Keynote Speech
1 Dr. Rupert Maclean (Director, UNESCO-UNEVOC Center) 3
2 Dr. Moo-Ki Bai (President, Ulsan Univ.) 21
Session 1 : Topic Presentations
Topic 1 Improving systems to provide VET through one's lifetime /Dr. Helmut P？tz (President, BIBB) 35
Topic 2 Using ICT in VET / Dr. Morgan V. Lewis (Professor, NDCCTE, Ohio Univ.) 49
Topic 3 Assessment and recognition system of learning and training outcomes / Mr. Anders Nilsson (Specialist, CEDEFOP) 69
Topic 4 Financing mechanisms for VET / Mr. Gregory Wurzburg (Specialist, OECD) 85
Topic 5 Involvement of stakeholders in VET / Dr. Shyamal Majumdar (Specialist, CPSC) 139
Session 2 : Country Reports
Case 1 Germany / Dr. Gisela Dybowski (Director of International Cooperation, BIBB) 153
Case 2 France / Dr. Hugues Bertrand (Director, CEREQ) 165
Case 3 Australia / Dr. Tom Karmel (Director, NCVER) 185
Case 4 United Kingdom / Dr. Brenden Barker (Duty-director, British Council) 223
Case 5 China / Dr. Zuguang Yu (Vice-director, CIVTE) 233
Case 6 Japan / Dr. Shigemi Yahata (Director of Research Division, JIL) 253
Case 7 Korea
1 VET through one's lifetime: New approaches and implementation ？ Korean case / Dr. Sung-Joon Paik (Fellow, KRIVET) 271
2 Current operational status and future direction of CE in vocational colleges / Dr. Sung-Tae Hong (Professor, Yeungjin Junior College) 297
3 A Case Study on the Business Learning System for Bringing Up a Specialist in Korea / Dr. Gi-Hun Yang (Hyundai Research Institute) 341