Report from the Commission European Training Foundation Annual - report 1999
Date: 2000-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, European Training Foundation, Mongolia, higher education, vocational training

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 06.12.2000
COM(2000) 810 final

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION

EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION
Annual Report 1999

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION

EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION
Annual Report 1999

Contents

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1. General.............................................................................................................................3
1.1. Aims and objectives.......................................................................................................3
1.2.
Institutional structure .....................................................................................................3
2. Foundation activities in 1999 ............................................................................................4
2.1. Candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe ........................................................6
2.2. South-Eastern Europe ....................................................................................................7
2.3. The New Independent States (NIS) and Mongolia..........................................................8
2.4. The Mediterranean countries and territories .................................................................10
3. Tempus - Technical assistance to the European Commission ..........................................20
3.1. Selection 1999-2000 ....................................................................................................20
3.2. Monitoring...................................................................................................................21
3.3. Tempus publications, information and events...............................................................21
4. Cooperation with EU Agencies .......................................................................................23
4.1. CEDEFOP ...................................................................................................................23
4.2. Other EU Agencies ......................................................................................................23
4.3. Common support service..............................................................................................23
5. Financial report...............................................................................................................23
5.1. Funding sources...........................................................................................................23
5.2. 1999 budget execution .................................................................................................24
5.3. Activity based budgeting 1999 .....................................................................................25
Annexes
Annex 1 - Staffing and organisation chart .............................................................................30
Annex 2 - The Governing Board...........................................................................................33
Annex 3 - 1999 Foundation Events list .................................................................................35
Annex 4 - 1999 Foundation Publications ..............................................................................42

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1.

1.1.

GENERAL

Aims and objectives

The European Training Foundation is an agency of the European Union established by a
Council regulation in 19901
training
(including management training) in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their
transition to a market economy. The Foundation’s mandate was subsequently extended
to include the New Independent States and the countries and territories of the
Mediterranean. As a centre of expertise the Foundation:

to promote the development of vocational

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provides analysis and advice on current initiatives and future need in the
countries which it was set up to assist (known as the partner countries);

facilitates contacts and promotes exchange of experience between key actors in
the training field through networks, conferences and workshops;

disseminates information on EU best practice; and

promotes co-operation among donors.

The Foundation supports those activities through its own budget. In addition, it manages
a number of Phare and Tacis programmes on behalf of the European Commission as
well as providing technical assistance to the Commission for the implementation of the
Tempus programme (see section 3 below). An overview of all Phare and Tacis
conventions, as well as Tempus Phare and Tempus Tacis Conventions, managed by the
Foundation is provided in Tables 5 and 7.

1.2.

Institutional structure

The Foundation has a Governing Board made up of representatives from the Member
States and the European Commission, which also chairs the Board. The Board approves
the annual work programme and budget of the Foundation. The list of members is
contained in annex 2 together with a summary of the main decisions taken at its
meetings in 1999.

The Governing Board is supported by an Advisory Forum, consisting of training experts
the European Commission,
the 39 partner countries,
from the Member States,
international organisations and the social partners. It advises the Governing Board on
the annual work programme as well as meeting in sub-groups periodically to discuss
questions related to the reform of the vocational education and training systems.

The Foundation is based in Turin. The Director, who reports to the Governing Board
and chairs the Advisory Forum, is supported by some 120 staff2 who implement the
work programme (including the conventions it manages on behalf of the Commission)

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Regulation (EEC) No1360/90 OJ No L131, 23.5 1990, p. 1 as amended by Regulation 2063/94
(OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, page 9) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1572/98 (OJ L 206/1,
23.7.98)
The establishment plan for the Foundation provides for 130 staff

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and provide the secretariat for the Governing Board and the Advisory Forum. The total
the Foundation for 1999 (approved by the Governing Board) was
budget of
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16.2 million (see section 5 for further details on the budget).

In 1999 the Director decided to make changes in the organisational structure of the
Foundation. The Analysis and Development Department and the Vocational Education
and Training Department were replaced by five smaller departments organised along
geographical lines. At the same time two new Units were created to support the new
structure: the Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Unit and the Development Unit (the
organisation chart and data on staffing by grade and nationality are contained in Annex
1). A second phase of the re-organisation was launched later in the year to focus on the
Central Service departments. The results of the review were presented in Spring 2000.

2.

FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES IN 1999

The regional approach

As indicated, five new geographical departments were created in 1999 with a view to
better targeting the Foundation’s activities to the needs and priorities of the countries
which it was set up to assist. Thus activities in 1999 focussed on four main groups of
countries: the candidate countries seeking accession to the EU3, the countries and
territories of South-Eastern Europe4, the New Independent States and Mongolia 5and the
countries and territories covered by the MEDA6 programme. In this way the Foundation
was able to define specific strategies for these regions and ensure a more focussed
approach.

In line with the new geographical focus, the Advisory Forum at its annual meeting in
Turin on 6-8 September, decided also to re-organise its work to support the new
orientation. The thematic sub-groups that had met in previous years were replaced by
new regional sub-groups. Copies of sub-group reports can be found on the ETF
homepage (www.etf.eu.int).

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Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland,
Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Turkey
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russian
Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority,
Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.

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Overview

The Foundation fixed six development objectives as a framework for all of its activities
in the regions in 1999. These were intended as wider goals for the countries to which
the Foundation might make a contribution through its work programme:

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to ensure that the training system strengthens its links with the labour market
and promotes employability and adaptability;

to support the development of continuing training systems within the framework
of lifelong learning for all;

to establish a system of flexible and recognised vocational standards;

to ensure that teachers and trainers deliver experience-based and participatory
training which makes full use of modern methods and tools;

to promote management training and the sustainability of management training
centres; and

to promote a partnership culture and practice between key actors in vocational
education and training.

The emphasis on particular objectives varied from one region to another and from
country to country as can be seen from Tables 1-4 which provide detailed information
on all of the projects funded from the Foundation’s budget (Title 3) in 1999. The
Foundation organised a number of events in 1999 in support of these overall objectives
or to underpin specific projects. A complete list of the events organised in 1999 can be
found in Annex 3.

The National Observatories

for

Through its network of national observatories the Foundation continued to monitor
developments in the field of vocational education and training in the partner countries
the Mediterranean partners). Through the national observatories the
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Foundation was able to identify reform priorities at institutional and policy level. A
number of analytical and statistical reports on training and the labour market were
produced in 1999 as a result of the information gathered through the observatories.
These included a transnational analysis on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe,
as well as a Phare Key Indicators report (see publications list in annex 4 for further
details).

Highlights of the Foundation’s activities in each of the regions are described briefly in
the following pages.

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2.1.

Candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe

During 1999 the Foundation was heavily involved in assisting the European
Commission in implementing the pre-accession strategy within the candidate countries.
In particular, the Foundation undertook the following:

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reviews of progress in vocational education and training reforms within each
candidate country. These individual studies and a composite report were
requested by the European Commission and completed in November. Copies of
these reports are available from the Foundation’s Information & Publications
Department;

implementation of a Special Preparatory Programme, funded under the Phare
programme which introduced each candidate country to the workings of the
European Social Fund (ESF /SPP). This was followed by the establishment in
each country of a National Training Institute to train public administrators in the
implementation and management of human resource development initiatives
within the European Social Fund programme. The ESF/SPP programme also
provided an opportunity for the Foundation to assist in the preparation of the
human resources development component of each country’s preliminary
National Development Plan (NDP), an essential element in the accession process.
These plans will outline a coherent and integrated overall strategy for the
adoption of the economic and social cohesion of each country;

support to each candidate country in the drafting of Employment Background
Studies as preparation for the Commission-led Employment Policy Review
initiative;

activities related to the «acquis communautaire» in vocational education and
training. The principal issues addressed were training and retraining in regions,
social partnership and dialogue,
recognition of
vocational and professional qualifications, and teacher and trainer training;

the transparency/mutual

joint activities: the Foundation actively seeks to establish partnerships with other
donors. In 1999 joint activities were undertaken with support from Finland,
Denmark, France, Italy, the Flemish Belgian region and Germany;

management training initiatives were carried out in a number of candidate
countries: in Hungary training was delivered to 17 Chambers of Commerce and
Employer Organisations; and the Foundation’s co-operation with CEEMAN (the
Central
and Eastern European Management Development Association)
generated reports based on a survey ‘Assessing management training needs in
Central and Eastern Europe’. In Bulgaria the Foundation developed a pilot
project
targeted at Employers Associations, Chambers of Commerce, non-
governmental organisations (NGOs) and training providers. This will run in
parallel with a complementary project being funded by Bayerisches Zentrum für
Ost-West Management
in building
capacity to analyse training needs in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
and in developing human resource development plans;

training GmbH (OWZ) and will assist

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management of VET Phare projects. The Foundation supplemented project
management activities by providing expertise to a number of countries on
human resource development issues in the context of new Phare projects. In 1999
Phare programmes in the fields of vocational training, management training and
higher education were managed in Bulgaria, Latvia and Estonia, and external
assessments and financial audits were carried out on completed projects in seven
candidate countries;

In addition to drawing up annual reports on vocational education, the National
Observatories in the candidate countries were actively involved in a number of
the activities related to accession preparations as indicated above.
In the
framework of the Special Preparatory Programme for the European Social Fund,
the Observatories organised training seminars and awareness raising conferences
for policy makers. They also contributed to the preparation of background
studies on employment policy as well as organising a consultation process at
national
level on the review of progress in VET reform. The Foundation
organised Observatory network meetings of the Phare countries in July (Turin)
and November (Tampere).

