Isfol

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Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione
professionale dei lavoratori
ReferNet Italian Consortium

• Isfol Institutional Communication and
  Documentary Activities

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Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione
professionale dei lavoratori

• 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 Cedefops communication strategy
• Information is displayed in Cedefop databases and
  is used for comparative studies.

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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?

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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
  Office National Coord. Ms Dóra Stefánsdóttir

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Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione
professionale dei lavoratori

• Norway Norwegian Directorate for Education and
  Training National Coord. Ms Cecilia Lyche
• Spain Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal
  National Coord. Ms Maria Luz de las Cuevas
  Torresano
• Sweden SKOLVERKET - Swedish National Agency for
  Education National Coord. Mr Shawn Mendes

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Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione
professionale dei lavoratori

• MAIN ACTIVITIES OF REFERNET NATIONAL NETWORK
• Bibliographic references ReferNet contributes
  to developing and maintaining Cedefops
  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.

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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 Cedefops
  database provides descriptions of national VET
  systems in all partner countries .

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Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione
professionale dei lavoratori

• 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 Cedefops 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?RN724417161

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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

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THE ITALIAN PARTNERS OF REFERNET
Istituto per lo sviluppo della formazione
professionale dei lavoratori

• Confapi
• Confindustria
• Enaip
• Enfap
• Eurodesk
• Fondazione Giulio Pastore
• Ial Cisl
• Smile
• Tecnostruttura

• Agenzia Nazionale per lo Sviluppo dellAutonomia
  Scolastica (ANSAS)
• Baicr Sistema Cultura
• Censis
• Cesos
• Ciofs-Fp
• Cnos
• CNR Biblioteca centrale
• G. Marconi
• Confap

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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_at_isfol.it
• Tel. [phone]