApplications, AuthorisationandSigningProtocolswithOSSBs • CoordinatingtheSectoralCooperationActivities(In Metal, Textile, TourismandChemistrySectors) • TechnicalInformationMeetingsforOSSBsteams • (GuidelineforDevelopingOccupationalStandards) • Coordination, MonitoringandEvaluating(Progressreports, guidance)

  29. PROGRESS 2008-2009

  30. PROGRESS 2008-2009

  31. PROGRESS 2008-2009 • Definingthesectors (26 sectors) • Definingthepriority 10 sectors • 6 sectorcommitteesestablishedin 2008; • Construction ( June 2008) • Automotive (July 2008) • Energy (September 2008) • Textile, ReadyWearandLeather (November 2008) • Tourism, Hospitality, Food-BeveragesServices (December 2008) • Metal (December 2008) • Worktowardstheestablishment of committees in 3 additionalsectors; • Glass, CementandSoil • Transportation, LojisticsandCommunication • HealthandSocialServices -ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SECTOR COMMITTEES-

  32. PROGRESS 2008-2009 • ImplementingRegulation on VocationalQualifications, TestingandCertification, • Actors in theNationalVocationalQualificationsSystemhavebeendetermined, • Theelements of thequalificationsto be placedintotheNationalQualificationsFramework (NQF) havebeendefined, • The draftsupportingdocumentsrequiredfortheawardingprocesshavebeenprepared, • TestingandCertificationSystemandthedocumentationstructurehavebeendesigned, -VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, TESTING and CERTIFICATION

  33. PROGRESS 2008-2009 • EuropeanQualificationsFramework (EQF) NationalContactPoint • NationalEuropass Center • EU Project (StrengtheningtheVocationalQualificationsAuthorityandNationalQualificationsSystem, 2007-IPA) • CooperationwithInternationalOrganisations /Network • (ETF, COLO, World Bank, BritishCouncil, CEDEFOP) • InternationalConferences, Seminars -COOPERATION WITH EC AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS-

  34. PROGRESS 2008-2009 • Activitiestowardscooperationandconsiliationwithpartners • Participationandpresentation in nationalandinternationalconferences, seminarsetc. • Cooperation/information/awarenessraisingmeetingswithseveralinstitutions in relationtooccupationalstandards, testingandcertification. -INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICITY, COOPERATION WITH PARTNERS-

  35. 2009 ACTION PLAN • Development/validation/approval/publicityof NationalOccupationalStandards(approximately60 NOS) • Simultaneousestablishmentandeffectiveoperation of SectorCommittees(at least 10 sectors) • Coordination, guidance, monitoringandevaluatingactivitiestowardstheNOS developmentprocess, • Continuingtheevaluation of NOS developmentapplications, authorisationandsigningcooperationprotocols(at least15 OSSBs), • Commencingtheimplementing of certificationsystemforpublished NOS, • Authorizingthetestingandcertificationbodies, • Launchingtheimplementationof EU Project.

  36. IMPORTANT QUALITY ASPECTS • Sustainablecapacityat sectororganisations(institutional/technical) • Occupationalmappingforsectors(mainfields, occupations, levels, horizontalqualifications, employmentpriorities, trendsetc.) • Involvement of expertsfromprivatesector, universities • Network+sharingexperienceswithrelevantinternationalorganisations • Participatoryapproach (development+verification) • Committmentandeffectiveoperation of SectorCommittees • Publicityandawarenessraisingactivitiesin cooperationwithsocialpartners (national/regional/sectorallevel) • Evaluation of proceduresandproductswithpartners

  37. THANK YOU… VocationalQualificationsAuthority Atatürk Bulvarı No:227 Kat: 9 Kavaklıdere ANKARA/TURKEY Phone: +90 312 428 72 04 Fax: +90 312 428 72 07 web: www.myk.gov.tr

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