2.2.

South-Eastern Europe

The main priority for the Foundation in South Eastern Europe in 1999 was to contribute
to the reconstruction process in the region following the cessation of hostilities. A
number of activities were undertaken to achieve this objective:

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needs assessments in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and Croatia to reassess the state of vocational education
and training following the war in Kosovo;

the secondment of a member of staff from the Foundation to the Commission
Task Force in Kosovo to assist
in the preparation of a human resource
development plan for Kosovo;

preparation of proposals to the European Commission on the possible
contribution of vocational education and training reform to the process of
democratisation and economic reconstruction both at national level and in the
region. On the basis of these proposals, the Commission invited the Foundation
to develop a package of possible measures in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

contributions to the work of the Stability Pact have involved membership of the
Graz process, a task force led by the Austrian government, which worked
successfully towards the inclusion of education and training as a priority for
action under Table 1 of the Stability Pact. In this context, the Foundation was
responsible for the development of a strategy for vocational education and
training reform and, in the area of economic reconstruction (Table 2 of the
Stability Pact), the Foundation has taken a co-ordination role among donors in
order to prepare an overall package of specific human resource development
measures for South Eastern Europe;

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joint development work with the Albanian, Italian and Greek governments in
the preparation of a project in the field of small and medium sized enterprise
In co-operation with the Economic and Social Committee
development.
(ECOSOC) and the Royaumont process, the Foundation also prepared a project
to develop social partnership in the region. This project was also presented to the
Stability Pact for funding;

management training the Foundation sponsored a workshop which provided a
first opportunity for the business community to define the preliminary actions
necessary to support the development of the industry and enterprise sectors in
Kosovo;

the Foundation continued the management of Phare vocational and education
training programmes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

The special circumstances in South-Eastern Europe arising from recent conflicts and
continuing ethnic tension presented both challenges and opportunities to the National
Observatories in the region. The Observatories contributed to the assessment of the
challenges for vocational training in the region as well as their regular work on data-
collection and analysis. The location and team of the National Observatory of the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was changed to the Pedagogical Institute in
Skopje. After in-depth negotiations with the national groupings in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
the Foundation established in 1999 a national Observatory in that country. The
Observatory main office is located in Mostar, with a satellite office in Banja Luka.
Negotiations started with the Croatian authorities on the establishment of an
Observatory in Croatia with a view to launching activities in the first half of 2000.

2.3.

The New Independent States (NIS) and Mongolia

The Foundation undertook the following activities during 1999:

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provided the Commission with contributions in the field of vocational training
for the Indicative Programmes 2000-2003 under the new Council Regulation for
the NIS and Mongolia, adopted on 29 December 1999, which includes a reference
to education and training;

implemented the second phase of the parallel-funded project on “VET Reform in
North West Russia” with the support of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France,
Netherlands and the International labour organisation (ILO);

prepared a new parallel funded project on vocational education and training
reform at a regional level for Ukraine. Seminars in Kiev resulted in expressions of
interest in participation by five countries. Planning for a pilot project on the
establishment of a Human Resources Centre in Georgia with the UNDP and the
Government was finalised and included in the year 2000 work programme
proposal. Other interested donors are considering their participation;

established joint work with Central Asian Foundation for Management
Development (CAMAN) which comprises a network of over 50 management
training centres in Central Asian countries. The CAMAN project aims to promote

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improvement in the quality of business education in the Central Asian region
through the extension of CAMAN activities;

provided advice on the management, monitoring and evaluation of the
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million Tacis Managers’ Training Programme following a request from the
Commission. This project offers internships to 1000 NIS managers in EU
companies;

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managed the implementation of the DELPHI programme (funded by Tacis –
€
6 million) which supports the Russian federal and regional Ministries of
Education. In 1999 the emphasis of activities shifted from Moscow to the five
regions involved (St. Petersburg, Komi, Samara, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk);

continued implementation of the Tacis project “Reform of the Moldovan System
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of Vocational Education and Training” (
1.5 million) which started in July 1998.
The project has led to the provision of policy advice for vocational education
strategies,
curriculum development
methodologies. New curricula in four professions have been implemented and
teachers trained in two pilot schools;

labour market

forecasting

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managed the Tacis/Foundation Bistro project “Addressing the training needs of
the managers in Russian Federation”. This was implemented alongside the Tacis
Delphi programme and the Managers’ Training Programme. The project
included a quality analysis of the training provided by 76 Russian institutions to
4-5,000 managers per year and an inventory of Tacis-funded teaching material;

supported a bistro project on Financing VET in Kazakhstan and organised a high
level policy seminar on the topic;

developed and began work on the implementation of two new Tacis-funded
programmes: the establishment of a National Training Fund in Kyrgystan and
curricular reform in Uzbekistan;

launched the Central-Asia Continuing VET project, Training for Enterprise
Development in Kyrgyzstan with extensive enterprise participation. The project
will gradually be extended to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan;

provided further advice on the issue of VET legislation – a national workshop
was held in Armenia to support the discussion process on the content and nature
of their new law. This follows similar events in recent years in Bulgaria and
Russia. In Georgia a similar policy advice event was organised with high-level
government participation on the role of vocational training in economic reform.
This was in preparation for a wider donor workshop to be held in early 2000;

the Tacis funded Language Training Project
(Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) finished
in June 1999. The project aimed at training language teachers, civil servants and
business people, and modernising curricular methods and materials. The projects
produced good results and created operational language centres;

Alongside data collection and analysis functions, the National Observatories
took an active lead in Foundation multi-country projects on Standards,
Entrepreneurship in Education and Training, Staff Development and in the

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In most countries in the region,

preparation of in-depth studies. In Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and
Georgia, vocational training stocktaking reports were finalised and national
the Observatories
workshops organised.
organised training sessions for statistical experts on the collection and analysis of
statistical data in co-operation with the Foundation and UNESCO,
thus
contributing to the completion of the first statistical data collection by the
Foundation in the region. The network had its annual meeting in March in Turin
organised and chaired by the Foundation.

the Foundation decided to close down
Due to the lack of institutional support,
Observatories in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. However,
time an
for
Observatory was established in Armenia in 1999 and made good progress in its first
year.

the first

2.4.

The Mediterranean countries and territories

Following the adoption of Council Regulation 1572/98 which extended the
Foundation’s sphere of activity to cover
the
Mediterranean region, the Commission considered that the additional tasks arising from
these activities should be carried out within the framework of the Foundation’s existing
resources.

the countries and territories of

According to the first ETF Work Programme for the Mediterranean region, 1999 was an
induction year for the Foundation to become acquainted with regional realities and
needs and thus develop a long-term role in the region. The main objectives for this
induction phase were:

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c)

to establish contacts and communication channels with relevant national and
multilateral actors in the region, including major donors;

to define further the role of the Foundation and the type of services to be
provided to the Commission in the context of the MEDA programme and the
Euro-Mediterranean policy;

to develop ETF knowledge and understanding of the Mediterranean partners’
specific needs, expectations and capacities;

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to implement pilot activities in a number of Meda partners.

The Foundation pursued these objectives during 1999 maintaining a flexible approach
needed to tailor activities to the changing situation and answering needs expressed by
partner countries or by the Commission. This was possible by a transfer of additional
Title 3 funds to the MEDA region activities

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Activities focused on the following areas:

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establishment of contacts with relevant actors in the region: a meeting in
February between Foundation staff and EC Delegations from the MEDA region
enabled both sides to reach a common understanding on how they would work
together in future;

24 MEDA members were introduced to the Advisory Forum of the Foundation.
A first preparatory meeting of the Meda Advisory Forum network was organised
in July with a view to the annual plenary meeting that took place in September;

stocktaking missions were carried out in Algeria, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon,
Malta, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey by Foundation
staff and direct contacts established with the national authorities. In Algeria,
links were also established with institutions in charge of management training;

definition of the Foundation’s role in the Meda context: various meetings took
place with the relevant Commission services with a view to further defining the
role of the Foundation and the type of services to be provided also in line with
the Memorandum of understanding agreed in 1998;

development of knowledge of the Mediterranean partners’ needs: country
reports on national vocational education and training systems were prepared for
Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey. In addition, for the
candidate countries Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, three short reports were also
prepared which reviewed the development of vocational training systems in the
light of European policy. The report on Algeria included an analysis of the state
of play of management training in the country providing the opportunity to
establish links with local Management Training Stakeholders;

pilot activities: A workshop in support of the implementation of the Manforme
programme was organised in co-operation with the Tunisian Ministry of
Vocational Education and Employment in Tunis in November. The workshop
included representatives of key Ministries in Tunisia, professional bodies, social
partners, international organisations and donors, as well as representatives from
Morocco and Algeria;

In Syria, a workshop in support of the development process started in the field of
technical and vocational education and training was designed in co-operation
with the Syrian authorities. The workshop aimed at supporting the introduction
of apprenticeship schemes adapted to the local needs and conditions;

In Malta a workshop was organised in December in co-operation with Maltese
authorities
to the development of new national vocational
qualifications. The workshop focussed on various issues related to co-operation
between education and industry, curriculum design, certifications systems;

in support

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The Commission decided to involve the Foundation in the identification of an
industrial support project in Jordan. A similar intervention took place in Lebanon
in September. In Syria, the Foundation was involved as an observer in the
definition of a MEDA-funded project aiming at reforming the vocational
education and training system in the country. Additional input was given by the
Foundation to the Syrian authorities at a national workshop on the dual system
organised in co-operation with UNESCO.

contribution to a joint survey led by France and co-funded by Germany, Italy,
Spain and Greece on bilateral and multilateral donor co-operation in the field of
vocational training in the MEDA region. Further contacts were established with
major bilateral and international donors active in the Mediterranean region with
a view to establishing future co-operation.

