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ReferNet Italian
Consortium
Isfol – Institutional Communication and
Documentary Activities
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WHAT IS IT ?
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ReferNet is a network created by Cedefop in 2002 to
provide information on national vocational education,
training (VET) systems and policies in Member States,
Iceland and Norway
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ReferNet
provides
information
on
publications,
conferences, recent VET developments and initiatives in
the Member States. The network also supports Cedefop’s
communication strategy
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Information is displayed in Cedefop databases and is
used for comparative studies.
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HOW DOES IT WORK?
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The network comprises national consortia in each
Member State, Iceland and Norway. Each national
consortium is led by a national coordinator and groups
key organizations involved in VET issues
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The leader consortium is responsible for ensuring that the
activities agreed in the annual work plan are performed
satisfactorily
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In Italy, the leader consortium for Refernet is ISFOL.
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… what about other countries?
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Finland
OPH - Opetushallitus
National Coord.: Mr Matti Kyrö
France
Centre INFFO - Centre pour le développement de
l'information sur la formation permanente
National Coord.: Mr Régis Roussel
Iceland
University of Iceland - Research Liaison Office
National Coord.: Ms Dóra Stefánsdóttir
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Norway
Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training
National Coord.: Ms Cecilia Lyche
Spain
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal
National Coord.: Ms Maria Luz de las Cuevas Torresano
Sweden
SKOLVERKET - Swedish National Agency for Education
National Coord.: Mr Shawn Mendes
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MAIN ACTIVITIES OF REFERNET NATIONAL NETWORK
1. Bibliographic references – ReferNet contributes to developing
and maintaining Cedefop’s bibliographic database (VET-Bib)
which is the largest collection of VET literature in Europe
(more than 70 000 records)
2. Collection and analysis of documents concerning national VET
systems
3. Support, communication and dissemination of VET research
activities at national level.
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MAIN PRODUCTS OF REFERNET NATIONAL NETWORK
1. National VET policy reports – provides information on
progress in VET policy at national level. It is the source for the
comparative Cedefop Policy Report, which monitors progress
in modernizing VET systems in Europe
2. National research reports – updated on most recent national
VET research. Source for Cedefop European research
overviews on issues of cross-national interest
3. VET in Europe country reports – Cedefop’s database provides
descriptions of national VET systems in all partner countries .
Documentary Activities
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VET-Bib includes the largest collection of VET literature
in Europe
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70.000 bibliographic references collected in the last 20
years with 400 new entries every month
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Main topics reflect Cedefop’s priorities and include: VET
policy, training systems, qualifications and competences,
lifelong guidance, skill needs, lifelong learning, EQF,
ECVET, ...
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The collection contains research reports, EU policy and
legislative documents, statistics, journal articles,
proceedings, comparative studies, databases, websites
and grey literature.
http://libserver.cedefop.europa.eu/F?RN=724417161
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DOCUMENTARY AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES FOR
2011 WP
New orientation:
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The national consortium of each country has a different set
up
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Each national coordinator has its own experience and
« tradition »
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Can be based on the commitment of each country to have a
yearly work programme on communication activities
Two main blocks of activities:
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Monitoring national VET issues and collecting documents
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Disseminating information at national level
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THE ITALIAN PARTNERS OF REFERNET:
o Agenzia Nazionale per lo
Sviluppo dell‘Autonomia
Scolastica (ANSAS)
o Baicr Sistema Cultura
o Censis
o Cesos
o Ciofs-Fp
o Cnos
o CNR – Biblioteca centrale
“G. Marconi”
o Confap
Confapi
Confindustria
Enaip
Enfap
Eurodesk
Fondazione Giulio
Pastore
o Ial Cisl
o Smile
o Tecnostruttura
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o
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For more information about ReferNet:
www.cedefop.europa.eu
ReferNet Italia Consortium Leader:
ISFOL
Donatella Gobbi
[email protected]
Tel. 06 44590632
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