1. Workshop II: Identifying new qualification needs: a prospective approach
Construction of European qualifications
European Symposium
30 September - 1 October 2004
Strasbourg, France
Hello everybody
My name is alexander karapidis
I‘m scientific employee at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) in Stuttgart
Main topics of my work are service engineering, service marketing and service performance management in companies.
In this area we have several Research & industry projects and I‘m going to present out of out applied research experience....
...first the meaning of services for production companies
...second the main differences between production and services in developing and offering them
...next the gaps we have to face with in developing & offering services
and finaly the solutions we offer to close the gaps to become fit for service engineering in production companies
Questions are welcome at the end of my presentation
Rapporteur: Olga Strietska-Ilina, Cedefop
Moderators: Bernd Dworschak, Susanne Liane Schmidt, FreQueNz

2. Agenda Opening speeches Olga Strietska-Ilina, Skillsnet, Cedefop
Monika Schidorowitz, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Contributions
Peter Bott, Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BiBB), Germany The research on qualification development at the Federal Institute for Vocational Training – A contribution to the modernisation of occupations
Norbert Bromberger, Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training in the Crafts Sector at the University of Cologne (FBH), Germany
Structural change as a challenge for the early identification of skill needs
Coffee Break

3. Contributions
Jana Vasova, Trexima, Czech Republic
The Information System of Type Positions - Mapping the world of labour in the Czech Republic by force of the Information System of Type Positions
Claude Sauvageot, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, Mission E3
François Longin, OREFRA, Région Rhone-Alpes François Michaux (Ressources Humaines, Renault)
Prospects employment, education and training to 2015 and new results on the link vocational training – employment at the national, regional and company level
Christine Afriat, Commissariat Général au Plan'
Prospects of occupations and qualifications in France
Final discussion

4. Opening speeches
Olga Strietska-Ilina, Skillsnet, Cedefop
Monika Schidorowitz, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

5. The research on qualification development at the Federal Institute for Vocational Training – A contribution to the modernisation of occupations
Peter Bott, Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BiBB), Germany

6. Structural change as a challenge for the early identification of skill needs
Norbert Bromberger, Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training in the Crafts Sector at the University of Cologne (FBH), Germany

7. The Information System of Type Positions - Mapping the world of labour in the Czech Republic by force of the Information System of Type Positions
Jana Vasova, Trexima, Czech Republic

8. Prospects employment, education and training to 2015 and new results on the link vocational training – employment at the national, regional and company level
Claude Sauvageot, Ministère de l'Education Nationale, Mission E3, France
François Longin, OREF - Rhône Alpes, France
François Michaux, Human Resources, Renault, France)

9. Prospects of occupations and qualifications in France
Christine Afriat, Commissariat Général au Plan, France

10. Final discussion – Central questions
How can early identification of skill needs contribute to the construction of future qualifications in Europe?
How can early identification of skill needs enhance an on-going/regular update of qualification profiles and frameworks?
What would be the most appropriate approach, method and level of analysis?