AS 2025
PROGRAMME
REGISTER
09/07/2025 | |
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08.00 |
Registration
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09.00 |
Opening remarks
Chair of the Opening Session: Urs Hauenstein, International Council for Education and Management ICEM Giovanni Crisonà, Skillman President Donato Iacobucci, Polytechnic University of Marche Massimo Temussi - Director General, Directorate General for Active Labour Policies - Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Italy Gilles Kittel - European Commission, DG REGIO Fabio Pigliapoco - Secretary AII Adriatic Ionian Initiative |
09.30 |
Plenary Session 1 - Aligning Skills Development with EUSAIR Priorities: the Skillman Teacher Academy model
This session explores how skills development strategies can effectively align with EUSAIR priorities, with a focus on the Skillman Teacher Academy as a model of integration between macro-regional objectives and vocational excellence. Policymakers, youth, and institutional voices will reflect on shared challenges and opportunities across the Adriatic-Ionian region. Moderator: Paolo Sospiro Introductory speech: Irene Psifidou - CEDEFOP Panellists: Irene Psifidou - CEDEFOP Blendi Hodai - EUSAIR Youth Council Eleonora Tramannoni - Forum Chambers of Commerce Adriatic-Ionian Region Snezana Mircevska Damjanovska - National Technical Advisor of UNDP North Macedonia Massimo Temussi - Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Italy Maryna Popovic - President, Handicraft Chamber of Ukraine |
11.00 |
Coffee Break
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11.20 |
Plenary Session 2 - The Role of
Entrepreneurship education in regional development
This session highlights how entrepreneurial competences can drive sustainable regional growth, resilience, and innovation. Experts from academia, policy, and practice will explore how entrepreneurship education and support ecosystems contribute to regional transformation, with insights from both EU and Western Balkan perspectives. Moderator: Donato Iacobucci Introductory speech: Julian NG - CEO, Warnborough Education Group Panellists: Julian NG - CEO, Warnborough Education Group Urs Hauenstein - Liverpool Hope University Marija Radosalievic - UNIVERSITY OF NIS Serbia Claudio Mennecozzi - EDIH4MARCHE Iván Bornacelly - Policy Analyst, OECD Centre for Skills |
12.50 | Lunch |
14.20 |
Plenary Session 3 - Educational Excellence for lifelong learning: the coves.eu model
This panel delves into the Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) as engines of lifelong learning and regional innovation. Drawing from the coves.eu and WIN4SMEs experience, speakers will explore how excellence models can empower education systems to support green, digital, and inclusive transitions across Europe and the Western Balkans . Moderator: Craig Marsh Introductory speech: Faton Deshishku, coves.eu/WIN4SMEs Panellists: Faton Deshishku - coves.eu/WIN4SMEs Yuriy Balanyuk - Chairperson of the Ukrainian National Qualifications Agency Filippo Del Ninno - European Training Foundation Laura Screpanti - Teacher its4puntozero.it Annalisa Marchetti - IAL Marche, VET Provider Concetta Fonzo - INAPP |
15.50 |
Coffee break
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16.30 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
* NOTE:
All times are
Central European Time (CEST)
, UTC+02
10/07/2025 | |
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09.30 | Plenary Session 4: The future of creativity This session explores how creativity and craftsmanship evolve in the age of AI and innovation. Building on the Tracks4Crafts initiative, panellists will examine how new skills, technologies, and learning ecosystems are shaping the future of cultural heritage, creative industries, and artisan entrepreneurship. Tracks4Crafts.eu: developing and sharing new skills for handicrafts Moderator: Elisa Guidi Introductory speech: Dan Petrică, Agora University of Oradea: "Using AI to Empower Creativity" Panellists: Dan Petrică, Agora University of Oradea Jouke Verlinden - Associate Professor, University of Antwerp Tetiana Botsva - Handicraft Chamber of Ukraine Gian Pietro Simonetti - Head of HR and Marketing Dept diasen.com Urs Hauenstein - International Council for Education and Management ICEM CNA SMEs owners |
10.20 |
SIF2025 announcement Alexandra Ingram - Skillman Secretariat |
10.30 |
Coffee Break
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10.50 |
Networking session
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11.30 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
13.00 |
Policy Remarks / Skillman Balkans Declaration Closing remarks |
13.30 | Lunch |
* NOTE:
All times are
Central European Time (CEST)
, UTC+02