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The annual New Education Forum Brussels in January 2022 will give a chance of presenting the effects of Outdoor Learning applied to youth activation thanks to the “From Outdoors to Labour Market” (FOLM) project. Based on the great results of FOLM project (80% ratio of success among 1.000 youth), the Center for Innovative Education and its partners want to open a wider discussion about Outdoor Learning.
This year we will focus on:
This year we will focus on:
1
how to apply Outdoor Learning to VET in a formal education (including upskilling and reskilling),
2
how we can strengthen the labour market thanks to Outdoor Learning, and
3
what skills European Union employers are searching for in the potential employees.
Schedule
Registration
Welcoming statements
Opening by Joanna Bochniarz, General Director, CIE
Mariya GABRIEL
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth (video message)
Tomasz FRANKOWSKI
Member of the European Parliament, CULT Committee, Poland
The story of success – Outdoor learning as an effective way to activate youth.
The FOLM project has brought very good news: most of FOLM beneficiaries have successfully returned to the labour market or studies. How have we managed to motivate young people? What expectations the participants had and what challenges they met at the FOLM journey? How can we implement this model in other regions?
Moderation by Joanna Bochniarz, General Director, CIE
Dorota CZARZASTA-WARDYN
Outdoor learning coordinator in Food Bank in Olsztyn
Patricia GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ
Institutional President
Femxa Group
Jule HILDMANN
(PhD), the University of Edinburgh
Diagnosis: transversal competences of youth and labour market needs.
We have a lack of workers all over Europe and a whole generation in countries such as Spain, Poland or Italy is lost because of overqualification. What solutions can we expect from politicians and how they meet the expectations of the employers?
Moderation by Joanna Bochniarz, General Director, CIE
Robert PLUMMER
Director General, BusinessEurope
Monika HACKEL
DR, Head of Structure and Order of Vocational Training, BIBB
Tim SCHREIBER
Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Unit B.3- Vocational Education and Training
Coffee Break
Good practices in Outdoor Learning for VET across Europe
The different landscapes and cultures across Europe present a diversity of good practices relevant to Outdoor Learning in VET. This moderated round table engages Outdoor Learning experts from five different countries in a discussion with the audience about what valuable insights and first-hand practices we can learn from each other to develop and expand the benefits of taking VET into the outdoors.
Moderation by Jule HILDMANN (PhD), Senior Research Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
Simon WHITE
Operations Resource Manager, The Venture Trust (UK)
Maximilian PRIETO MONSON
OL Programme Director, Madrid Outdoor Education; Co-Coordinator, Adventure Therapy Europe (Spain)
Holger HAUG
Co-founder Centrum für Erlebnispädagogik; Co-owner, Die Seminarschneider (Germany)
Jakub DOROSZ
Head Outdoor Learning Trainer, CIE (Poland)
Ged DOWLING
Co-founder, Terra Firma (Ireland)
Challenges for the future. How to increase the implementation of Outdoor Learning in formal education
Nowadays employers search for employees with adaptive capacity, who are proactive, with ease to work in teams, solve problems and think creatively. Every day more institutions switch to work within a structure based on projects instead of hierarchies. Creating transversal, cognitive teams is essential if we are to adapt to the needs of today's societies. Outdoor learning is one of the most effective methods to strengthen transversal competencies and self-development. How can we increase the presence of Outdoor Learning at the EU level? Which kind of partnerships are required to do so?
Moderation by Joanna BOCHNIARZ, General Director, CIE
Arnold KŁONCZYŃSKI
Vice–Rector, University of Gdańsk
Michael TEUTSCH
European Commission, DG EAC, Unit B.2 Schools and Multilingualism
Brando BENIFEI
Member of the European Parliament, EMPL Committee, Italy
Paz DÍAZ NIETO
General Director for European Funds of the Cantabrian Government
NEF’22 Closing: summary and recommendations.
Joanna BOCHNIARZ, General Director, CIE
Brando BENIFEI
Member of the European Parliament, EMPL Committee, Italy
Sabine VERHEYEN
Member of the European Parliament, CULT Chairwomen, Germany (video message)
Partners
