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The Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, through the Pedagogical Institute, and in cooperation with the European Parliament Office in Cyprus, organized a Workshop on: "European Year of Skills 2023". The Workshop was held today, Friday, 19 May 2023, at the "Filoxenia" Conference Centre, in Nicosia.
The Workshop aimed to provide information on this topic and to develop a dynamic platform for the search and discussion of relevant data, challenges and perspectives.
The workshop was addressed by the Deputy Director of the Pedagogical Institute, Dr. Elena Hadjikakou, the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, Mr. Yannis Panagiotou, and the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Dr. Athena Michaelidou.
At the event, the MEP and Rapporteur of the European Year of Skills 2023, Mr. Loukas Fourlas, presented the Report of the European Year and stressed the importance of Cyprus taking over the Year. He stressed that today's conference is the first of its kind, at pan-European level, in the context of the European Year of Skills 2023.
This was followed by a presentation by Dr George Panagiotopoulos, Associate Professor of the University of Patras, on "Skills and education in the modern context". This was followed by a round table discussion on "Skills and Work. The discussion was attended by Mr. Yannis Mourouzidis, National Coordinator of the European Year of Skills and Director General of the Human Resources Development Authority, Dr. Panagiotis Zafiris, President of the Assembly of Cyprus University Rectors and Rector of the Cyprus University of Technology, Mrs. Maria Nikolaou, Deputy Director of the Productivity Centre and Mr. Theodoros Loukaidis, Director General of the Research and Innovation Foundation. The debate was moderated by Mr. Marios Papailia, Director of the Political Office of MEP Loukas Fourlas. This was followed by a focused presentation by the Director General of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, Dr Neofytos Papadopoulos, on the topic "Education and Skills in Cyprus: Challenges and Perspectives."
The conference concluded with a round table discussion on "Skills in Cyprus for the 21st century: Youth, Environment, Gender and New Technologies". The discussion was attended by Dr. Maria Panayiotou, Commissioner for Environment, Mrs. Josie Christodoulou, Commissioner for Gender Equality, Dr. Stelios Chimonas, Director General of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy and Mr. Kleanthis Koutsoftas, President of the Cyprus Youth Organization. The last discussion was moderated by Mr. Andreas Kettis, Head of the European Parliament Office in Cyprus.
More than 320 representatives of the State, teachers of all school levels, education officials, academics, young people, institutions and organisations with a practical interest or relevant activity, within and outside the school context, participated in the conference. The participants expressed their satisfaction with the organisation and implementation of the workshop, rating its quality highly.
The Workshop demonstrated the need to promote coordinated and systematic actions and activities of all stakeholders involved in formal, non-formal and informal education, with regard to the development and cultivation of all forms of skills.
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