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Table 1 - Candidate countries - 1999 ETF projects funded from Title 3

Countries

Title

Objectives

Outputs by end 1999

Linking training to the labour market

H, SLO

Integration of work
and learning

To enhance the innovative capacity of partner country VET systems by strengthening
links with the labour market and thereby to promote employability;
To integrate work and learning for making VET in schools/training centres and
companies more relevant to labour market needs.

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All

Piedmont conference
on “VET as an
instrument to combat
unemployment:
implications for the
CEEC

Regional labour
market Intelligence

To promote awareness and a better understanding of social and employment issues
between regional representatives from Central and Eastern Europe and their counterparts
in the European Union;
To introduce to regional representatives from the candidate countries EU tools and
mechanisms available to regional administrations to tackle unemployment and training
policy issues, with reference to the European Social Fund;
To provide acceding countries with an overview of the instruments and institutions which
shape European employment policy.
To establish procedures for the collection of labour market data;
Using LMI for ESF purposes;
To strengthen the capacity of national Observatories to work with a target region in Phare
2000;
To raise awareness of the ESF and its contribution to human resource development at
regional level.

RO

Regional development To establish coherent policies for HRD at the national level and recommend

implementation mechanisms;
To create a local structure of the Romanian Observatory in Constanza, in order to
facilitate the implementation of the support network for continuing training and social
inclusion;
To set up local policy measures for HRD in the Constanta county in order to implement
tailored measures for target groups;
To develop an audio-visual package for trainer training in the field of tourism to help the
dissemination of the training methodology developed through the Italian partnership.

Consistent and systematic approach to training need analysis on a company level
Support of enterprise-based training at schools;
A training network created via Internet;
Assessment of in-company training and its improvement in the direction of learning at
the workplace and learning in groups;
Establishment of an evaluation cycle;
Certification of different forms of learning and training;
Development of a school marketing plan.

A conference, jointly sponsored by the Committee of the Regions, the Regione
Piemonte and the ETF held in Turin June, 1999.
Conference Report, published by ETF, Turin, 1999.

Preparatory meeting between National Observatory and regional representatives with EU
experts.
Draft agenda and timetable agreed.

National strategy for HRD produced. Document used by the Romanian Government in
the preparation of the National Development Plan.
Local Observatory established in Constanza.
HRD strategy for Constanza county.
Audiovisual material for teacher training in the tourism sector.

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Countries

Title

Objectives

Outputs by end 1999

Continuing vocational education and training

To analyse the provision of continuing vocational training in the countries;
To take stock of the situation of disadvantaged groups and measures for their
(re)integration in the labour market in the Phare countries.
To prepare countries for participation in the EC Continuing VET survey.

Cross-country analysis in Phare countries completed and published;
13 country studies launched

Continuing VET survey (2) funds contracted out to EE, LT and HU

Preparatory studies for the Steel and Mining Areas Preparatory Project.

Reports produced.

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All

BG

Continuing VET
(including social
exclusion)
Continuing VET
survey (2)
Continuing VET

SLO, EE, LT,
PL

Standards of
qualifications

Standards

EE: complete wood sector survey
LV: Produce a methodology for training needs analysis & standards finalised; Publish
and book on standards
PL: Agree standards development methodology and pilot for two profiles
SLO: Conduct analyses of chemistry and social care sectors and relevant occupational
standards drawn up jointly with social partner representatives
Produce ETF publication

All ETF WP 1998 activities finalised and (partly) evaluated, incl.:
EE: completion of wood sector survey.
LV: Work with CINOP (NL) on a methodology for training needs analysis & standards;
Preparation of handbook on standards.
PL: Method for standards development agreed and piloted for two profiles.
SLO: (brief) survey and design of occupational. profiles in chemistry and social care
sectors.
ETF publication in preparation (due January 2000).
Country reports and cross-country synthesis prepared for Slovenia and Romania;
Hungary, Slovenia and Estonia participated in the European Forum for transparency of
qualifications;
Hungary and Slovenia participated in the Leonardo “Eurocert” project.

SLO, RO, H,
EE

Studies on
transparency of
vocational
qualifications

To improve the understanding and knowledge of policies and practices in the
development of qualifications and skills, their assessment and certification;
To support the active participation of the candidate countries in EU networks and
projects.

LV, LT

Reshaping the focus
and structure of VET
teaching personnel
training

BG

H, LT, LV,
UKR

Employers' Initiative
(co-financed with
OWZ)
Study on assessing
MT needs -Extension

To enhance the innovative capacity of partner country VET systems to re-design the
training of teachers and trainers.

The project started in October 1999.
Pilot VET schools identified.

Teachers and trainers training and retraining

To improve the skills and capacity of key staff within regional Chambers and NGOs
which service SMEs; to monitor training needs; provide advisory services; .identify and
develop training actions.
Study modification of the survey and implement in four new countries.

Management training

Project implementation, co-ordination and approach agreed with the contractor and OWZ
(parallel funding). Local subcontractor chosen.

Expert meeting of ‘authors’; revision of methodology and tools; survey implementation
underway.

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Countries

Title

Objectives

Outputs by end 1999

SLO, PL, BG,
SQ

SLO, PL, BG
and SQ

Country specific
work-shops and
revisions of national
reports
Co-operation with
CEDEFOP

H

All

ETF-World Bank
Counselling and
guidance conference
for Europe & Central
Asia
National Development
Plan advice in Phare

To support the further development of effective social dialogue culture and practices in
VET in the four candidate countries.

Updated reports and workshops are underway.

Social partnership

To prepare studies on social dialogue in VET in three EU member states and four
candidate countries following similar structure and methodology.

Joint meeting of EU / candidate country experts / CEDEFOP to discuss preliminary
results of reports.

To prepare event jointly with Hungarian Ministry of Education and World Bank.

Policy advice

Conference outline and speakers, etc agreed;
Conference date brought forward to 29-31 March 2000;
Funds contracted out to Hungarian Ministry of Education.

To support candidate countries in the drawing-up of Phare National Development Plans
(NDPs).

EU ESF experts missions to POL & HU to assist national officials in drawing-up of
Phare NDPs.

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Table 2 – South-Eastern Europe – 1999 ETF projects funded from Title 3

Countries

Title

Objectives

Outputs

Linking training to the labour market -/- Continuing vocational education and training

ALB

Continuing VET

Proposal revised due to crisis in South Eastern Europe. Continuing VET in Albania
integrated into feasibility study exercise (see below). Revised proposal also extended to
support Continuing VET surveys (2) (see Table CCs).

Standards -/- Teachers and trainers training and retraining -/- Management training

ALB

SME feasibility study

Identification of ToR for project supporting for an SME support programme. It involved
two expert contracts for feasibility study and project definition.

FYR

FYR

All

€

2 expert reports submitted. Programme identified with the involvement of major
Albanian stakeholders totalling
to finance the programme.
The pilot project identified good market potential for the Workers University in this field
and further donor support will be required for further specialisation in this field.

1 million. Next stage involves organising donor support

Development of
Entrepreneurial skills

Support to the Workers University in the diversification of their training offer with the
inclusion of training skills development.

Civil society
development

VET. in SEE
reconstruction

Encourage grass-roots innovative practices of intercultural understanding in SEE by
involving civil society actors;
Set up a strategy for strengthening VET and Democratic Citizenship in the context of
economic reconstruction, stability and democracy in SEE.

Social partnership -/- Policy advice

Micro-projects in the field of Civil Society selected and implemented
Strategy document prepared for the Conference in Graz “Transition, Reconstruction and
Stability in South-Eastern Europe”.

VET-labour market needs and priorities in SEE for socio-economic reconstruction
assessed;
VET-labour market programmes developed and accepted by relevant authorities and
donors.

VET and labour market reform programmes for democratisation and human rights
accepted by European Commission for Alb, BiH, Cro and Fyrom and for SEE region;
VET reform programme developed for Kosovo;
VET and labour market reform programmes for economic reconstruction developed for
all SEE countries.

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Table 3 - NIS and Mongolia - 1999 ETF projects funded from Title 3

Countries

Title

Objectives

Outputs by December 1999

Linking training to the labour market

RF

ARM, GEO,
KAZ, KYR,
MNG, TME,
UZB

KYR, UZB,
KAZ

MOL, UKR,
BR, KAZ,
KYR, UZB,
GEO, MNG
RF

RF

ARM, AZB,
KAZ, KYR,
TAD, TME,
UZB

RF

Labour market/VET
reform in North-West
Russia
Entrepreneurship in
VET

Continuing VET;
Training for
Enterprise
Development (TED)

Standard 2000 pilot
implementation of
standards

4-6 NWR regions able to implement and develop VET sector reform based on regional
economy and labour market needs.

To improve the employability of the youth and adult population through entrepreneurial
re-orientation of all VET. Participants will understand the issues which must be
addressed when designing a strategy for education and training and able to recommend
future activities on reform which supports entrepreneurship.

Staff Development Programme for regional managers and, teacher training programme
defined; Seminars on social partnership, labour market assessment, training firms,
continuing training and teaching methodologies held.
The project was reshaped following meeting of experts. National and regional round
table discussions were held in the participating countries, including representatives both
from the education and training system and the social partners’ organisations.

To increase the competitiveness of the enterprise and reduce the risk to the employees.
Stocktaking of the training needs of the enterprises, and of the role of different actors in
Training for Enterprise Development in Kyrgyzstan.

