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– summary of policies and HRD strategies in companies that respond to the world of work;
– knowledge-sharing networks between participating institutions and organizations that
foster country-to-country/region synergy of approaches in re-orienting occupational/skills/
competency standard setting, and HRD in companies.
THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference was divided into a number of keynote sessions (each with its own technical
panel), along with other introductory sessions. These formal sessions involved, (i) a series of
presentations on issues dealing with the development of NQFs and HRD strategies, and (ii)
several national presentations highlighting devel-opment efforts, both related to the
establishment of NQFs and Corporate HRD. Four working group sessions were designed to
explore the issues raised in the keynote addresses and national presentations, and dealt with
a series of specific questions related to each technical session and the follow-up discussions.
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