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Isfol – Institutional Communication and Documentary Activities. Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori. ReferNet Italian Consortium. WHAT IS IT ?
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Isfol – Institutional Communication and Documentary Activities Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori ReferNet Italian Consortium
WHAT IS IT ? ReferNet is a network created by Cedefop in 2002 to provide information on national vocational education, training (VET) systems and policies in Member States, Iceland and Norway ReferNet provides information on publications, conferences, recent VET developments and initiatives in the Member States. The network also supports Cedefop’s communication strategy Information is displayed in Cedefop databases and is used for comparative studies. Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori
HOW DOES IT WORK? The network comprises national consortia in each Member State, Iceland and Norway. Each national consortium is led by a national coordinator and groups key organizations involved in VET issues The leader consortium is responsible for ensuring that the activities agreed in the annual work plan are performed satisfactorily In Italy, the leader consortium for Refernet is ISFOL. … what about other countries? Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori
Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori • Finland OPH - OpetushallitusNational Coord.: Mr Matti Kyrö • France Centre INFFO - Centre pour le développement de l'information sur la formation permanenteNational Coord.: Mr Régis Roussel • Iceland University of Iceland - Research Liaison OfficeNational Coord.: Ms Dóra Stefánsdóttir
Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori • Norway Norwegian Directorate for Education and TrainingNational Coord.: Ms Cecilia Lyche • Spain Servicio Público de Empleo EstatalNational Coord.: Ms Maria Luz de las Cuevas Torresano • Sweden SKOLVERKET - Swedish National Agency for EducationNational Coord.: Mr Shawn Mendes
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF REFERNET NATIONAL NETWORK Bibliographic references – ReferNet contributes to developing and maintaining Cedefop’s bibliographic database (VET-Bib) which is the largest collection of VET literature in Europe (more than 70 000 records) Collection and analysis of documents concerning national VET systems Support, communication and dissemination of VET research activities at national level. Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori
Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori MAIN PRODUCTS OF REFERNET NATIONAL NETWORK National VET policy reports – provides information on progress in VET policy at national level. It is the source for the comparative Cedefop Policy Report, which monitors progress in modernizing VET systems in Europe National research reports – updated on most recent national VET research. Source for Cedefop European research overviews on issues of cross-national interest VET in Europe country reports – Cedefop’s database provides descriptions of national VET systems in all partner countries .
Documentary Activities VET-Bib includes the largest collection of VET literature in Europe 70.000 bibliographic references collected in the last 20 years with 400 new entries every month Main topics reflect Cedefop’s priorities and include: VET policy, training systems, qualifications and competences, lifelong guidance, skill needs, lifelong learning, EQF, ECVET, ... The collection contains research reports, EU policy and legislative documents, statistics, journal articles, proceedings, comparative studies, databases, websites and grey literature. http://libserver.cedefop.europa.eu/F?RN=724417161 Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori
Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori • DOCUMENTARY AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES FOR 2011 WP • New orientation: • The national consortium of each country has a different set up • Each national coordinator has its own experience and « tradition » • Can be based on the commitment of each country to have a yearly work programme on communication activities • Two main blocks of activities: • Monitoring national VET issues and collecting documents • Disseminating information at national level
THE ITALIAN PARTNERS OF REFERNET: Agenzia Nazionale per lo Sviluppo dell‘Autonomia Scolastica (ANSAS) Baicr Sistema Cultura Censis Cesos Ciofs-Fp Cnos CNR – Biblioteca centrale “G. Marconi” Confap Confapi Confindustria Enaip Enfap Eurodesk Fondazione Giulio Pastore Ial Cisl Smile Tecnostruttura Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori
For more information about ReferNet: www.cedefop.europa.eu ReferNet Italia Consortium Leader: ISFOL Donatella Gobbi d.gobbi@isfol.it Tel. 06 44590632 Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale dei lavoratori