Programme

Only the sessions on 24 March will be web streamed

Please find below the Youtube links to watch the event : 

MORNING SESSIONS

ENGLISH                                    
SPANISH
CATALAN

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

ENGLISH               
SPANISH
CATALAN


DAY 1 - 24 March 2022 

08:45 - 09:15Registration                                                                                                    
WELCOMING SESSION
09:15 - 09:40                Mr Angel Luis Miguel, Directorate General for Vocational Education and Training of the Regional Government of Catalonia
 Ms Clara Bassols, Director, Bertelsmann Foundation
Mr John Fortune, Member of the European Apprentices Network, USI Vice-President Southern Region, Ireland 
09:40 - 09:45     Video message by Mr Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
SESSION 1 : THE CONTEXT - THE EUROPEAN YEAR OF YOUTH
09:45 - 10:30               Ms Chiara Riondino, Head of Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission: Introduction and moderation
 Ms Caridad Alarcon Sanchez, Board Member, OBESSU: Key-note speech on the European Year of Youth 2022   
 Mr Michael Teutsch, Head of Unit for Schools and Multilingualism, DG Education and Culture
Mr Markus Wright, Committee Member of ETUC Youth

Followed by Q&A session
SESSION 2 : DUAL VET - THE SPANISH CASE
10:30 - 11:30                    Moderator: Ms Maria Pascual, Directorate General for Vocational Education and Training of the Regional Government of Catalonia

Apprenticeships in the new education law: Video message by Ms Clara Sanz, General Secretariat for Vocational Training
Apprentices network "Somos FP dual": Mr Ignacio de Benito, Senior project manager, Fundación Bertelsmann, Spain
Dual VET implementation in Catalunya: Mr José A. Andrés Villena, Directorate General for Vocational Education of the Regional Government of Catalonia
 Dual VET and Social Dialogue in Catalonia : Mr Ricard Bellera Kirchhoff, Representative of Catalan Social Partners (CCOO, Foment, Pimec UGT) 

Followed by Q&A session
11:30 - 12:00Coffee Break
SESSION 3: REPRESENTATION OF APPRENTICES - THE NATIONAL DIMENSION
12:00 - 12:45        Moderator: Ms Ann Vanden Bulcke, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
 Mr Scott Kelly, National Society of Apprentices, UK
Mr Baptiste Bouyer, Head of Representation and Institutions Relations Department, National Association of Apprenticeships (ANAF), France 
 Ms Melissa Luck, dbb Jugend, Germany 
 Ms Uliana Musakina, SAKKI ry, Finland
 Ms Trine Kjeldsen Johannsen, EEO, Denmark 

Followed by Q&A session
WELCOMING NEWCOMERS TO THE EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR APPRENTICESHIPS
12:45 - 13:00        Mr Norbert Schöbel, Team Leader, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
13:00 - 14:30Lunch
PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS (not broadcasting)
14:30 - 16:00 The voice of apprentices: a new strategic approach
Group 1: European Apprentices Network; Apprentices 
Facilitators: Ms Giuseppina Tucci, Mr Ben Kinross, EAN members

Challenges in quality of apprenticeships and how to tackle them
Group 2: Participants from Spain 
Facilitator: Ms Alexia Carrasco, Project Manager, Fundación Bertelsmann

Embedding the voice of apprentices in decision-making 
Group 3: EAfA participants 
Facilitator: Mr Norbert Schoebel, Team Leader, DG Employment

Making apprenticeships more attractive for youth 
Group 4: Online participants 
Facilitators: Ms Ana Carrero, Deputy Head of Unit, DG EMPL
16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break
CLOSING SESSION
16:30 - 16:50Reporting from parallel breakout sessions                                                                  
16:50 - 17:50         Presentation of good practices across Europe involving apprentices
Moderator: Mr Guillem Salvans, Fundación Bertelsmann

Lllp Lifelong Learning Platform, Arja Krauchenberg, Vice-president, Austria

ESB Networks, Michael Fitzgerald, Manager, Technical Training & Development, Ireland

Hak-Is Trade Union Confederation, Recep Atar, Coordinator-in-project, Turkey

 Example of long-term apprentice mobility with BASF
Mr Joan Daniel Subirats Armengol, coord. of QA and dual VETat INS Comte de Rius(Tarragona)

 Knowledge exchange between apprentices in a dual VET - PBL Approach.
Mr Joan Carles Ballesté Coma, dual VET tutor at INS Escola del Treball (Lleida)
17:50 - 18:00    Closing remarks by Ms Chiara Riondino, Head of Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission
EVENING PROGRAMME
18:00                  Cultural visit in St. Pau Hospital (in English)                                                                    
19:00                                  Official launch of the renewed European Apprentices Network moderated by Mr Matthäus Fandrejewski and Mr Baptiste Bouyer (EAN), followed by a dinner (St Pau Hospital)
19:30End of event followed by dinner (St. Pau Hospital) 


DAY 2 - 25 March 2022 (no broadcasting)
SITE VISITS
08:30               Departure from the hotel to two different institutes (each half of the participants):
 From the hotel to INS Escola del Treball (13 min by car)
 From the hotel to INS Bonanova
09:00 - 09:15Registration
09:15 - 12:30Visit and presentations of VET projects at the Institut Escola del Treball or Institut Bonanova
12:30End of the event and light lunch
13:15 - 14:00Cultural visit (optional)