1st Meeting of the Working Group on Human Capital

Zagreb, 10 July 2007

At the 1st Meeting of the SEE Investment Committee Working Group on Human Capital high-level officials, policymakers and -experts examined the links between educational systems, and skill supply and development on one side, and competitiveness and investment trends on the other.

Case studies from Croatia, Estonia, Ireland and Romania highlighted related policy responses and experiences.

Meeting documentation

Agenda 1st Meeting of the Working Group on Human Capital

Participants List 1st Meeting of the Working Group on Human Capital

Summary Record 1st Meeting of the Working Group on Human Capital

Meeting presentations

Session 1

How to Implement Skills Development Programmes in South East European Countries - Investment Compact

Emerging Paradoxes in Education, European Training Foundation (ETF)

Session 2

Expert Group on Furure Skills Needs, National Training and Employment Agency, Ireland

Early Identification of Skill Needs: the Experience of Estonia, Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia

Session 3

Skills Gap Analysis and Skill Development in South East Europe: More Questions Than Answers?, ETF

CES Activities on Improving Balance Between Labour Market Needs and Supply, Croatian Employment Service

TVET and Labour Market Transformation: Correlation Mechanisms, Ministry of Education and Research, Romania