Educational Conference The Qualifications System A Development Tool for Poland and Europe Wednesday, 6 November 2013, Hilton Hotel, Warsaw Hall II+III 63 Grzybowska St., Warsaw, Poland CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 9:00am 10:00am Registration Welcome and introduction 10:00am 10:35am Michał Federowicz PhD, Director, Educational Opening speech Development of the Polish education system in line with the lifelong learning policy Maciej Jakubowski, PhD, Under Secretary of State, the Ministry of National Education Plenary session 1: The Education of Future Generations 10:35am 11:35am Chair: Michał Federowicz PhD, Director, Educational The education of future generations EU tools and initiatives Jan Truszczyński, General Director for Education and Culture of the European Commission From good education to lifelong learning Michał Federowicz PhD, Director, Educational 11:35am 12:05pm Coffee break Plenary session 2: Higher Education in Poland Our Place in Europe Chair: Michał Federowicz, PhD, Director, Educational 12:05pm 1:20pm Our place in Europe Professor Daria LipińskaNałęcz, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Chances to raise the standing of Polish higher education in Europe Professor Witold Bielecki, Rector, Koźmiński University University as a place of useful learning Tomasz SaryuszWolski PhD, Educational
Crosssectoral Competencies in Higher Education Professor Mile Dželalija, University of Split, Croatia; Member of the EQF Advisory Group Plenary session 3: Education for the Labour Market Chair: Beata Balińska, Educational The significance of social partners in the development and implementation of qualifications frameworks Jacek Męcina PhD, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy 1:20pm 2:20pm Skills in the labour market in Poland a challenge for the qualifications system Agnieszka ChłońDomińczak PhD, Educational Management of employee competencies and lifelong learning Łukasz Sienkiewicz PhD, Educational The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework: a tool for the labour market Anthony O Reilly, Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework National Occupational Standards (NOS) and their use by the labour market and place in the NQF Marta JacyniukLloyd, Cambridge Professional Development 2:20pm 3:05pm Lunch Plenary session 4: Sustainable Growth the Importance of Regional Development Chair: Agnieszka ChłońDomińczak PhD, Educational 3:05pm 4:05pm Regional development to 2020 Paweł Orłowski, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Regional Development Małopolska. Regional competitiveness based on human capital Andrzej Martynuska, Director, The Regional Labour Office in Krakow Plenary session 5: Lifelong Learning An Individual s Perspective Chair: Agnieszka Chłoń Domińczak, PhD, Educational 4:05pm 5:05pm Qualifications as the key to participation in professional life Bogdan Grzybowski, All Poland Alliance of Trade Unions The eternal value of qualifications in IT Jolanta Jaworska, IBM Poland Individual s Lifelong Learning the German perspective Michael Schopf, EQF Expert 5:05pm 5:35pm Summary of the conference sessions Michał Federowicz PhD, Director of the Educational
Thursday, 7 November 2013, Hilton Hotel, Warsaw Hall I, Warsaw Hall III, Warsaw Hall IV 63 Grzybowska St., Warsaw, Poland Qualifications frameworks in higher education The role of stakeholders in the education system Knowledge, understanding, ability from competences to qualifications in an integrated system 8:30am 9:00am Registration Registration Registration 9:00am 9:30am Introduction: Prof. Ewa Chmielecka, Educational Prof. Andrzej Kraśniewski, Warsaw University of Technology Results of benchmarking studies on implementing the NQF in higher education (carried out by the Polish Rectors Foundation) Introduction: Agnieszka ChłońDomińczak PhD, Educational Elżbieta Strojna, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Jean Buffenoir, Expert of AFPA and European Qualifications System The role of stakeholders in the French and European qualifications systems Introduction: Katarzyna TrawińskaKonador, Tomasz Saryusz Wolski PhD, What needs to be remembered when awarding qualifications? 9:30am 10:45am Panel discussions 1: A new quality in new frameworks Jakub Brdulak PhD, Warsaw School of Economics Prof. Maria Próchnicka, Polish Accreditation Committee Moderator: Prof. Stanisław Chwirot, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń Panel discussions 1: Fostering industry involvement Wojciech Stęchły, Educational Beata Michalska, Educational Józef Hordejuk, Białystok Chamber of Craft Trades and Entrepreneurship The involvement of the Polish Craft Association for for the quality and credibility of qualifications. Iwona Szałkowska oraz Joanna Tomczak, Ministry of Sports and Tourism The Polish Qualifications Framework and Panel discussion 1: Validating informal and nonformal learning outcomes for lifelong learning Aleksandra Leyk, introduction to the panel discussion from the Ewa Rudomino, Deputy Director, Central Examination Commission Jolanta Kosakowska, Union of Polish Craft Trades
ensuring professional employees for the tourist economy Waldemar Mazan, Confederation of Construction and Real Estate Social partners experiences and plans in the real estate sector Witold Woźniak, National Centre in support of Vocational and Continuing Education Moderator: Ewa Bacia PhD, Moderator: Wojciech Stęchły, Beata Michalska, Educational 10:45am 11:00am Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break 11:00am 12:15pm Panel discussions 2: Between adaptation and development. Social competence as an aim of higher education. Prof. Mirosława Nowak Dziemianowicz, University of Lower Silesia Adam JagiełłoRusiłowski PhD, University of Gdańsk Prof. Hanna Solarczyk Szwec, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń Moderator: Prof. Ewa Chmielecka, Educational Panel discussions 2: Partnerships for qualifications Elżbieta Lechowicz, Educational Integrated qualifications register cooperation with stakeholders Mirosław Górczyński, Independent, SelfGoverning Trade Union Solidarność Andrzej Martynuska, Director, The Regional Labour Office in Krakow Prof. Jacek Sroka, University of Wrocław Moderator: Prof. Jacek Sroka, University of Wrocław Panel discussion 2: Ensuring the quality of qualifications Magdalena Dybaś PhD, introduction to the panel discussion from the Barbara Barańska, The Polish Bank Association Elżbieta Jarosz, GamaBell English Language in Kraków Ensuring the quality of qualifications from the foreign language teaching Jacek Pulwarski PhD, Polish Information Processing Society The quality of qualifications questions that need answers. Certification in the example of ECDL Moderator: Aleksandra Leyk,
12:15pm 1:30pm Panel discussion 3: Outcomes count validating learning outcomes in higher education Tomasz SaryuszWolski PhD, Prof. Ryszard Naskręcki, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Prof. Zbigniew Walczyk, Rector, The State School of Higher Professional Education in Elbląg Prof. Grażyna Prawelska Skrzypek, Jagiellonian University Moderator: Dorota Piotrowska PhD, Łódź University of Technology Panel discussion 3: Sectoral qualifications frameworks Katarzyna Trawińska Konador, Educational introduction to the panel discussion from the Prof. Marek Frankowicz, Jagiellonian University Prof. Jolanta Żyśko, Warsaw School of Tourism and Hospitality Management Mariola Szymańska Koszczyc, Warsaw Banking Prof. Nadezhda Kamynina, Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography "MIIGAiK" Moderator: Magdalena Dybaś PhD, Educational 1:30pm 2:15pm 2:15pm 4:00pm Conference summary & discussions Agnieszka ChłońDomińczak PhD, Educational Prof. Ewa Chmielecka, Educational Lunch Lunch Lunch