PROGRAMME
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WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE
15.00 - 15.30 WELCOME
15.30 - 18.00 SESSION 1
WHAT DATA AND INDICATOR SYSTEMS DO
WE NEED
ON THE TRANSITION FROM INITIAL EDUCATION
TO WORK?
What are the needs of policy-makers, policy
analysts and researchers? Are their needs the same? Are they currently
being met? How important is it to have longitudinal 'flow' data as well
as 'stock' data? How important is it to be able to compare transitions
in different countries? Is comparability as important for 'national' policy-makers
as for policy-makers and researchers with a cross-national perspective?
Chair
John Martin (OECD)
15.30 - 15.50 The perspective of
a cross-national policy-maker
Ettore Marchetti (European Commission, D-G Education and Culture)
15.50 - 16.10 The perspective of
a national policy-maker
Willem Houtkoop (Goote Institute, The Netherlands)
16.10 - 16.30**A
comprehensive framework for indicators of the transition from
initial education to working life: recommendations of the OECD
Thematic Review
Richard Sweet (OECD)
16.30 - 16.50**The
perspective of research
José Rose (GREE, University of Nancy 2)
16.50 - 18.00 Discussion
THURSDAY 22 JUNE
9.00 - 11.15 SESSION 2
THE LABOUR FORCE SURVEY
To what extent do Labour Force Surveys
meet policy-makers’, analysts’ and researchers’ needs for data on the transition
from initial education to work? How are they enhanced by the module on
transition introduced in the EUROSTAT LFS in 2000? What issues are raised
by the use of LFS data for cross-national indicators and research?What
are their strengths and weaknesses?
Chair
Hilary Steedman (CEP, London School of Economics)
9.00 - 9.20 **The
Eurostat LFS
Laurent Freysson (EUROSTAT)
9.20 - 9.40 **Using
the Eurostat LFS as a source of data on transition in Europe
Michèle Mansuy (CEREQ, Marseilles)
9.40 - 10.00 **Using
LFS data for cross-national indicators on transition: the
experience of the OECD INES project
Patrice de Broucker (Statistics Canada)
10.00 - 10.20**Using
LFS data for cross-national research
Walter Müller and Markus Gangl (MZES, University of Mannheim)
10.20 - 11.00 Discussion
11.30 - 13.00 SESSION 3a
NATIONAL YOUTH TRANSITION SURVEYS:
EXPERIENCE OF COUNTRIES OUTSIDE EUROPE
What different kinds of transition surveys
are currently being carried out? How are they designed, and for what purposes?
Why do they vary so much in their coverage and content? Which countries
are introducing new surveys, and why, and how are existing surveys changing?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of youth transition surveys as sources
of data for policy-makers and for researchers? Session 3a examines countries
outside Europe; session 3b examines the experiences of several European
countries.
Chair
Patrice de Broucker (Statistics Canada)
11.30 - 11.50 **Transition
Surveys in the United States
Rita Kirshstein (American Institute of Research)
11.50 - 12.10 **Transition
Surveys in Australia
William Thorn (Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs)
12.10 - 12.30 **The
Canadian Youth in Transition Survey
Jeff Bowlby (Human Resources Development Canada)
and Jillian Oderkirk (Statistics Canada)
12.30 - 13.00 Discussion
14.15 - 16.00 SESSION 3b
NATIONAL YOUTH TRANSITION SURVEYS:
TOUR OF EUROPE
Chair
Patrice de Broucker (Statistics Canada)
14.15 - 14.35 Transition surveys in Europe:
an overview
Hans Rutjes (DESAN, Amsterdam)
14.35 - 16.15 Tour of Europe. Brief (10-15
minute) contributions from European
countries carrying out youth transition surveys, including:
The England and Wales Youth Cohort Study
Michael Payne (Department for Education and Employment, UK)
Transition surveys in The Netherlands
Henk-Jan Dirven (Statistics Netherlands)
**Use of administrative data in student follow-ups:
Examples from
Sweden and Finland
Ronnie Andersson (Statistics Sweden)
and Aila Repo (Statistics Finland)
Contributions from other European countries.
16.45 - 18.15 SESSION 4
CAN YOUTH TRANSITION SURVEYS BE USED
AS A SOURCE OF CROSS-NATIONAL DATA?
What are the potential benefits of using
national youth transition surveys as a source of longitudinal data for
cross-national comparisons? What isues arise when the data are used cross-nationally?
Do the different sample designs, content and methods of the different surveys
restrict their comparability? How might they be made more comparable?
Chair
Godelieve Van den Brande (European Commission, D-G Research)
16.45 - 17.05 **Issues
in constructing a comparative database from national
transition surveys
Karen Brannen (CES, University of Edinburgh)
and Emer Smyth (ESRI, Dublin)
17.05 - 17.25 The Schooling, Training
and Transitions project
Cathérine Sofer (University of Paris 1)
17.25 - 17.45 Using national transition
surveys for cross-national comparisons:
what can we learn
Damian Hannan (ESRI, Dublin)
17.45 - 18.15 Discussion
FRIDAY 23 JUNE
9.00 - 12.30 SESSION 5
THE NEXT STEPS
What steps should be taken to improve
the quality, usefulness and cross-national comparability of data and indicator
systems on the transition from initial education to work? What is the role
of the LFS, and of the new transition module, in meeting future data needs?
What is the role of national youth transition surveys? Should such surveys
be developed in countries which do not currently have them? Should steps
be taken to make existing and new surveys more comparable - if so, how?
Is there a role for new data-collection, for example a European-wide youth
transition survey or a longitudinal enhancement of PISA? What are the roles
of individual countries, the European Commission, EUROSTAT, the OECD and
others in defining and implementing future strategies?
Chair
Michail Skaliotis (EUROSTAT)
9.00 - 9.20
Collecting comparative data on the destinations of higher education
graduates: issues and recommendations from a cross-national project
Harald Schomburg (University of Kassel)
9.20 - 9.40
The proposed school-to-work transition survey of the Programme
on International Student Assessment
Andreas Schleicher (OECD)
9.40 - 10.00 **Strategies
for collecting cross-national data on education-to-work
transitions: recommendations of the CATEWE project
David Raffe (CES, University of Edinburgh)
10.00 - 10.45 Discussion
11.15 - 11.45 Rapporteur
Patrick Werquin (OECD)
11.45 - 12.30 Discussion
The workshop will be held in English and
French, with simultaneous translation.
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