Stocktaking started followed by the first strategy discussions.

Continuing vocational education and training

Improve methods and practice in development of broad and flexible occupational
standards to meet the needs of the labour market.

Standards

Start up seminar in Kiev; 8 standards development projects on–going; national
workshops held; Standards Committees set up; 8 new standards produced; staff
development carried through.

Workshop on
standards

Promote methods of standards development for initial and secondary VET based on
international models.

Workshop held and action plan proposed for DELPHI activities on standards.

Support to Russian
Association of
Business Education
Support to Economic
Commission for
Europe (ECE) in
organising a training
workshop for SME
management trainers.
Study on assessing
MT needs

Strengthen networks of management training institutes. Design training which is more
relevant to managers’ needs.

Practical Management Training courses disseminated; network of –company partnerships
formed.

Teachers and trainers training and retraining -/- Management training

Upgrade SME training in Central-Asia and South-Caucasian countries to respond better
to rapidly changing economies. Key group of trainers is trained and equipped with
modern teaching material in order to disseminate the new methods and practice.

2 week training workshop for SME management trainers organised in Almaty. Training
material package produced and distributed.

Produce study reports, presenting key research findings.

6 reports, including findings and methodology edited and printed.

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Countries

Title

Objectives

Outputs by December 1999

ALL NIS &
MNG

UZB, KAZ,
KYR, TME,
AZB, ARM

Staff development
project IV (building
on the results of the
previous phases, in
particular the SDP III
of 1998).
Support to Central
Asian Management
Assoc.(CAMAN)

Teachers and trainers training and retraining -/- Management training

Improve VET policy making. Promote labour market analysis (LMA) as the basis of an
effective VET provision In Armenia the project aims at the reform of the VET structure.

Activities were finalised in November 1999; training organised and practical tools and
publications drafted; SDP IV project started all late 1999 and key actors trained.

Networking of training institutions and raising the profile of management training in
Central-Asia.

International Conference on management development and training workshop for trainers
and deans of business schools held. Support provided to the CAMAN Bulletin.

ARM, GEO,
KAZ

Legal and policy
advice

Practical advice on VET development to answer to the immediate needs of the countries. KAZ: Workshop on Financing VET held. GEO - workshop on the Role of VET in the
Development of the Economy ARM- expert workshop held to assist the government in
drafting of the VET law.

Social partnership / Policy advice

RF, UKR,
ARM, KYR,
UZB, TME

Donor co-operation
workshops

Improved co-ordination and co-operation between donors in the field of education and
training.

RF: Consultative Council, web-page and database of donors established.
UKR: agreement reached on outline for parallel funded project.
ARM: workshops replaced by legal advice provision and national VET workshops. A
parallel-funded project (Georgian government, UNDP, ETF) was confirmed with other
donors considering participation.
KYR/UZB: Workshops postponed. Turkmenistan cancelled. In Uzbekistan a study on the
accreditation of the MBA training was carried out, as a preparation for further action.

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Table 4 - MEDA - 1999 ETF projects funded from Title 3

Countries

DZ, TR, MT,
CY, JO, LB

Title

Country reports

TN

SY

MT

SY

DZ

Tunisia workshop -
Manforme programme

Workshop on
apprenticeship
schemes in Syria

Workshop on policy
advice

Participation at
UNESCO workshop
on VET
Algerian preparatory
mission FNAC project

Objectives

Outputs to December 1999

To produce six reports on national VET system and a composite summary report. To
produce additional reports on the development of VET systems in Malta, Cyprus and
Turkey in the light of the European policy.
To support the implementation of VET reform in the Maghreb region, and in Tunisia in
particular (Manforme), through exchange of experiences and examples of good practice
on four VET related themes
To support Syrian authorities in their efforts to introduce apprenticeship schemes by
using examples of good practice from neighbouring and EU countries.

Finalisation of the framework for vocational training reform in Malta by analysis and
discussion of relevant issues, exchange of examples of best practice and identification of
needs which arise from the pre-accession process.
To provide technical advice on European apprenticeship models to the Syrian authorities
at a national workshop on the dual system organised in co-operation with UNESCO.

Following a request from the Commission, to launch a pilot activity in the Maghreb
region, on appropriate mechanisms for financing of initial and continuing VET, with
particular attention to the functioning of Algerian FNAC (Fonds National Algérien de
Développement de l’Apprentissage et la Formation Continue) as a case study.

Six country reports, three assessment reports and one global summary report, enabling
the identification of the main challenges and priorities for assistance in reforming
vocational education and training.
Two and a half day workshop in Tunisia. 70 participants from key Tunisian Ministries,
professional organisations, international donors, and Algeria & Morocco. Report
produced.
Three day workshop in Syria. 50 participants from key Syrian Ministries, Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, enterprises, TEVT institutes, donor organisations and from
neighbouring countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority, Egypt). Report
produced.
Three-day workshop in Malta. 30-35 participants from the Ministries of Education,
Social Policy, Employment Training Corporation, social partners and VET
institutions. Report produced.
Syrian authorities exposed to different European models of apprenticeship as well as
conditions for adapting them to the local context.

Preparatory activities for a full-scale project completed.

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3.

TEMPUS - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The Foundation provided technical assistance to the European Commission for the
implementation of the Tempus programme on the basis of two annual conventions
(Tempus Phare and Tempus Tacis), agreed between the Commission and the Foundation.
The technical assistance covered a range of project-related activities necessary for the
successful
the Tempus Programme in the areas of selection,
monitoring, publications, information and events.

implementation of

3.1.

Selection 1999-2000

A)

Tempus Phare

Type of project

Applications received

Projects funded

Joint European Projects
(deadline 29 January 1999)

Individual Mobility Grants

Round1
(deadline 12 March 1999)

(cid:1)

East

West
(cid:1)

East
West
Round 2
(Deadline 25 June 1999)
West
East

East
West

(cid:1)
(cid:1)

462

222

207
15
163

149
14

149

75

71
4
112

104
8

•

•

Joint European Projects: a total of 462 applications was received, registered,
copied and dispatched to National Tempus Offices and the Commission. Selection
meetings, under the chairmanship of the Commission, were held in the partner
countries enabling experts from the EU and Central and Eastern Europe to work
together on site. The regional meeting, which was planned to take place in Tirana,
was relocated to Turin due to the situation in the region at the time. The
Commission’s final decision was to fund 149 Joint European Projects, of which 2
were multi-country.

Individual Mobility Grants: 385 IMG applications were processed during 1999,
covering mobility both to and from partner countries. The total number of selected
applications was 187 representing a success rate of 48.6%, an increase of 5%
compared to 1998.

1999 was the last year in which the candidate countries were eligible to apply for Tempus
funding. The projects selected in 1999 will run until the end of 2002.

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*
*
B)

Tempus Tacis

Type of project

Applications received

Applications funded

Joint European Projects
(deadline 15/3/1999)
Compact Projects
(deadline 15/3/1999)
Total

145

118

263

33

40

73

•

the 1999 call for applications for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and
Uzbekistan, resulted in a total of 145 JEP applications and 118 Compact Project
applications. The technical assessment of the applications was organised and
selection meetings, under the chairmanship of the Commission, held in Kiev and
Torino. In total 73 projects were funded, consisting of 23 Joint European Projects,
10 Mobility Joint European Projects and 40 Compacts projects.

3.2.

Monitoring

In addition to managing the selection procedure, one of the Foundation’s key activities as
part of its technical assistance to the Commission is the monitoring of ongoing and
completed Tempus Joint European Projects, which have a duration of 2 or 3 years, from
both a financial and content related perspective. Thus monitoring activities both in
Tempus Phare and Tempus Tacis covered the usual main areas i.e. contract management,
desk and field monitoring of current projects. Particularly important in 1999 was the
support provided to the launching phase of the first Tempus Institution Building Joint
European Projects started in December 1998.

3.3.

Tempus publications, information and events

The third component of technical assistance provided relates to Tempus publications, the
provision of information and the organisation of specific events as follows:

•

•

•

•

publication of the Tempus Annual Report for 1997 and preparation of the draft

1998 Tempus Annual Report;

project fiches on 16 successful Tempus Phare projects were produced for the
Commission as a dissemination tool together with updates of Tempus Phare at
Work and Tempus Tacis at Work;

the new Tempus Guide for Applicants covering the introduction of Tempus III
in 2000 – 2001 and 2001-2002 was published and made available by October on
Internet; and visits to all EU and partner countries organised in the period October
– December, in the framework of the Tempus III Information Campaign;

a Tempus conference “Perspectives for EU supported co-operation in higher
education 2000-2006” was organised by the Foundation for the Commission in
Kiev in April. This event coincided with the adoption of the third phase of
Tempus, “Tempus III”. The conference proceedings are available in English
French, German and Russian on the Foundation homepage www.etf.eu.int.

