Sparks as a good practice for increasing the attractiveness of VET at the New Education Forum in Warsaw

Yesterday, representatives of our consortium presented our project at the New Education Forum in Warsaw, a European platform for exchanging knowledge, experiences, and contacts in the fields of vocational education and training, coordinated by the Center for Innovative Education. It was a pleasure and an honour to have the chance to contribute to remarkable discussions, together with Michael Morgan, VET Unit of the DG EMPL of the European Commission, Barbara Michalska, Director of Education Market of Microsoft Polska and Mamen López, Director of European Funds Development, Grupo Femxa, with the excellent moderation of Joanna Bochniarzk, General Director of CIE Center for Innovative Education. We discussed how to strengthen education and training in crisis circumstances, keep up with dynamic societal and labour market needs and increase the attractiveness of VET through digitalization and gamification. 

You can watch the full event in streaming at https://fb.watch/ddCyeNH5FT/

Among the panellists:

Prof. Jerzy BUZEK, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; Joanna BOCHNIARZK, General Director of CIE; Research and Energy; Fenia PISTOFIDOU, Programme Manager of KEAN; Ulrike STOROST, European Commission, DG EAC, Policy Officer, Schools and Multilingualism; Agnieszka ZIELIŃSKA, Head of the Polish HR Forum; Jule HILDMANN, Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Senator of the Republic of Poland; Loukas ZAHILAS, head of Department for VET and Qualitifactions at CEDEFOP; Monika HACKEL, Head of Structure and Order of Vocational Training, BIBB; Dr hab. prof. UG Arnold KŁONCZYŃSKI, Vice–Rector for Student Affairs and Education Quality, University of Gdańsk; Michael HORGAN, European Commission, DG EMPL, Vocational Education and Training Unit; Barbara MICHALSKA, Director of Education Market, Microsoft Poland; María del Carmen LÓPEZ CRUZ, Director of European Funds Development, Grupo Femxa.