Open Forum

Open Forum 1: Innovative VSD practices (Thursday, 13 September 2012)

Stefan Wolf (Technical University Berlin, Germany): Project WEB-TT: Vocational training packages for resource efficient building and supply technologies (PDF, 589 KB)

Poorna Adhikary (Institute for Conflict Management Peace and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal): The Lamjung Skill Development Foundation (LSDF) (PDF, 15 MB)

Olga Tsiourva (Greek Manpower Organisation, Athens): Vocational Schools of Apprenticeship implement the dual system training model and the national qualifications framework in Greece (PDF, 6 MB)

Siroco Messerli (HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Kathmandu, Nepal): Result-based payments in vocational skills development (PDF, 2 MB)

Peter Grossholz (hotelleriesuisse, Bern): The Swiss tourism industry and its role in the international training market (PDF, 915 KB)

Open Forum 2: Open Forum 2: Current research on Vocational Skills Development (Friday, 14 September 2012)

Christopher Winch (Institute of Education, London): Analysing the implementation of the national qualifications framework in the UK (PDF, 178 KB)

Tushar Agrawal (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India): Skills development in India (PDF, 1 MB)

Pauline Whiteman (University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago): The implementation of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) in secondary schools of CARICOM states: Problems in delivery and assessment (PDF, 662 KB)

Zainun Misbah (Wageningen University and Research Center, the Netherlands): Competence-based vocational education and student working readiness: Evidence from Indonesia’s agricultural education (PDF, 3 MB)