Regional development, action-oriented research and new innovation agendas - Policies, innovation landscapes and tools for Regional Network Development (ReNeDe-tools)

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Regional development,action-oriented
researchand new innovation agendas- Policies,
innovation landscapes and tools for Regional
Network Development (ReNeDe-tools)

• Pekka Kämäräinen,
• ITB, University of Bremen
• ECER05 Dublin 2005

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Contents

• I Introduction Why do we need this European
  round table for regional network development and
  VET?
• II The German-Finnish dialogue Diverse
  RD-contexts as a basis for mutual learning
• III The German experience Shaping of
  ReNeDe-tools from the perspective of programme
  monitoring
• IV The emerging Finnish interests Focus on
  ReNeDe-tools for learning communities
• V Joint European knowledge development
  Integrative toolbox or two sets of tools
• VI Concluding remarks Where do we want to go?

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I Introduction

• Why do we need this European round table for
  regional network development and VET?
• Methodological background debates Search for
  common grounds, understanding the diversity
• Developmental traditions, contextual transitions
  between project generations and trans-national
  learning processes
• Regional innovations, contribution of education
  training provisions and specific lessons for
  VET
• Where do we start?

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Monitoring of VET-related conceptual
transition Mapping the progress
with collaborative working concepts
Support for ongoing regional community
initiatives Self-evaluation tools and
co-participative research
Development of Regional Networks Different
starting positions diverse interests of
knowledge
Regional and educational innovation
programme Monitoring of and support for pilot
projects
Support for emergent regional networking
initiatives Collaborative learning platforms and
virtual support tools
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II The German-Finnish dialogueDiverse
RD-contexts as a basis for mutual learning

• Diversities, complementarities and common ground
• The programme-related project history
  Transition from macro-and meso-levels towards
  micro-issues and to self-reflection on the role
  of research
• The community-oriented preparatory activities
  Transition from micro-contexts and mediating
  platforms towards macro-frameworks and to
  self-reflection on the role of networking the
  networks
• The role of monitoring tools as support for
  networking
• The role of social software and virtual
  platforms as support for networking

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III The German experience Shaping of
ReNeDe-tools from the perspective of programme
monitoring

• Programme frameworks and conceptual transitions
  between project generations
• Landesprogramm Arbeit und Technik (AuT-tools)
• Tools for global monitoring of programme
  implementation
• BLK-programm Neue Lernkonzepte (NLK-tools)
• Tools for monitoring progress within and across
  projects
• The COVOSECO-project (Covoseco-tools)
• Tools for self-evaluation and peer evaluation of
  PPP-projects
• The KM plus-project (KM plus tools)
• Tools for promoting the awareness on knowledge
  management

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IV The emerging Finnish interests Focus on
ReNeDe-tools for learning communities

• Needs of communities and potential tools
• Articulating community initiatives for policy
  frameworks (the SPEAK-tool) Tool for strategic
  planning monitoring of projects
• Articulating the collaborative potential of VET
  colleges (The CLOP-scan) Tool for monitoring
  progress with competence-oriented
  teaching-training approaches
• Creating and overview of regional learning
  support facilities (RLL-tools) Tools for
  creating an overview of regional learning
  provisions, support facilities and potentially
  networked services
• Creating a collective understanding on
  project-internal learning (PLD-tools) Tools for
  mapping learning professional development

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V Joint European knowledge development (1)
Integrative toolbox or two sets of tools

• Programme monitoring tools

AuT-tools
ReNeDe-tools (Programmes policies)
NLK-tools
Covoseco-tools
KM plus -tools
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V Joint European knowledge development (2)
Integrative toolbox or two sets of tools?

• Support tools for learning communities

The SPEAK-tool
The CLOP-scan
ReNeDe-tools (Projects networks)
The RLL-tools
The PLD-tools
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V Joint European knowledge development (3)
Integrative toolbox or two sets of tools

• Mutually complementing ReNeDe-tools

AuT
SPEAK
NLK
ReNeDe -tools
CLOP
Covoseco
RLL
KM plus
PLD
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VI Concluding remarks

• Where do we want to go?
• What roles for VET research and VET development?
• What kind of mutual learning in the future?
• What kind of synergy between different tools?
• What kind of transfer-promoting measures?