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THE TORINO PROCESS

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THE TORINO PROCESS ISa participatory process leading toan evidence-based analysis of VET policies in a given country.

open for all countries working with the European Training Foundation; it is both country specific and comparative

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IN PERSPECTIVE

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• Inspired by EU policy in VET (“the Copenhagen Process”)

• First launched in 2010

• Repeated every two years

• Carried out for the third time in 2014 with 26 countries

• Kazakhstan has been a participant since the start

• 2014 Kazakhstan carried out its first self-assessment

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FOUR PRINCIPLES

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01 Ownership of both process and results by the partnercountry stakeholders involved in the process. Not an exercise lead by external experts

02 Broad participation in the process as a basis for reflectionsand consensus building/policy learning. Not a reporting exercise for a Ministry, but rather a joint work of Ministries, providers, employers

03Holistic approach, using a broad concept of VET for bothyoung people and adults and adhering to a system approach,including links to economic and social demands.

04 Evidence and knowledge-based assessment.

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A holistic analytical framework of key questions and indicators across 5 interconnected blocks

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A. VISION AND STRATEGY

• Vision for the VET system

• Capacity for innovation and change

• Drivers for innovation and change

B. ADDRESSING ECONOMIC AND LABOUR MARKET DEMAND

• Factors shaping demand for skills

• Mechanisms for identifyingdemand and matching skills

• VET system influence on demand

C. ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND INCLUSION DEMAND

• Factors shaping demand for VET

• Delivering to individual learners

• Delivering to societal needs

D. INTERNAL EFFICIENCY OF THE VET SYSTEM

• Quality assurance

• Policies for VET trainers and directors

• Teaching and learning

• Efficiency gains and losses

E. GOVERNANCE AND POLICY PRACTICES

• Basic map of entities involved in VET at national, regional, and provider level

• Governance and practices in the areas covered in Sections A–D

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PURPOSE

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• To develop a common understanding of VET vision, priorities and strategy and exploring options for implementation.

• To develop awareness, analysis capacities and policy prioritisation tools.

• To monitor the implementation of long-term strategies and to contribute to impact-oriented policy making.

• Opportunities for capacity development and policy learning within and among partner countries and with the EU.

• Inform ETF on possible cooperation areas

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USEFULNESS FOR KAZAKHSTAN

• Supports the involvement of different stakeholders in VET policy analysis and eventually also policy making

• The analytical framework is flexible but takes all major global developments in VET into consideration

• It is based on a highly developed view of the role of VET for economic and social development and thus points at possible future developments

• Provides a framework for the active use of different types of existing evidence to reflect on VET policy

• Can be used for benchmarking purposes (against own results but also other partner countries or the EU)

• Can be used to support dialogue and policy learning

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FROM 2012 REPORT TO ACTION – an example

• The importance to improve education-business cooperation was identified in the 2012 Torino Process report

• Based on discussions with the Ministry of Education, ETF launched a study on education-business cooperation in three regions (Almaty, Kyzyl-Orda and Pavlodar) covering:

• Collection of qualitative and quantitative data on education-business cooperation practices in the three regions

• Mapping and structuring of real-life cooperation as seen by VET providers

• Tracer study of graduates in the three regions• One specific purpose was to understand to which extent education-

business cooperation has an impact on graduate employability

• Currently the report is being finalised

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FROM 2012 REPORT TO ACTION – an example

• Findings will be discussed with stakeholders at national and regional level and recommendations developed

• The methodology which was developed for the study (or parts of it) can be used in the future for other regions or to check progress

• Kazakhstan will as of 2015 also be included in a new regional ETF initiative on work-based learning

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THE COPENHAGEN PROCESS – a brief overview

• Launched as a specific process for VET in 2002, involving EU member states, candidate countries, EFTA-EEA countries, European Social Partners and the European Commission

• A European dimension of VET (agreed priorities and benchmarks) and over time also development and use of agreed instruments

• Improve transparency, information and guidance systems• Recognise competences and qualifications, including non-formal

learning (validation of non-formal learning)• Promote cooperation on quality assurance• Improve public/private investments, including training incentives

through tax and benefit systems• Address the needs of groups at risk, such as low skilled, older workers,

unemployed, early school leavers etc

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THE COPENHAGEN PROCESS – a brief overview

• Develop open learning approaches and flexible pathways

• Strengthen planning of VET provision, including through the early identification of skills needs

• Develop pedagogical approaches and the learning environment in training organisations and at work

• Enhance competence development for VET teachers and trainers

• Improve the scope, precision and reliability of VET statistics

• Some examples of results of work at EU level: The European Qualification Framework (EQF), the European credit transfer system for VET (ECVET), the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework etc

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