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Table 5 - Tempus grants and Technical assistance

Commission
Budget line reference

Description

Total grant
€
)
(

Overall
commitment %

Tempus II Phare (convention)
Tempus II Phare (grants)
Tempus II Phare (grants)
Tempus II Phare (grants)
Tempus II Phare (grants)

Technical assistance 99
Tempus Phare grants 99
Tempus Phare grants 98
Tempus Phare grants 97
Tempus Phare grants 96

TOTAL

850,000
32,383,498
35,377,307
59,922,991
67,394,850

195,928,646

40.49%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%

Commission
Budget line reference

Description

Total grant
€
)
(

Overall
commitment %

Tempus II Tacis (convention)
Tempus II Tacis
Tempus II Tacis
Tempus II Tacis
Tempus II Tacis

TOTAL

Technical assistance 99
Tempus Tacis grants 99
Tempus Tacis grants 98
Tempus Tacis grants 97
Tempus Tacis grants 96

675,000
22,236,610
15,068,860
20,468,516
22,996,712

81,445,698

53.82%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%

Overall
disbursement
€
)
(

201,270.86
7,473,906.00
19,238,399.00
42,346,531.00
66,306,186.00

Overall
disbursement
€
)
(
240,683.70
9,153,423.00
8,236,729.00
17,258,590.00
22,968,901.41

Overall
disbursement %

End of
convention

Extension
of convention

Management

23.68%
23.08%
54.38%
70.67%
98.38%

31.05.2000
31.12.2002
31.12.2001
31.12.2000
31.12.1999

under
preparation

Central
Central
Central
Central
Central

Overall
disbursement %

End of
convention

Extension
of convention

Management

35.66%
41.16%
54.66%
84.32%
99.88%

31.05.2000
31.12.2002
31.12.2001
31.12.2000
31.12.1999

under
preparation

Central
Central
Central
Central
Central

Please note that Total grant amounts for Tempus grants are only estimations as the amount can vary according to the European Commission decision.

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4.

4.1.

COOPERATION WITH EU AGENCIES

CEDEFOP

The Foundation stepped up its co-operation with CEDEFOP in 1999. It benefited from
CEDEFOP’S contribution to a number of Work Programme projects, such as Teacher
Training, Integration of Work and Learning, Transparency of Qualifications and Social
Partnership. The Foundation has also provided support for a number of initiatives led by
CEDEFOP in particular to the extension of CEDEFOP’S own activities to the partner
countries of Central Eastern Europe. Examples of this approach in 1999 were the Scenario
Project which was extended to include five of the Candidate Countries, and the inclusion of a
Chapter on VET research in Central and Eastern Europe in the CEDEFOP Joint Research
Report. Agreement was also reached with CEDEFOP on joint publication and joint
development of information technology support, including through the Internet.

4.2.

Other EU Agencies

The Foundation was also involved with two other EU agencies on two projects financed under
the Phare Distance Training Programme. These were the Health and Safety at Work project
involving the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in Bilbao, and the Water
Management project in co-operation with the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen

4.3.

Common support service

1999 saw the first year of operation for the Inter-Agency SI2 Common Support Service, a
function set-up by seven EU agencies7 to create and implement a shared support and
development structure for new computerised Budget and General Accounting Systems. A
Support Centre was set up and managed at Turin under the supervision of the Foundation’s
Computer Systems Department involving the installation of the Commission's SI2 Budget
accounting system at each agency site. Subsequently, a web-based support and knowledge
base (http://www.etf.eu.int/css) was put
in place to manage requests for support and
maintenance. The Support Centre also further developed the SI2 software in the directions of
general accounting (SI2X), financial reporting (SI2R) and electronic document management.
The Turin pilot site succeeded in designing a paperless system for financial transactions
which is inspected and validated by a remote financial control function electronically. The
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions joined the consortium in
November 1999, proof of the success of this collaborative approach. The Foundation provided
the secretariat, chairmanship and financial management for this initiative.

5.

5.1.

FINANCIAL REPORT

Funding sources

The Foundation manages
programmes.

funding from the European Union’s different assistance

7

European Training Foundation (Turin), European Environment Agency (Copenhagen), European
Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Bilbao) European Translation Centre for the Bodies of the
European Union (Luxembourg), European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Lisbon),
Community Plant Variety Office (Angers), European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and
Working Conditions (Dublin)

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An annual subvention from the European Community budget to cover its administrative
costs as well as the cost of operations in the annual work programme (in 1999 the subvention
amounted to

16.2 million compared to

15.4 million in 1998).

€

€

Funds via conventions signed with the European Commission for the management of Phare
and Tacis programmes on behalf of the Commission. In 1999 the Foundation handled around
€
53 million in Phare and Tacis convention funds for vocational education and training
projects (see table 7 for further details). With regard to the technical assistance it provides to
the Commission for Tempus, the Foundation managed around
195 million8 in Tempus
Phare funds and

81 million in Tempus Tacis funds (see table 5 for breakdown).

€

€

5.2.

1999 budget execution

In the course of the year a number of transfers within the budget became necessary for the
following main reasons:

•

•

•

The estimates made for salaries and for a number of allowances were too tightly
calculated. In particular, the number of staff leaving the Foundation was higher than
anticipated leading to increased expenditure on removal allowances which are
particularly difficult to calculate.

The annual salary increase, to be paid retroactively from July – December 1999, was
higher than estimated.

The savings, made during the course of the year within Chapter 30 of the budget,
enabled the Foundation to increase its operations in a number of areas considered to be
a priority in Chapter 31 or to enhance existing projects.

8

Note that these sums refer to the total amounts of multi-annual projects

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The Governing Board approved two amending budgets in 1999. The transfers concerned:

•

•

Shifts in administrative expenditure in Titles 1 and 2; and

Enhancement of operational activities in Title3.

The table below shows the state of execution of the budget (in

€

) at 31 December 1999:

1999
budget

Committed

Paid

Automatic
carry-over

Total
expenses

%

Title 1

Title 2
Title 3

Total

10,191,721

10,187,800

10,022,699

165,101

10,187,800

1,370,779
4,637,500

1,354,533
4,625,471

896,505
2,333,783

458,027
2,291,688

1,354,532
4,625,471

16,200,000

16,179,804

13,252,987

2,914,816

16,167,803

99,96%

98,81%
99,74%

99,80%

5.3.

Activity based budgeting 1999

1999 also saw the introduction of activity-based budgeting allowing the Foundation for the
first time to demonstrate the link between resources and activities. Table 6 below shows the
overall cost of the Foundation ‘s activities in staff terms as well as the proportion of the
budget involved.

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Table 6

ACTIVITY

Statutory staff

Administrative support

Organisational support

Candidate countries

South-Eastern Europe

Russian Federation, Moldova, Belarus,
Ukraine

Caucasus, Central Asia, Mongolia

MEDA

Tempus

Transversal activities

TOTAL

24.9

13.5

16.2

13.2

8.9

8.7

7.4

27.9

3.4

124.3

BUDGETARY RESOURCES

NON BUDGETARY RESOURCES

Staff costs
€
)
(

Administration
& infrastructure
€
)
(

Operational
costs (missions
included)
€
)
(

TOTAL
BUDGET
(source ETF)
€
)
(

(Title 1)

(Title 2)

(Title 3)

(Title 1+2+3)

Conventions
€
)
(

Tempus
€
)
(

Donors
cooperation
€
)
(

TOTAL
NON
BUDGETARY
€
)
(

1,905,250

983,350

1,296,000

1,050,200

721,000

670,360

621,102

2,185,800

271,000

29,150

1,934,400

514,589

1,497,939

1,797,764

3,093,764

13,380,801

409,413

710,194

715,289

312,960

1,459,613

4,291,373

1,431,194

3,100,000

1,385,649

250,000

934,062

95,000

2,280,800

80,910,927

540,800

811,800

13,380,801

4,291,373

600,000

3,700,000

250,000

0

80,910,927

9,704,062

1,370,779

5,125,159

16,200,000

21,022,174

80,910,927

600,000

102,533,101

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Table 7 - Phare and Tacis vocational education and training conventions (Situation as of 15/12/99)

Commission budget
line reference

Country

Commission
contract
number

Description

Total grant

Overall
commit-
ment %

Deadline for
commitment

Overall
disbursement

Overall
disburse-
ment %

Deadline for
disbursement

Extension for
final audit &
evaluation

Management

BG-95.06

Bulgaria

BH-97.02*

ES-95.02.02

ES-96.12.01

ES-96.12.02

Bosnia

Estonia

Estonia

Estonia

ES-96.22.02.01*

Estonia

ES-96.22.02.02*

Estonia

LE-95.02.06

Latvia

LE-96.09.01

Latvia

LE-97.03.01.01*

Latvia

E
R
A
H
P

96-0411

98-0020

95-1299

96-0965

96-0852

97-0406

97-0407

95-1300

96-1291

98-0053

VET Education Reform

9,000,000

99.27%

31.12.1998

8,144,222.42

89.84%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000

Decentralised

Vet programme

3,500,000

97.09%

31.12.1999

1,958,817.00

55.97%

30.06.2000

31.12.2000

Centralised

Institutional & Hum. Res. Develop. (Educ.)

1,700,000

98.42%

31.12.1998

1,599,866.36

94.11%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000 Mixed

Higher Education & Science reform

1,600,000

99.19%

31.12.1998

1,595,920.00

98.97%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000

Decentralised

Information Systems in Education Progr.

600,000

100.00%

31.12.1998

595,000.00

99.17%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000

Decentralised

Information Systems in Education Progr.

1,700,000

91.27%

31.12.1999

632,558.00

37.21%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Decentralised

Higher Education & Science reform

600,000

69.31%

31.12.1999

315,024.00

52.50%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Decentralised

Institutional & Hum. Res. Develop.
(Business)

1,000,000

96.96%

31.12.1998

968,583.52

96.34%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000 Mixed

Higher Vocational Education Reform

1,500,000

97.68%

31.12.1998

1,236,052.00

82.40%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000

Decentralised

VET Reform Programme

1,500,000

62.35%

31.10.1999

252,514.00

16.83%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Decentralised

LI-97.03.02.03

Lithuania

98-0441

Management Training

600,000

94.95%

31.12.1999

184,850.00

30.81%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Centralised

LI-97.04.01.02*

Lithuania

98-0035

VET Reform Programme

1,000,000

88.59%

31.12.1999

310,662.65

31.07%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Decentralised

MA-97.03*

FYROM

RO-97.01.04.01*

Romania

98-0026

98-0121

Integrated VET FYROM

2,800,000

75.90%

31.12.1999

978,929.74

34.96%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Centralised

Human Resources Development Progr.

