Lisbon Conference 2021 | Program

International Online Conference | 27-28 January 2021

Education: What’s next? Formal education & training and the transition from school to work in rural areas

Hosted by Lisbon, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Portugal)

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PROGRAM

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27th of January 2021

All schedule in Lisbon time (CET minus 1h)

9.30-10.15 | Opening session & welcoming note from Cost Action 18213

Format: institutional session

• Francisco Simões (Rural NEET Youth Network Chair; ISCTE-IUL, Portugal)
(about 10 minutes each)

10.15-11.00 | COST Action Panel: Rural NEETs, education and training: An overview

Moderator: Maria Manuel Vieira (ICS, University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Format: three presentations – 15 minutes each (WG presentations focused on highlights from Month 12 deliverables+15 minutes of discussion by critical friend+15 minutes discussion)

• WG 1 presentation: Rural NEETs and the role of formal education Alena Minns (Independent researcher – Slovakia) & Daniela Mamucevska (Faculty of Economics, Skopje, North Macedonia)
• WG 2 presentation: Best-practices across Southern and Eastern Europe: What do we know thus far – Claudia Petrescu (The Research Institute for Quality of Life – Romania) & Emre Erdogan (Istanbul Bilgi University – Turkey)
• Critical friend notes: Sofia Marques da Silva (FPCEUP- Portugal)

11.00-11.20 | Break

11.20-12.30 | Parallel sessions 1 

 Moderators: members of the scientific and organizing team; COST Action members.

Up to three simultaneous sessions with three 15 minutes presentations each and 15 minutes general discussion. One more morning of parallel sessions will be added, if needed.

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12.30-14.00 – Lunch break

14.00-15.00 | How can rural education and training systems address rural youths challenges? Invited keynote speakers

Moderator: Ricardo Rodrigues (CIS-ISCTE – Portugal)

Format: 25 minutes traditional oral presentation by each speaker+20 minutes for general discussion

• Keynote speaker 1: Ingrid Schoon (University College of London, UK)
• Keynote speaker 2: Michael Corbett (Acadia University, Canada)

15.00-16.00 | Parallel sessions 2

Moderators: members of the scientific and organizing team; COST Action members.

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15.00-16.00 | Round-table: Rural education & training in Portugal: Promising policies, innovative experiences, mobilizing goals*

Moderator: Francisco Simões (Chair of RNYN; CIS-ISCTE – Portugal)

Format: Participated discussion

• ANQEP representative – Francisca Simões;
• Conselho Nacional da Educação representative – Pedro Lourtie;
• Director of Escola Profissional da Praia da Vitória – Domingos Borges

*Session to be held in Portuguese

16.00-16.15 | Break

16.15-17.00 | Rural education & training: Pathways to be taken and concluding remarks

Informal talk: Round-tables moderators; organizing team members.

• Francisco Simões (Rural NEET Youth Network Chair, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal)
• Maria Manuel Vieira (ICS, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
• Ricardo Rodrigues (ISCTE-IUL, Portugal)