November 3  -  Friday

 

14:00 – Registration of Participants

 

 

14h30 – Opening session

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Fernando Moura e Silva, President of FIDESTRA

Carlos Silva – Director of Insticoop/EPALC

Representative of Amarante Town Hall

Piergiorgio Sciaqua, Italy – Co-President of EZA

 

Panel 1

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15:00 – 17:00 -Training for Employment in the Context of Economic Competitiveness

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Presentation of a national experience by the present organizationss

 

Portugal – CIFOTIE; LOC; CFTL; FIDESTRA

Spain - CEAT (Centro Español para Asuntos de los Trabajadores); USO – CCFAS (Centro Confederal de Formación y Acción Social – Unión Sindical Obrera);

Italy – Feder-Agri, FCL Fundazione Luigi Clerici;

Poland - NSZZ Solidarnosc

Romania – Cartel-Alfa

Europe - PICM- (International Platform for Cooperation and Migration)

 

Moderator: José Carlos Neves – EPALC-Escola Profissional António do Lago Cerqueira - Amarante

Reporter: Ana Camilo – FTDC - Portugal

 

Panel 2

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17:30 – 19:30 - Vocational training and the professional requalification, an essential tool and an effective response to the structural challenges of the labor market.

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Example of an Association – FIDESTRA

Testimony: Jacinta Marques – Managment student / Professional course

João Pedro Monteiro – Business Managment student.

 

Moderator: Maria Reina Martin- FIDESTRA - Portugal

Reporter: Orlando Coutinho – FIDESTRA - Portugal                                      

Dinner

 

 

November 4, Saturday

 

Panel 3

 

09:00- 11:00- “Importance of vocational and continuing training in the added value of work ”

 

Josef Mozolewski – Vice President of EZA

Paolo Cesana – Central Director of Luigi Clerici Foundation - Italy

Susana Freitas – Arquiteta

Hermenegildo Encarnação – University Professor / Business Managment

 

Extended group discussion – Contributions to the final recommendation note

 

Moderator: Manuel Ferreira Ramos - FIDESTRA - Portugal

Reporter: Isaías Afonso - FTDC (Federation of Democratic-Christian Workers) Portugal

 

Painel 4

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11:30 – 13:00 -Economic Growth / Professional Needs: A balance between acquired knowledge and knowledge needed for the new labor world.

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Pedro Nero Guimarães – Head of the Qualification and Strategic Planning Unit of Modatex

Alda Barbosa – Director of Amarante Employment Center

Pedro Ferreira da Cunha – President of Amarante Business Association

Rui Mendes – Sociologist / President of FTDC Évora

 

Moderator: José Paulo Carvalho - Fidestra - Portugal

Reporter: Mariana Silva - FIDESTRA JR- Portugal

 

13:00 – Lunch

 

Panel 5

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14:30- 16:30 - Vocational Education and the Advantages of Labor Integration

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A case of success: Visit to a spa

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João Cardoso – EPALC - Portugal

 

16:30- 18:30 -Extended group discussion – Contributions to the final recommendation note

 

Moderator: Maria José Palrão – FTDC - Portugal

Reporter Jorge Alves – FTDC – Portugal

 

 

18:30: - Conclusions and Closure

 

Fernando Moura e Silva; President of FIDESTRA – Portugal

 

Josep Calvó; Vice-president of EZA – Espanha

 

Dinner

 

 

November 5 - Sunday

 

08 :30 – External evaluation of the Seminar

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Final Reporter: Guilherme Teixeira – FIDESTRA (Association for Training, Research and Social Development of Workers) Portugal

 

Departure of participants