SIF 2021 created relevant knowledge with the contribution of international high-level experts. Participants shared their understanding and visions for the future of education and contributed with ideas for redefining approaches to learning and equipping them with a new attention to values.
The 2021 debate highlighted ideas and proposals for the future of education under the following main themes: DIGITAL AND GREEN REVOLUTION – MICRO-CREDENTIALS – SHARING IS CARING.


The ongoing attack on Ukraine forces the SIF community to adapt to the war scenario and calls for discussing new challenges related to building and maintaining peace. This year’s debate will therefore focus on the role of education as a cornerstone of peace and revive the already consolidated attention of SIF participants to ethical values in education. In addition, this year’s debate will explore how the development of a digital mindset can become an engine to take technical and vocational education for peace to the next level.
The Summit is a part of a long journey where the participants work together to achieve common goals aiming at improving education and TVET.
The participants share a strong commitment in co-shaping an inclusive, resilient and sustainable society, where TVET represents a pillar for innovation in curricula development and designing the “society of tomorrow”.
The Skillman Network is a non-governmental organisation based in the EU and engaged in the TVET domain to design and distribute solutions that facilitate the implementation of the work-based-learning approach to skills mismatch for a worldwide community of practitioners, researchers and institutions.
Listen to the introduction by Andreas Schleicher, Director, Education and Skills, OECD, who invites delegates to SIF 2021 to discuss some very important aspects that make up the thinking of the Skillman International Forum and which will be valorised at the Alliance Summmit:
4 April
VIS – VERY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS | SKILLNET PARTNERS | |
14.00 | Arrival | |
19.30 | Welcome meeting cocktail with buffet dinner |
5 April
VIS – VERY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS | SKILLNET PARTNERS | |
07.00 | Common Breakfast in Villa | |
09.30 – 10.00 | Work programme introduction (Giovanni Crisonà) |
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10.00 – 10.50 | SIF 2021 KEY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS Using links to videos of high level speakers, included in the online programme of SIF 2021, each member analyses one or two videos and extracts the most relevant key concepts filling a colored sticky notes for each key concept. Each participant must use his own computer with earphones. Coordinator: Filippo Del Ninno |
SKILLNET WHOLE REPORT Presentation of the main activities realised during the whole project period Presenter: Elena RomaniniSKILLNET KEY MESSAGES Brainstorming to identify the most important / key messages and contents which can be highlighted in the final Skillnet report Coordinator: Julian NG |
10.50 – 11.00 | Coffee Break | |
11.00 – 11.50 | SIF 2021 KEY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS GROUPING Labels indicating Key Concepts are GROUPED under MAIN TOPICS for designing the final declaration summary and each group is finally identified with a coherent title Coordinator: Filippo Del Ninno |
SKILLNET WP REPORTS Presentations, reflections and arrangements of tables of contents, lead by each wp leader WP1 Report on PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CSCS WP2 Report on Quality Assurance and Evaluation, WCI WP3 Report on X-axis activities, AER |
11.50 – 12.00 | Coffee Break | |
12.00 – 13.00 | SIF 2021 KEY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS – TABLE OF CONTENTS Brainstorming to set all titles in a logic sequence Coordinator: Filippo Del Ninno |
WP4 Report on Y-axis activities, CSCS WP5 Report on Dissemination, ACH WP6 Report on Exploitation and roll-out strategy implementation, CSCS WP3 Report on X-axis activities, AER |
13.00 – 14.45 | Light Business Lunch | |
14.45 – 15.00 | Group Picture under the portico | |
15.00 – 15.50 | SIF 2021 KEY CONCEPTS – SUBCONTENTS
Small groups distributed in various Villa’s corners define short texts of each individual chapter |
THE FUTURE OF TVET ALLIANCE
Sustainability Strategy for the future Coordinator: Urs Hauenstein |
15.50 – 16.00 | Coffee Break | |
16.00 – 17.00 | Continuation as before to finalise the concepts of the:
SIF 2021 KEY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS HIGH LEVEL DECISION MAKERS STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE |
TVET ALLIANCE CONSTITUTION
From the idea to the statute and the effective world deployment Coordinators: Paolo Sospiro, Julian NG |
16.20 | INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS / POSITION STATEMENTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
ENJOY VIRTUAL REALITY |
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19.30 | Dinner in Villa |
6 April
VIS – VERY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS | SKILLNET PARTNERS | |
07.00 | Common Breakfast in Villa | |
09.30 – 10.00 | DEFINITION OF SOURCES
General brainstorming to identify the most relevant sources from which the Alliance is taking inspiration and that constitute the skeleton of the SIF 2021 KEY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS HIGH LEVEL DECISION MAKERS STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE Coordinator: David Twigg
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TVET ALLIANCE CONSTITUTION
From the idea to the statute and the effective world deployment Coordinators: Paolo Sospiro, Julian NG |
10.00 – 10.40 | Look for a MAIN TOPICS plate in the Villa’s corners and garden and exchange your ideas with peers | |
10.40 – 10.55 | SIF 2021 KEY STRATEGIC CONCEPTS
HIGH LEVEL DECISION MAKERS STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE VIS present their results of the previous day |
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10.55 – 11.05 | Coffee Break | |
11.05 – 11.20 | TVET ALLIANCE
Founders present their results of the ALLIANCE CONSTITUTION |
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11.20 – 12.00 | MISSION OF THE TVET ALLIANCE
Brainstorming Coordinator: Giovanni Crisonà |
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12.00 – 12.10 | Coffee Break | |
12.10 – 13.00 | IDEAS ON STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE TVET ALLIANCE
Summits, conferences, coachings, trainings etc Coordinators: Julian NG, David Twigg |
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13.00 – 14.40 | Light Business Lunch | |
14.40 – 15.00 | PRESENTATION OF TUSCANY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THE ALLIANCE VILLA
Presenter: Elena Gonfiantini |
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15.00 – 16.00 | Finalisation of the Declaration/position paper and discussion
CSCS will appoint a facilitator to and animate and support the discussion |
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16.00 – 16.20 | Debriefing & end of the meeting | |
16.20 | INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS / POSITION STATEMENTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
ENJOY VIRTUAL REALITY |
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19.30 | Social Dinner |
7 April
VIS – VERY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS | SKILLNET PARTNERS | |
10.00 | Sightseeing in Florence | |
12.30 | Lunch in Florence | |
13.30 | Departure |
HOW TO JOIN
The event is free of charge for members who play an active and relevant role in the field. The organisation will cover all costs for accommodation and flight tickets for participants from EU countries only.
To submit your participation request, please follow the website SUBSCRIPTION LINK. In case of approval, you will be contacted by the travel agency to provide you with the travel and accommodation service.
Please note: The organisation cannot refund any money to the beneficiaries. The air ticket will be purchased and offered to the beneficiaries in kind. Please avoid buying the ticket directly as it will not be refunded.
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