1. TTnet Annual Conference
“Taking stock of TTnet achievements
and future developments”
Thessaloniki, 11 and 12 December 2003
Session 1
TTnet thematic projects
Mara Brugia
TTnet Coordinator

2. TTnet thematic projects
Project 1: eLearning: innovative practices and the activities and competences of teachers and trainers
Project 2: Professional development of VET teachers
Project 3: Validation of non-formal learning for trainers

3. TTnet thematic projects Main achievement
The thematic projects have made it possible for TTnet to become a community for the analysis of relevant innovative practices, for experience sharing, and collaborative and mutual learning about key themes
This is an important achievement of the network and it should be safeguarded and optimised.

4. TTnet thematic projects Main outcomes
Innovative practices analysed using a methodology devised at transnational level
75 practices analysed in 12 countries
51 already online on the TTnet website
final reports
The practices are already available online in the TTnet website and they will be integrated in the database of good examples of practices that Cedefop will implement in co-operation with the Commission, national LdV agencies and other actors. (ETF, EVTA)

5. Issues to be addressed
how to harmonise the results of the analysis of good examples of practices and to capitalise upon them so as to identify common transnational issues in training professions within and outside the network
project outcomes should be analysed and formulated so as to bring out recommendations and conclusions that are useful to the Community of VET professionals
Our proposal here is to set up a small working party to guarantee that results are exploited in this way and to valorise the scientific dimension of the project outcomes and their relevance to the network's target groups.
This is important because we should not forget that the network is a network of practitioners not of researchers and so it is important to analyse and harmonise the results of their work of practitioners and see how these results can be directly transmitted to policy-makers and professionals in a way they can use them for their activities.
With Community added value, the network will be able to make a direct contribution to the debate among actors and decision-makers on the professional development of teachers and trainers, at both the national and Community levels.

6. Management Board proposal
to set up a small working party:
Cedefop
Management Board
TTnet experts

7. Information and communication tools
TTnet site on the ETV
visitors in 2003
Virtual communities
TTnet virtual community - 23 members
eTTnet virtual community members