Kainuu Vocational College "Integration processes and international cooperation in VET" Copenhagen process and its implementation Raimo Sivonen Principal, Kainuu Vocational College Vice president of IVETA Treasurer of EFVET The 20th International Conference of IVETA Helsinki – St Petersburg 19th to 24th August 2014

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Kainuu Vocational College youth and adult education, apprenticeship training about 2500 students in youth education yearly about 2000 students in adult education yearly staff about 450 wide international activities

Kainuu Vocational College The Copenhagen declaration 2002 European dimension Strengthening the European dimension in vocational education and training with the aim of improving closer cooperation in order to facilitate and promote mobility and the development of inter-institutional cooperation, partnerships and other transnational initiatives, all in order to raise the profile of the European education and training area in an international context so that Europe will be recognised as a world-wide reference for learners.

Kainuu Vocational College The Copenhagen declaration 2002 What it declares? –reinforcing the European dimension in VET; –increasing information, guidance and counselling on, as well as the transparency of VET; –Developing tools for the mutual recognition and validation of competences and qualifications; –improving quality assurance in VET. Maastricht 2004, Helsinki 2006, Bordeaux 2008, Brugge 2010…

Kainuu Vocational College European Union and objectives in VET making initial VET an attractive learning option. fostering the excellence, quality and relevance of VET to the labour market enabling flexible access to training and qualifications encouraging international mobility in VET promoting innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship, and the use of new technologies. making VET accessible to all There will still remain national level curriculums, structures, ways to run VET! Basic idea is to rise the quality of VET.

Kainuu Vocational College How this all will be seen in practice. Example Kainuu Vocational College? Development of VET –European Quality Assurance Reference Framework: quality management system, VET College quality competitions in Finland, nr1 –Peer review, auditing of actions –Common European level development projects in VET (skills, curriculums, on-the-job –training) Mobility –EQF, comparison of skills –ECVET, tested and implemented in Finland –Students in core!

Kainuu Vocational College Development activities and projects in Kainuu Vocational College International projects: –Leonardo da Vinci (Erasmus), Comenius, Grundtvig. Partners during years from Estonia, UK, Ireland, Hungary, France, Germany Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Italy... –Interreg (Scotland, Iceland, Sweden...) –Nordplus (Sweden, Denmark, Estonia...) –other sources or own funds (Japan, India...) –A lot of national and international partnerships National projects: –ESF, ERDF, EAGGF, Equal, ENPI, other sources Activities in EFVET and IVETA