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ibw-news 3/2008

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ACVCD - Accreditation Centre for VET Curriculum Developers » Mag. (FH) Petra Stöhr

The main objective of the ACVCD project is to set up a European online accreditation centre for professional developers of vocational education curricula.

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University education: VQTS II, CREDIVOC, EQF Chemistry » Gastautor

Promoting lifelong learning, transparency and permeability in qualifications are targets that are closely linked to the development of the European qualification standards EQR and the establishment of a national qualification standard in Austria (NQR). This contribution presents three European projects that aim at an increase in the permeability between vocational education and university education: VQTS II, CREDIVOC, and EQF Chemistry.

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Task force Human Resources » Mag. Thomas Mayr

From September 2007 to April 2008, experts and stakeholders developed an overall concept for Austrian foreign trade under the guidance of the BMWA (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour). The strategic targets and concepts for the education sector that stem from increasing international affairs of the Austrian economy, were summed up by Thomas Mair in the report of the task force human resources.

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Job information newsletter has already a thousand subscribers » Mag. Wolfgang Bliem

In its job information newsletter, the ibw has been reporting on interesting topics revolving around job and education information since February 2004. The 26^th issue of April this year saw its thousandth subscriber.

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Austria sends a strong team to the first European Job Championship “EuroSkills 2008” » Ing. Stefan Praschl

16 Austrians from 12 professions will represent Austria in Rotterdam. In September, the young professionals will show their skills and competences. Technical delegate will be Ing. Praschl from the ibw.

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Transnational cooperation in implementing EQR and the development of NQR: TransEQFrame, EQF-Frame, WAYS » Gastautor

The development of the Austrian National Qualification Standard (NQR) and the implementation of the European Qualification Standards (EQR) should take place in cooperation and exchange of experiences with neighbouring countries, especially with those that have comparable job training and education systems. European projects provide a suitable platform for such cooperations. Three of these projects, having 3s as partner institution, are briefly presented in this article: TransEQFrame, EGF-Frame, and WAYS.

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University – Business Cooperation » Dr. Monika Thum-Kraft

As part of a symposium on lifelong learning on 30 June 2008 in Brussels, which consisted of internationally high-ranking members, the results of the ibw study “operational competence – developments in the cooperation of universities and the economy” were presented by Monika Thum-Kraft.

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Validation of non-formal and informal learning: OBSERVAL » Gastautor

Even though validation of non-formal and informal learning stirs great interest both in Austria and Europe, there is no systematic overview of publications, initiatives and methods that is updated regularly. Therefore, the main target of the network project OBERVAL is to create a database “European Observatory” that boasts extensive information on validation of non-formal and informal learning in the EU member states.

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Professional education CED-health care and health management » Gastautor
The increase of chronic diseases poses a challenge for our health systems. In the UK and parts of Scandinavia IBD-nurses are a valuable and cost-effective part of the interdisciplinary team. Read more about the idea of developing an education for nurses in Austria as well…
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