TRAINING IN TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS -
Reflections and Challenges on Validation and Certification
Adapted
and edited by Rod Fisher and Effie Karpodini-Dimitriadi
Rapid technological changes and globalisation have affected
the organization and the content of work, putting the
spotlight in most cases on certain kinds of skills and
competences that can assist the workforce to cope with new
demands and perform efficiently different assigned tasks.
This applies as much to the cultural sector as it does to
work in other fields.
Cultural managers, and especially those involved in
transnational cultural co-operation, have to face the
challenges that have emerged in a multifaceted career
environment, where a new set or combination of competences
and skills is needed. Cultural professionals have to cope
with new circumstances and need to have the opportunities
to update their skills and knowledge in order to maintain
and improve their effectiveness, as well as competitiveness
and employability in the field. As a consequence, there is
a necessity to have a training system that is validated and
recognised. It is equally desirable to have a course
formula addressed to professionals and in touch with
current needs in the European arena.
The VANIA project (Validation and Certification of Training
in the field of European Cultural Co-operation Project
Management), part funded through the European
Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci programme, was
conceived to identify and analyse the needs of the sector,
to raise awareness of innovative methods for training and
to design a process for certification of courses
addressed
to cultural managers involved in transnational cultural
co-operation projects. The ultimate aim was to enhance
national and European training policies for the recognition
of occupational qualifications and the development of human
capital.
In the VANIA project, certification is considered as a
means to assist training and educational institutions in
identifying training needs and develop accordingly the
content of the training offered. It is seen as a part of a
process, where all stakeholders (training institutions,
learners and the labour market) recognise its value and
guarantee its legitimacy.
This publication tries to summarize and depict many of the
issues raised during the development of VANIA's project.
Its content is based on the reports written
by,
Anna KANERVA,
Minna RUUSUVIRTA and
Ritva MITCHELL (CUPORE),
Rod FISHER (International
Intelligence on Culture),
Milena DRAGICEVIC SESIC ,
Michel GUERIN (for the
Fondation Marcel Hicter ASBL) and
Effie KARPODINI-DIMITRIADI (EVREMATHIA,
AE).
The publication identifies some vital issues that demand
serious consideration from all stakeholders involved in
cultural co-operation — cultural managers, training
institutions, educators, cultural organizations — who
wish actively to participate in the building of a " Europe
of Knowledge".
The publication is available on request to the
Fondation Marcel Hicter ASBL
2 Place Van Meenen
B - 1060 Bruxelles
Tel: +32 2 641 89 80
E.mail: contact@fondation-hicter.org
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