3,000,000

98.92%

31.12.1999

669,000.00

22.30%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Decentralised

ZZ-95.07

Multi-Country

96-0726

Distance Educ. Progr.

5,000,000

99.99%

31.12.1998

4,696,290.59

91.32%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000

Centralised

ZZ-96.17*

Multi-Country

97-0511

Distance Educ. Progr.

5,000,000

98.42%

31.12.1998

4,308,838.43

85.60%

31.12.1999

30.06.2000

Centralised

ZZ-97.19 (B-5000)* Multi-Country

98-0356

Special Preparatory Progr. on Structural
Funds

2,099,900

80.88%

31.12.1999

549,505.88

26.17%

31.12.2000

30.06.2001

Centralised

ZZ-97.27.01*

Multi-Country

98-0060

Cooperation in Higher Education

1,300,000

98.00%

31.10.1999

517,017.85

39.77%

31.10.2000

30.04.2001

Centralised

ZZ-97.27.02*

Multi-Country

98-0061

Cooperation in Distance Education

1,000,000

96.39%

31.10.1999

627,676.60

62.77%

31.10.2000

30.04.2001

Centralised

TOTAL

44,499,900

30,141,329.04

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Commission budget
line reference

Country

Commission
contract number

Description

Total grant

Overall
commit-
ment %

Deadline for
commitment

Overall
disbursement

Overall
disburse-
ment %

End of
convention

Management

DELPHI*

Russia

98-0320

Development of Educational Links and Professional &
Higher Education Initiatives

6,000,000

98.32%

16.11.2001

1,523,466.60

25.39%

16.11.2001

Centralised

S
I
C
A
T

MO-97010301*

Moldova

97-0454

Reform of the Moldovan System of Education & Training

1,500,000

100.00%

29.02.2000

770,049.20

51.34%

29.02.2001

Centralised

Bistrot Contract

Russia

BIS/99/092/005 Addressing the Training Needs of the Managers in the

99,942

86.59%

24.03.2000

21,036.00

21.05%

24.03.2000

Centralised

EDUZ 9803*

Uzbekistan

EDUZ 9803

Russian Managers'Training Programme

Assistance to the Reform of Vocational Education in
Uzbekistan

TOTAL

•

ETF Project Management

1,000,000

99.88%

30.06.2001

-

0.00%

30.06.2001

Centralised

8,500,000

2,293,515.80

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Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

29

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1

STAFFING AND ORGANISATION CHART

Temporary agents

Table A:
December 1999

The number of temporary agents in post by category and nationality on 31

Nationality/ Category

A

B

C

Total

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

TOTAL

2

3

1

1

6

9

2

1

8

-

7

-

2

-

11

53

1

6

-

1

6

2

1

5

7

-

3

-

1

1

8

1

6

1

1

2

2

-

-

5

1

-

1

-

1

4

42

25

4

15

2

3

14

13

3

6

20

1

10

1

3

2

23

120

Table B: Change in staffing profile in 1999

Grade

A

B

C

Total

Situation on
01/01/99

Departure

Recruitment

Change of
grade

53

40

23

116

- 7

- 4

- 3

- 14

-

-

-

+ 7

+ 6

+ 5

+ 18

30

Total

53

42

25

120

Table C:
1999

The number and type of other staff employed in the Foundation at the end of

Auxiliary agents

Local agents

National Experts on secondment

4

12

5

31

Organigramme of the European Training Foundation

December 1999

Director
Peter de Rooij
1A, 1C, 1LA

Deputy Director
Ulrich Hillenkamp
1A, 1C

Deputy Director
Livio Pescia
1A, 1C

Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation Unit
Lesley Wilson
3A, 1B, 1C, 1 END

Development Unit
Anthony Gribben
2A, 1C

Management Training Unit
Robert Teunissen
1A, 1B

Finance, Personnel & Legal
Department
Volker Thiem
6A, 10B, 6C, 1LA

Computer System
Department
Jeff Harris
4A, 4B, 1C

Information & Publications
Department
Gisela Schürings
2A, 4B, 2C, 2LA

Administrative Services
Department
Francesco Panzica
1A, 2B, 1C, 6LA

Tempus Unit

Peter Bedewell
4A, 7B, 4C, 2 LA

Central Europe North
[CZ-EE-H-LT-LV-PL-SK]

Central Europe South
[ALB- BiH -BG-FYR-HRV-RO-
SLO]

Jean-Raymond Masson

Peter Greenwood

2A, 2B

1A, 2B

7A, 4B, 2½ C

5A, 3B, 1½ C, 2 END
32

The Russian
Federation, Ukraine,
Belarus and Moldova
[BR-MOL-UKR-RF]

The Caucasus and
Central Asia
[ARM-AZB-GEO-KAZ-
KYR-MNG-TAD-TME-UZB]

MEDA
[CY-DZ-EG-IL-JO-LB-MA-
MT-PAL-SY-TN-TR]

Arjen Vos

1A, 1B

Markku Junkkari

Olivier Ramsayer

1A

4A, 2B, 1½ C, 2 END

6A, 2B, 1½ C, 1 END

4A, 1B, 1C, 2 END

THE GOVERNING BOARD

The Board met twice in 1999, on 9 March and on 8-9 November.

At the March meeting the Governing Board:

ANNEX 2

•

•

•

•

•

decided to renew the Director’s contract for a second term of five years;

took note of a progress report by the Director on the activities of the Foundation;

gave its discharge to the Director for the 1997 accounts and took note of the preliminary figures for 1998 expenditure;

adopted the 1999 budget and the draft 2000 budget both for an amount of

16.2 million; and

€

approved the 1999 work programme of the Foundation as well as a paper on the development of the Advisory Forum.

The Governing Board meeting on 9 November was attended also by representatives of the candidate countries in the context of the pre-accession
strategy to involve the candidate countries in the work of EU agencies and programmes. The meeting was preceded by an informal seminar (also
involving the candidate countries) devoted to discussing progress in implementing vocational education and training reforms in the candidate countries.

At its meeting on 9 November Board members:

•

•

•

•

•

took note of the Director’s progress report;

held a first discussion on the strategic development of the Foundation;

examined the implications for the 2000 work programme of the progress report on vocational training reform in the candidate countries;

took note of a paper by the Foundation on its role in the socio-economic reconstruction of South Eastern Europe as well as a paper on the

further development of the Advisory Forum; and

approved a second amending budget for 1999.

33

List of Governing Board members

Chairman:

Domenico Lenarduzzi, Deputy Director General for Education
and Culture, European Commission

Members:

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Mr Wolfgang Lentsch, Director General, Federal Ministry of
Economic Affairs

Ms Micheline Scheys, Head of Department of Policy Co-
ordination, Ministry of Flemish Community

Mr Kaj Holbraad, Senior Counsellor, Ministry of Education

Mr Timo Lankinen, Government Counsellor, Ministry of
Education

Mr Jacques Maire, Delegate, Ministry of Employment and
Solidarity

Dr Hermann Müller-Solger, Head of Unit, Federal Ministry of
Education, Research and Technology (BNBF)

Mr Gerassimos G. Sapountzoglou, President, Organisation for
Vocational Education and Training (OEEK)

Mr Eugene Forde, Principal Officer, Department of Enterprise,
Trade and Employment Labour Force Development Division

Mr Gianpaolo Scarante, Co-ordinator of PECO, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs

Prof Gilbert Engel, Ministry of Education and Vocational
Training

Mr Arie Ijzerman, Deputy Director of International Policy,
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences

Mr Francisco Caneira Madelino, Institute of Employment of
Vocational Training

Ms María José Muniozguren Lazcano, Technical Advisor to the
Sub-director, Ministry of Education and Culture

Mr Dan Fagerlund, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Education and
Science, National Agency of Education

United Kingdom

Mr Gordon Pursglove, Department
Employment, EC Education and Training Division

for Education

and

European Commission Ms Catherine Day, Deputy Director General

for External

Relations

34

1999 FOUNDATION EVENTS LIST

Event

Place

Organiser

ANNEX 3

JANUARY

SPP conference

SPP conference
SPP conference
National Observatories project: Key Indicators Training
Workshop
National Observatories Project, National Workshop
Georgia
National Observatories project: National Workshop
Turkmenistan
SME Environmental Management Meeting
Conference on: 'Support to VET reforms: Introduction to a
European Structural Funds approach
Conference to evaluate Phare VET reform programme

ETF

Prague, Czech
Republic
Sophia, Bulgaria
Warsaw, Poland
Chisinau, Moldova National Observatory

ETF
ETF

Tbilisi, Georgia

National Observatory

National Observatory

ETF
ETF

Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan
Turin, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal

Bratislava, Slovak
Republic

Presentation on Euro by Mr. Pastor DG IX
Education for the development of the Mediterranean Area Napoli, Italy

Turin, Italy

FEBRUARY

ETF
Ministry of Public
Instruction
Bocconi University
ETF
ETF

Moscow, RF
Turin, Italy
Slovak Republic

Turin, Italy
ETF
Chisinau, Moldova ETF
Turin, Italy
ETF
Slovak Republic
Member States

