Location: dbb forum berlin,
Friedrichstraße 169, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Evening reception: Bertelsmann Representation, Unter den Linden 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
| From 10:30 on | Posters exhibition of VPL-prize candidates in dbb forum |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Registration – light lunch |
| 11:30 – 11:50 |
Welcome and introduction |
| 11:50 – 12:15 |
Keynote speech |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Taking Stock of 2018 goals (Cedefop), Reflection by Unesco/OECD |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Address by stakeholders from labour market, education, civil society regarding what VPL should deliver |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Coffee break |
| 14:00 – 15:15 | Workshop 1 Six tracks for VPL policy areas: 1.1 Organisational arrangements 1.2 Financing 1.3 Procedures and instruments 1.4 Support structures 1.5 Post-validation pathways 1.6 Legal foundations |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Workshop 2 Six tracks for VPL policy areas: 2.1 Organisational arrangements 2.2 Financing 2.3 Procedures and instruments 2.4 Support structures 2.5 Post-validation pathways 2.6 Legal foundations |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Workshop TaKeTiNa (rhythmic learning method) |
| 19:30 – 00:00 | Reception and international buffet at Bertelsmann Representation, Unter den Linden 1 incl. VPL-Prize awarding ceremony |
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
| 09:00 – 13:30 | Poster exhibition of VPL-prize candidates |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Check in |
| 09:30 – 10:45 | Workshop 3 Six tracks for VPL policy areas: 3.1 Organisational arrangements 3.2 Financing 3.3 Procedures and instruments 3.4 Support structures 3.5 Post-validation pathways 3.6 Legal foundations |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Workshop 4 Six tracks for VPL policy areas: 4.1 Organisational arrangements 4.2 Financing 4.3 Procedures and instruments 4.4 Support structures 4.5 Post-validation pathways 4.6 Legal foundations |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Address by Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility |
| 13:45 – 14:30 | Presentation, discussion and adoption of Berlin Declaration on VPL |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Closing remarks and farewell |