Sectoral Councils

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Sectoral Councils Developments in Croatia

• Ivan Sutalo Director, The VET Agency
• Janet Swainger Team Leader, CARDS 2002 VET
  Modernisation and Institution Building
  Project

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• Strategic Goals for Modernisation of VET in
  Croatia

To harmonise the VET system with the actual
present and future needs of the labour market,
higher education and Croatian society. To
increase the flexibility and attractiveness of
the system and maintain the necessary level
of quality
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• Strategic Goals for Modernisation of VET in
  Croatia

• To ensure the reliability, credibility and
  validity of qualifications
• To include all social and other partners in the
  development and maintenance of the VET system
  throughout all its segments.

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• Strategic activities for system development

1. Development of legislation
2. Establishment of the vocational education
   management information system
3. Redefining the programme network
4. Redefining the management and financing of the
   VET system
5. Capacity building for partnership development
6. Permanent and active support to schools to take
   over the initiative for their development
7. Teacher Training
8. Continuous promotion of occupations

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• Strategic steps for VET qualifications
  development in Croatia

1. Sectoral analysis
2. Defining occupations in sectors
3. Determining qualifications for each occupation
4. Determining knowledge, skills and abilities for
   individual qualifications and occupations
5. Production of the National Qualifications
   Framework (NQF) in compliance with the European
   Qualifications Framework (EKO)
6. Production of a modern and open curriculum
   (learning programmes)

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• Purpose of Sector Councils
• in Croatia
• To represent the sectoral dimension within
  strategic development, research, planning and
  development for VET

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• Development work
• Undertaken by a cross-sector working group within
  the CARDS project
• Representation from all key stakeholders
• Task to
• define roles and membership
• Prepare guidance materials to aid initial work of
  Sector Councils

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Membership

• Tripartite (social, the labour market and the
  public sector)
• Expert representatives drawn from
• Syndicates (trade unions)
• Croatian Employers' Association, Croatian
  Chamber of Economy, Croatian Chamber of Crafts,
  individual employers
• Croatian Employment Service, Central Bureau of
  Statistics, relevant ministries, higher
  education institutions, vocational associations,
  VET providers

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• Anticipated Role
• Assisting in the identification of the
  qualifications needed initial and continuing
  VET
• Advising upon the content of proposals for
  qualifications
• Analysing current and future competencies

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• Providing an endorsement of drafts of
  qualifications
• Promotion of the sector and the job and career
  opportunities within it
• Contributing a sectoral perspective to the
  development of strategic and operational plans
  for human resource development

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Qualifications who does what?

• SCs ensure valid, modern list of occupations
• Social partners and employers work with others to
  identify main vocational competencies
• SCs, schools, employer associations, Chambers, HE
  institutions can propose qualifications
• Developers put competencies together to form
  qualifications
• SCs validate the proposed drafts
• MoSES approves VET qualifications after
  endorsement
• SCs revalidate at regular intervals to ensure
  continuing relevance

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• Progress and results to date
• Interim Sector Councils established
• Initial training of SC representatives
• First meetings of interim SCs held
• Redefinition of occupations relevant to initial
  VET in Croatia
• Identification of occupations that are recognised
  and required by employers
• Number of relevant occupations reduced
• new occupations emerged (due to technological
  development, modern trends)
• Recognition of occupations and professions that
  provide the ability to work with a wider scope of
  tasks

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14 Sector Councils

• Based on redefined vocational sectors
• Agriculture, Food Processing and Animal Health
• Forestry and Wood Processing
• Geology, Mining, Petroleum and Chemical
  Technology
• Textiles and Leather
• Graphic Technology and Audio-visual Technology
• Mechanical Engineering, Shipbuilding and
  Metallurgy
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Construction and Geodesy
• Economics, Trade and Business Administration
• Tourism and Catering
• Traffic and Logistics
• Health and Social Care
• Personal, Safety and other Services
• Art

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Additional information

• Agency for Vocational Education and Training
• Republic of Croatia
• 10 000 Zagreb, Ulica grada Chicaga 21
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail ured_at_aso.hr
• Web http//www.aso.hr

• CARDS 2002 VET Project
• Team Leader
• Janet Swainger
• 10 000 Zagreb, Ulica grada Chicaga 21
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail janet.swainger_at_aso.hr
• Web http//www.aso/cards2002/hr