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Launch Meeting - DELPHI project
Presentation by Mr. Eric Esnault OECD
Seminar for the preparation of background studies for the
EPR's
MEDA EU Delegation meeting
Seminar "Reform of the Moldovan VET System"
Inter-Agency SI2 Support & Service Steering Committee
Employment policy review workshops: Statistics
SPP:ESF study visits of 3 officials from candidate countries
to 2 Member States (7 days each)
Steering committee meeting (ETUC, UNICE, Bilbao
Agency, ETF) for candidate country distance training on
Public Procurement Directive.
Steering committee meeting: (Copenhagen agency, ETF)
for candidate county distance training on EU Water
Framework Directive

35

Event

Place

Organiser

MARCH

Turin, Italy

Presentation from Mr Hans Blankestijn "Relation between
the needs for competencies with the content of training
programmes"
Pilot Project - St. Petersburg Workshop on Social Partners St Petersburg, RF
Governing Board Meeting
Sub-group A: "VET against social exclusion"
National Observatories Project Key Indicators Workshop
National Observatories Project Donor Cooperation Meeting Moscow, RF
National Observatories Project Key Indicators Workshop
National Observatories project: Donor cooperation meeting Kiev, Ukraine
Sub-group C: "Impact of the LM on standards"
National Observatories Project Meeting of all National
Observatory Team Leaders
Sub-group B: "The role of Training & retraining in regions" Paris
Sub-group D: "Teacher & trainer training"
Evaluation of Activities in Management Training in the
NIS: Workshop to present results of the project

Romania
UK

Tbilisi, Georgia

ETF

ETF
ETF
ETF

ETF
ETF
ETF

Turin, Italy
Kyrgystan
Yerevan, Armenia National Observatory
National Observatory
National Observatory
National Observatory
ETF
ETF

FYROM
Turin, Italy

APRIL

Seminar for the preparation of background studies for the
EPR's
Pilot Project - St. Petersburg Workshop on Labour Market
Assessment for National Observatory Network
Workshop and training seminar for 40 Phare distance
learning centres, 11 National Contact Points and 27
distance learning course module contractors on business
planning and ODL methodologies.
OECD Sector Review in Estonia

Tempus Conference
Working Group "Education and Training Statistics"
Meeting of the Task Force for "Educational Co-operation
for Peace, Stability and Democracy in Southeast Europe"

Poland

ETF

St Petersburg, RF

ETF

Budapest, Hungary ETF

Tallinn, Estonia

Kiev, Ukraine
Luxembourg
Vienna, Austria

OECD/Estonian
Ministry of Education
ETF
Eurostat
Task Force

36

Event

Place

Organiser

2nd World Conference of UNESCO on TVE
SPP:ESF: Phase 1 round-up conference

Seoul, Korea
UNESCO
Brussels, Belgium SPP team

MAY

Phare meeting: "Labour market and continuing training
policies in the transformation context"

Dresden, Germany Ministry of Education

Germany (BMBF),
ETF

Validation conference - ETF Regional Studies Pilot Project Budapest, Hungary MGU
International conference on Career guidance

Bled, Slovenia

National Observatory
/ETF
ETF

Vienna, Austria
Mainz, Germany Ministry of Education

Employment Observatory Workshop
Workshop on Continuing Training

Pilot Project - St Petersburg Workshop on Teaching
Methods & Development of Teaching Materials
National Observatories Project National Workshop
Azerbaijan
Conference:" Reform of content of Vocational Education" Moscow, RF

Baku, Azerbaijan

St Petersburg, RF

Germany (BMBF),
ETF
ETF

National Observatory

Russian Ministry of
General and
Professional Education
and British Council

CAMAN International Conference on Management
Training in Kazakhstan

Multimedia in Initial and Continuing Vocational Education
and Training

Almaty, Kazakhstan Central Asian
Foundation for
Management
Development

Munich, Germany Ministry of Education

SPP:ESF: country-based supplementary seminars for govt.
officials

10 candidate
countries

JUNE

SPP:ESF: national awareness-raising conferences for
central, regional & local governmental civil servants,
together with social partners
Working meeting on the 2nd report on European VET
research
National Observatories Project Key Indicators Workshop Moscow, RF
Expert meeting on best practice in business incubations

10 candidate
countries

Thessaloniki,
Greece

Geneva,
Switzerland
Luxembourg

Working Group "Continuing Vocational Training Survey
(CVTS2)"

Germany (BMBF),
ETF
SPP team

SPP team

CEDEFOP/ETF

National Observatory
United Nations

CEDEFOP

Event

Place

Organiser

CEEMAN Conference releasing the findings of the survey
on management training needs of enterprises in CEE at the
achieved stage of transition
Open technical session on SI2 upgrade to v.1,2,2 and
related technical issues on SI2 Support & Maintenance
Brussels conference: Conclusions first phase SPP training Brussels, Belgium SPP team

Moscow, Russian
Federation

Turin, Italy

ETF

CEEMAN, ETF,
RABE

37

programme
Entrepreneurship - an objective for education in Europe

Meeting of Tacis CU Human Resources Development
Officers "Role of Vocational Education and Training in
transforming societies and economics
Conference on internationalising Entrepreneurship
Education and Training

National Observatories Project Key Indicators Workshop
Chairs & Experts meeting (second)
Vocational Training as an instrument to combat
unemployment: implications for candidate countries of
Central/Eastern Europe
Budapest Education Ministers Conference
Transition from initial vocational training into stable
employment

9th ETUC Statutory Congress
Standards Development Project: Start-up meeting (Phase II
of pilot project (see WP 99)

JULY

Stuttgart, Germany Bundesministerium für
Bildung und Forschung
ETF

Turin, Italy

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian Association
for Management
Development and
Entrepreneurship

Bishkek, Kyrgistan National Observatory
Turin, Italy
Turin, Italy

ETF
Committee of the
Region/Regione
Piemonte/ETF

Budapest, Hungary BMBF
Frankfurt, Germany Bundesanstalt für
Arbeit, European
Commission
CES ETUC EGB DEFS
ETF

Helsinki, Finland
Kiev, Ukraine

National workshop on the dual system application in TVET
- Syria
Phare National Observatory Meeting
Meeting of the new Advisory Forum members from the
MEDA partners
MEDA country reports preparatory meeting for Turkey,
Algeria, Lebanon and Jordan
Steering committee meeting (representatives of Education
Ministries of 13 Phare countries) for the Phare Multi-
Country Programme in Higher Education

Damascus, Syria

UNESCO

Turin, Italy
Turin, Italy

Turin, Italy

ETF
ETF

ETF

Bucharest, Romania ETF

38

Event

Place

Organiser

SEPTEMBER

Advisory Forum Plenary Meeting
Preparatory meeting for conference on stability agreement
for South Eastern Europe
"Journée de refléxion" on training in the candidate countries Oxford, UK
Civil society and VET. The role of Democratic Citizenship
and Diversity of Education in Vocational Education and
Training
4th meeting of Steering group for SI2
Phare Multi-Country Programme in Higher Education:
Dissemination workshop
Final conference on "Upgrading Vocational Education and
Training " Project
ETUC Education Council

Sofia

Turin, Italy
Brussels, Belgium Social & Economic

ETF

Committee
Commission/ TAIEX

Mavrovo, FYROM ETF, ARO

Turin, Italy
Sinaia, Romania

ETF, CSD/FPLD
ETF

Ministry of Education
and Science
ETUCO/AFETT

Blankenberge,
Belgium
Rovaniemi, Finland Commission/Finnish

Meeting of the Directors General for Vocational Training

Task Force Meeting

Brussels, Belgium Task Force South East

OCTOBER

Presidency

St Petersburg, RF
St Petersburg, RF

Europe
ETF
ETF

Budapest, Hungary CEEMAN

Thessaloniki,
Greece
Sofia,
Ottawa, Canada

Ramallah,
Palestinian
Authority
10 candidate
countries
Warsaw, Poland

CEDEFOP, ETF

ETF
EU-Delegation

Ministry of Education

SPP team

Ministry of Labour and
Social Policy
ETF

Pilot Project - St Petersburg Social Partners Seminar
Pilot Project - St Petersburg Staff development programme
Kick-off seminar
European Diversity and Integration: Implications for
Management Development
Meeting organised jointly by Cedefop and ETF about the
joint project on social dialogue in vocational training
Drafting Group Meeting & 'Back to Europe' Conference
Seminar on Canada-EU Transatlantic Relations:
Circumpolar Cooperation and Northern Dimension
International workshop on education in Palestine

SPP:ESF: 20 x local events (2 per candidate country).

