{"id":570,"date":"2018-12-18T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/?p=570"},"modified":"2021-03-23T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:01:08","slug":"67-report-of-som1-meeting-krems-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/news\/67-report-of-som1-meeting-krems-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Report of SOM1 meeting, Krems – Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ASEM Education Secretariat drafted a report in 2\u00a0forms:\u00a0\u00a0a summary report<\/strong>\u00a0provides a short overview of the most important topics presented and issues discussed and the\u00a0full report<\/strong>\u00a0provides a complete overview of the content and topics discussed for further reading.\u00a0 Each paragraph is numbered to navigate through the reports and easily find back the paragraphs of your interest in each of the 2 versions of the report. In case you have a remark or a request for adjustment, please inform us and we will adjust accordingly.<\/p>\n The Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research of Austria<\/strong>, hosted the SOM1 of ASEMME7 in Krems (Austria), from 15-17 October 2018 together\u00a0with the Danube University Krems<\/strong>, The University for Continuing Education. The meeting was opened with the welcoming words of Rector Friedrich Faulhammer of the Danube University of Krems and Barbara Weitgruber of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.<\/p>\n ‘Pathways of Recognition: A contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) from a Lifelong Learning perspective’<\/strong>\u00a0was the title and the overall theme of this meeting.\u00a0\u00a0It was confirmed several times during the meeting that the ASEM Education Process has to play a role in the realisation of SDG4 on Quality Education and Lifelong Learning. The meeting has focused specifically on the importance of\u00a0recognition and quality assurance to create mutual trust for increasing transparancy, comparability and permeability which will enchance Europe-Asia collaboration and mobility<\/strong>.\u00a0 Collaboration between regions as well as between education sectors and levels and between education and business sector can be a strong catalyst to support Lifelong Learning and the SDG4.\u00a0 The relationship between the discussion on qualifications and recognition and Sustainable Development was explained in the keynote presentation of\u00a0Borhene Chakroun,<\/strong>\u00a0Section Chief of Youth, Literacy and Development of UNESCO. After this keynote presentation, participants have discussed about these topics in smaller groups.<\/p>\n In the afternoon of the first day, participants have chosen between 3 different workshops under the themes:<\/p>\n This session took a closer look to some instruments dealing with recognition and quality assurance that show encouraging potential collaboration and exchange\/mobility between Asia and Europe through a presentation by Kitty Fehringer on the\u00a0EURAXESS<\/strong>\u00a0initiative that contains a pan-European portal to mobilise and support\u00a0researchers. Another presentation was provided by Madhu Singh from the UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning and focused on the outcomes and trends that emerged from the collaborative\u00a0Global Inventory of Qualification systems<\/strong>\u00a0and how the conclusions relate to the ASEM Education Process and the Agenda 2030. 2 discussion tables concluded that the\u00a0Global Inventory encourages peer learning and mutual understanding<\/strong>\u00a0for collaboration and dialogue within ASEM Education. Another conclusion resulting from the table discussions was that a culture of trust needs to be nurtured to dilute the lack of recognition in order to encourage and\u00a0facilitate\u00a0smooth credit transfer. A multilateral platform such as ASEM Education is essential for all countries to work toghether.<\/p>\n The second workshop focused on how\u00a0individual learning pathways<\/strong>\u00a0can change over time and how education systems should adapt to the needs of creating these (individual) learning pathways. The projects presented have shown a diversity in different approaches to address the needs of individuals in Europe and Asia. Prof. Oleynikova, Director of Center for VET Studies, Russia,\u00a0presented first the advantages and challenges related to individual learning pathways and underscored the importance of\u00a0concrete actions at national and international level<\/strong>\u00a0such as a national legal framework and qualification frameworks together with recognition of qualifications and competences based on learning outcomes. Furthermore, different\u00a0good practice examples<\/strong>\u00a0related to this theme were presented by\u00a0Ms. Nyussupova (Al Farabi Kazakh National University) and Dr. Stroble (University of Salzburg), prof. Bang from the Konying Cyber University, Ms. Friedrich of te OeAD and Dr. HUMMEL (University of Graz, Austria).\u00a0After the presentations, participants discussed at 2 different discussion tables comparing experiences, on how and why ASEM Partner countries should collaborate with each other to facilitate transitions between educational levels and systems.\u00a0The conclusion was that the AEP still has untapped potential to tackle many of the international challenges.<\/p>\n This workshop focused on the\u00a0collaboration opportunities and challenges between businesses and education<\/strong>. A first presentation by\u00a0prof. Lindner (University Teacher College Vienna) highlighted the importance of\u00a0Entrepreneurship Education<\/strong>\u00a0and presented a practical model.\u00a0 Dr. Filiz Keser Aschenberger (Danube University) focused on the importance of Lifelong Learning for businesses against the backdrop of demographic, socio-economic and technological changes.\u00a0In the last presentation by Claudia Linditsch (University of Applied Sciences, Graz) presented 3 projects that focus on the enhancement of\u00a0University-Business cooperation in Asia<\/strong>. During the table discussion, participants have discussed and analysed the expectations and requirements from education sector and the private sector. It was concluded that\u00a0more institutionalised discussion is needed<\/strong>\u00a0to develop shared strategies with different actors. Therefore, an interdisciplinary approach is needed with active collaboration between education sector and industry. ASEM Education could play a crucial role in\u00a0bringing different actors together<\/strong>\u00a0and disseminate information regarding academia and industry collaboration for policy development and system improvement with initiatives such as the ASEM University-Business forum, credit recognition and apprenticeship programs.<\/p>\n\n
Theme of the SOM1<\/h2>\n
Workshops<\/h2>\n
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Presentations and Pitches<\/h2>\n