Date                                    November 26 to 28, 2009

Place                                  Bielefeld University

                                            Universitaestsstraße 25

                                            D - 33615 Bielefeld

                                            http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/

Agenda

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

2.00 pm   Opening (Coordinator; Prorector for Research, Bielefeld University; Project Officer, European Commission)  

2.30 pm   WorkAble - Structure and organisation (Alkje Sommerfeld)

3.00 pm   Communication during the project – The Intranet of WorkAble (Mario Hildebrandt)

3.30 pm   Coffee & Welcome the project start

4.15 pm   Work package leaders I: Introductional thoughts (Hans-Uwe Otto; Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti; Jean-Michel Bonvin)

5.45 pm   Coffee Break

6.00 pm   Work package leaders II: Introductional thoughts (Hans-Uwe Otto (in place of Lavinia Bifulco); Björn Halleröd; Ulrike Wisser)

7.30 pm   Dinner

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27

9.15 am   Administrative and financial aspects (Iris Litty, EU-Project-Manager, Department for Research Administration, Bielefeld University)

WP 2 - THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY OF CAPABILITY ACQUISITION

- Methodological debate –

9.45 am    Methodological grounding of the CA (Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti)

10.30 am   Coffee Break

10.45 am   Qualitative perspective (Jean-Michel Bonvin)

11.20 am   Quantitative perspective (Josiane Vero)

12.00 pm   General discussion about the application of the CA to our research question

12.45 pm   Lunch

- Theoretical debate -

2.00 pm    Vulnerability under Pressure from Unemployment (Kaja Sztandar-Sztanderska), Apprenticeship and Workfare (Roland Atzmüller), Inter-agency co-operation in activation - A European perspective (Ronald McQuaid)

3.30 pm   Coffee Break

4.00 pm   Meeting of the official bodies (Advisory Board; Steering Committee; General Assembly)

7.30 pm   Dinner

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

9.15 am    Preparatory discussion of the case studies - Chair: Holger Ziegler

10.30 am   Coffee Break

10.45 am   Preparatory discussion about comparative and longitudinal data - Chair: Björn Halleröd

12.00 pm   Final discussion & comments

12.30 pm   Final lunch

With our second workshop in Pavia in May 2010 we mainly focused on the theoretical and methodological concentrated work package 2. 

A theoretical framework for measuring capabilities (WP2)
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Beyond that we did our first steps into work package 3:

Welfare states and educational regimes - First steps into WP 3
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Our third workshop took place in Lausanne from 17th-19th November 2010.

We focused on the educational, vocational and policy landscapes in Europe. We discussed our preliminary working papers in this regard (institutional mapping) and the first results of our interviews with key stakeholders in the educational system (work package 3).

Furthermore we did our first steps into the next work package by clarifying the methodological issues for collecting the data of the case studies (work package 4).

programme

Our fourth workshop addressed our research activities in work package 4 and 5. We focused on the Case Studies as well as on our quantitative studies.

The workshop took place in Milan (Italy) from 30rd May until 1st June 2011.

4^th WorkAble Workshop – MILAN – 30^th May - 1^st June 2011

“Midterm” Meeting

MON 30^th

 Welcome

Lavinia Bifulco & Hans-Uwe Otto

WORK PACKAGE 3 – EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL AND POLICY LANDSCAPES IN EUROPE

New conceptualisation of the COLLECTED VOLUME (deliverable 3.3)

Discussion of the proposal - Jean-Michel Bonvin

Coffee break

Collection of policy related conclusions - POLICY BRIEF (deliverable 3.4)

Jean-Michel Bonvin

General meeting

TUE 31^st

WORK PACKAGES 4 AND 5:

- CAPABILITIES IN CONTEXT: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES IN A MICRO PERSPECTIVE -

- EFFECTS ON TRANSITIONAL TRAJECTORIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE -

Opening

Work package 4: The case studies – Tasks, aims and challenges

BICOCCA

Work package 5: The quantitative analyses - Tasks, aims and challenges

UMU/UGOT

Coffee break

PARALLEL WORKING SESSIONS

Part I: Short national reports & Collection of open questions

WP 4: 3 parallel sessions to discuss questions, dimensions and key issues on case-studies. Preparation of a short collective presentation for the afternoon session

Group 1: CEREQ, BICOCCA, HES-SO

Group 2: NAPIER, DPU, UWAR

Group 3: FORBA, UNIBI, UGOT

(chair: BICOCCA)

WP 5-group: Short reports on quantitative analyses

AMU, UNIPV, CEREQ (chair: UMU)

NAPIER, UMU, UGOT (chair: AMU)

Collection & selection of main questions and challenges (chair: AMU)

Break/Lunch

Part II: Discussion on main issues and challenges & Development of overarching

WorkAble-question(s)

WP 4 group (chair: CEREQ): 

Selection of and discussion on issues come up in Part I-session

Development of overarching WorkAble-question(s)

WP 5 group (chair: UNIPV):  

Discussion & exchange

Development of overarching WorkAble question(s)

Coffee break

PLENARY SESSION

   Join it together - Summary of the WP-sessions

WP 4: BICOCCA, WP 5: UMU/UGOT

(chair: Hans-Uwe Otto)

What about the short films? “BILDUNGSFILM”- Our filmmakers from Berlin

News and demands for deliverable 6.8

Oliver Hoffmann & Delf Woischnig (“BILDUNGSFILM”)

WED 1^st

PLENARY SESSION

 Combining work packages 3, 4 and 5

HES-SO, BICOCCA, UMU/UGOT

What unites us? WorkAble’s key mission

(chair: Hans-Uwe Otto)

Coffee break

General discussion

Clarification of open questions

Next steps and deliverables - Working plan

WP 4: NAPIER (d. 4.1) & BICOCCA (d. 4.2)

WP 5: UMU/UGOT (d. 5.1, 5.3) & UNIPV (d. 5.2)

 Lunch/End

Workshop WP 4 – WorkAble

COPENHAGEN - 16^th/17^th JANUARY 2012

Department of Pedagogy (DPU)

Capabilities in Context – Educational programmes in a micro perspective

Case study reports & Comparative framework

Final conference in Brussels

30th OCTOBER 2012

PLACE:

Vertretung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen bei der Europäischen Union
Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union
Rue Montoyer 47
1000 Brüssel

www.europa.nrw.eu

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