National Conference on the European Social Fund

Standards Development Project: Start Conference

Kiev

39

Event

Place

Organiser

Final Conference and Steering Committee meeting
(representatives of Education Ministries of 13 Phare
countries) for the Phare Multi-Country Programme in
Distance Learning.
Pilot Project - St Petersburg Seminar on Results of Sectoral
Labour Market Surveys
Workshop on apprenticeship schemes models adapted to
the MEDA region
Workshop on Standards
SPP National Seminar
Regional Observatory - Key Indicators Seminar

Budapest, Hungary ETF

St Petersburg, RF

ETF

Damascus, Syria

ETF

Moscow, RF
Hungary
St Petersburg, RF

ETF
ETF
ETF

NOVEMBER

Governing Board Meeting
Project "Analysis of Managers' Training Needs" Final
Conference
Educational cooperation for Peace, Stability and democracy
in Southeast Europe within the frame of the "Graz-Process"

Brussels, Belgium ETF
ETF
Moscow, RF

Sofia

Kultur Kontakt,
Balkans Colleges
Foundation, ETF

Strasbourg, France Council of Europe
Novosibirsk, RF

Federal Commission of
Management Training
of the Russian
Federation / ETF
Finnish Presidency /
ETF
ETF
ETF
Tacis/ETF
Council of Europe

Tampere, Finland

Turin, Italy
Estonia
Novgorod, RF
Paris, France

Tampere, Finland

ETF

Moscow, RF
Tunis, Tunisia
Naples, Italy
Turin, Italy

ETF
ETF
Ministry of Education
CEEMAN/ETF

Education for democratic citizenship and Social cohesion
Final conference of the Tacis/ETF Bistro project

Conference on new challenges in the cooperation between
VET and working life
National Training Institutions seminar for SPP
SPP National Seminar
Launching seminar on BISTRO pilot project
Second Working Group Meeting on the legislation of the
Russian Federation on "initial professional education" and
on "secondary professional education"
PMU meeting and Phare National Observatories meeting in
Finland
VET research in NIS countries
Regional workshop on reform of VET systems
Follow-up of MEDA Ministry of Education Forum
Workshop to study the extension of 'Assessing
Management Training Needs' to Hungary, Ukraine,
Lithuania and Latvia with CEEC, Ukraine and Baltic
experts

40

Event

Place

Organiser

Experts meeting with the authors of 'Assessing
Management Training Needs'. Plenary session with ETF
representatives

Turin, Italy

ETF

DECEMBER

Informal conference of Ministers of Education from South
East Europe
VET research, demands and possibilities of training at the
turn of the Millennium
VET reform policy advice workshop
SPP:ESF: final feedback meeting of facilitators &
Commission officials
National Workshop Armenia

Legal policy advice workshop

Strasbourg, France Council of Europe

Budapest, Hungary NIVE/ETF

La Valletta, Malta ETF
Brussels, Belgium SPP team

Tsakhkadzor,
Armenia
Tsakhkadzor,
Armenia

National Observatory

National Observatory

41

1999 FOUNDATION PUBLICATIONS

General Publications

ANNEX 4

The European Training Foundation Work Programme 2000-2002
Summary of the Foundation’s work in the year to come (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/RU)
The European Training Foundation Annual Report 1998
Reports on the Foundation’s activities and achievements for 1995,1996, 1997 and 1998
(DA/DE/EN/ES/FI/FR/GR/IT/NL/PT/SV).
ETFacts
The European Training Foundation’s thrice yearly newsletter containing articles on current
developments in vocational education and training in the partner countries. The newsletter is (
EN/FR/DE/RU).
National Observatories Brochure
Folder providing brief information about the National Observatories Network in Central and
Eastern Europe, the New Independent States and Mongolia( EN/FR/DE/RU).
The European Training Foundation - Challenges ahead
A set of four information leaflets outlining the Foundation’s current and work within its partner
countries (DE/EN/FR/IT)
Report on social exclusion – 1999
Follow-up report to the Round Table discussion held on social exclusion that took place in Bohinj,
Slovenia, at the end of 1998. It argues that Central and Eastern European countries need to pay more
attention to developing and strengthening policies that support disadvantaged groups (such as the young
and low-skilled unemployed, minority groups and low-skilled adult workers) in their efforts to combat
social exclusion.
Developments of Standards in Vocational Education and Training - Volume 1 (second edition)
and 2
Part of an on-going project on the role of standards in vocational training launched by the
European Training Foundation in the framework of the Advisory Forum
(EN/RU)
Advisory Forum Subgroup Final Reports – 1999
The reports from THREE of the Advisory Forum’s subgroups cover:
•
•
•

The role of training and retraining in the regions, and
teacher and trainer training.

Training against social exclusion for young people,

(EN/RU).
Third Workshop on Curriculum Innovation (Teacher and Trainer Training)
This report highlights the changing identities of schools and vocational institutions along with
the changing role of teachers and trainers and is based on the findings of a European Training
Foundation three day workshop entitled "Changing Roles of Teachers and Trainers - Changing
Identities of Schools and Vocational Institutions" that was held in Budapest in 1998 (EN only).

42

Assessing management training needs (BG, PL, RF, SLO + RO)
(EN only) A series of reports that have been prepared as an integral part of an international
research project on the assessment of management training needs in these countries. The project
has been implemented by the Central and Eastern European Management Development
Association (CEEMAN) and was sponsored by the European Training Foundation.
Tertiary Professional and Vocational Education in Central and Eastern Europe (produced in
collaboration with the Council of Europe) – 1998
This study aims to explore the educational opportunities provided beyond secondary education
in central and eastern European countries which emerged both in efforts to upgrade and raise
the quality of vocational education and to establish alternatives to university programmes
(EN/RU).

Central and Eastern Europe

Cross Country Analysis of Continuing Vocational Training – 1999
The report analyses the most important challenges facing the Central and Eastern European
Countries in the field of continuing vocational training. It also includes a report on each country
and guidelines for Phare programme implementation in the candidate countries for 2000-2006.
(EN only)
Reshaping the Focus of Vocational Teacher and Trainer Training
This report provides a comparative analysis of the current situation in teacher and trainer
training in Central and Eastern Europe and contains a series of recommendations for its future.
(EN only)
A Cross Country Analysis of Curricular Reform in Vocational Education and Training in
Central and Eastern Europe
The document on curriculum reform is based on a series of individual candidate country case
studies deriving from brief evaluation visits to each country and the analysis of a detailed
questionnaire. (EN only)
12 Phare country Factsheets
A series of factsheets in English providing general information country by country on
vocational education and training systems as well as programmes, projects and legislation.
(EN/DE/FR)
Professional Qualifications – Cross Country Report on the state of play of regulated
professions in Central and Eastern Europe
This report is designed to strengthen the awareness and capacity of the candidate countries to
address the approximation issues in the area of mutual recognition of professional
qualifications as well as to facilitate communication and the exchange of information
concerning regulated professions between EU and candidate countries. (EN only)
Regional Development Report (CZ, H, PL, SLO)
The European Training Foundation commissioned the National Observatories of the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia to undertake studies of the vocational education and
training system in selected regions. The overall objectives were to prepare for further support
measures to the regions in terms of training and to familiarise the countries’ key players in
vocational education and training with the European Social Fund’s (ESF) objectives and
measures. Each study report contains detailed analyses of present vocational education and
training structures and situation and would also make recommendations for improvement
measures for the vocational education and training system in the context of ESF guidelines and
procedures. (EN only).
Proceedings of the Conference on vocational education and training as an instrument to
combat unemployment- 1999
This document outlines the main conclusions of the conference that took place in June 1999. It
includes an assessment of the benefits of regionalising vocational education and training
provision. (EN only)

43

Key Indicators – Vocational Education and Training in Central and Eastern Europe – 1999
Statistical information on the vocational education and training systems of 10 countries:
ALB/BG/CZ/EE/H/LV/ LT/PL/RO/SLO (EN/RU)
Transition, Reconstruction and Stability in South-Eastern Europe – 1999
A full analysis of the role vocational education and training can play in the stability and
reconstruction process in the Balkans. (EN only)
Background Studies on the employment and labour markets in Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Hungary, Estonia and Romania (1999-2000).
These first five Studies (the remaining are to be published shortly), compiled by the European
Training Foundation with support from the European Commission, provide some of the most
up-to-date information and analysis on the current state of labour markets in the EU candidate
countries. They also provide a comprehensive assessment as to the readiness of the current
candidate countries to participate in the EU single market in the fields of employment and
training. (EN only)
Flyer on Integration of work and learning project
A brief outline of this Foundation project which has been designed to encourage cooperation in
the field of vocational education and training institutions and companies (EN/DE/FR)
Factsheet on vocational education and training reforms in the Phare and Tacis Regions
Brief text outlining the main achievements in the field of vocational education and training
reform over the last few years, current challenges, key facts on training developments in this
region and outline of EU support through the Phare Programme. (EN/DE/FR)
Factsheet on Special Preparatory Programme for the European Social Fund
A brief rundown of the European Training Foundation’s contribution to candidate country
preparations for administering the European Social Fund (EN/DE/FR)
Two Composite reports on the Special Preparatory Programme for the European Social Fund
These two reports provide information on the Foundation’s work under its special preparatory
programme, issues raised, and main findings. (EN only)

New Independent States and Mongolia

Tacis Key Indicators
Following the publication of the Key Indicators report for the Phare countries, the European
Training Foundation has now published a similar report for the Tacis countries. The report
provides an overview of educational attainment levels, the role of vocational education and
training in education systems of the Tacis countries and a set of details statistics in certain key
areas (EN/RU)
10 Tacis country Factsheets
A series of factsheets in English providing general information country by country on
vocational education and training systems as well as programmes, projects and legislation
(EN/DE/FR).

44

National Observatory Report on Vocational Education and Training – Georgia
The report provides a detailed global analysis of vocational education and training policy in
Georgia as well as an assessment of Georgia’s future needs in this area.
TME, UZB (EN only)
Management Handbook for Tacis National Observatories Network
This function of this publication is improve project management and fund raising skills within
the Tacis National Observatories (EN only).
Two Perspectives on reforming the regional system of vocational education (North-West
Russia pilot project)
Based on the experience of the North-West Russia Pilot Project in the Russian Federation, this
report concentrates on the issues of regional vocational education and training reform,
problems in reforming the system of initial vocational education in Russia, social partnership,
the content of vocational education, and the upgrading of the qualifications of teaching staff.
(EN only)
Tacis Information fiches
A set of fiches outlining important elements of vocational education and training in the Tacis
countries
(EN, DE, FR, RU)

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