23.04.2010: Research New Skills

Stimulated by the questionnaires of the EU-Hearings the ERA-universities of Sofia (Bulgaria), Prague (Czech), Osijek (Croatia), Nicosia (Cyprus), Dublin (Ireland), Nitra (Slovakia), La Coruna (Spain) are participating in the research about new skills for retail/wholesale/import/export for the next two decades.

At April 21st 2010 the first of three regional EU-Hearings starts in Vienna about the topic “Establishing an European Network for anticipating skill needs in the commerce sector of the CEE”. The opening speakers are Rudolf Hundstorfer/Austrian Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Dr. Dwora Stein/GPA-djp General Secretary, Manuel Hubert/EU Commission, Lothar Markowitsch/Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ), Prof. Bernd Hallier/EHI/ERA, Ilaria Savoini/EUROCOMMERCE, Fabrice Warnek/UNI Europa Commerce and Franz Georg Brantner/Chairman of GPA-djp Commerce sector. The conference will have for main sections:

• Status Quo Content of Vocational Training
• Innovation of Vocational Training
• National Coordination of Vocational Training
• International Coordination of Vocational Training (More information )

To stimulate young scientists for retail and wholesale in the German speaking countries the EHI Retail Institute and its 50 percent subsidiary GS 1 Germany awarded one BA-, one MA- and one PhD student as well as one Retail University Chair with a total sum of 40.000 Euro. The Minister of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia stressed the importance of such sponsorships as essential for the growth and competitiveness of the commerce sector.

The event took place at Europe's leading annual trade fair for IT and Security in retail EuroCIS which in 2011 will be part again of the world-leading triennial exhibition EuroShop . On the photo from the left: M.Gerling/EHI, Prof G. Werner/president of dm, Prof. Dr. Pinkwart/Minister of NRW, Prof. Dr. Creusen/Chairman EHI Scientific Board, J. Pretzel/GS 1, Dr. Krings/Scientific partnership GS1, Prof. Dr. Hallier/president EuroCIS and EuroShop.
 

At the stage of 5,000 CDs for blended learning at the Metro-Group in Germany distributed and starting tests in two REWE regions in Germany the EuCoCo Advisory Board decided in its meeting with Prof. Dr. B. Hallier on February 17th 2010 to pass on EuCoCo for the next stage to the EuCVoT-headquarter. The future structure will be:

At the CZ Retail Summit 2010 in Prague in a special slot of Human Resources Prof. Dr. Hallier and P. Mare/Kenniscentrum Handel NL introduced in a panel with P.Adam/Ahold CZ, A.Borej/Macro CZ, J.Nussbauer/dm CZ, M.Vajskebr/Spengler Fox UK the necessity for life-long-learning, national Round Tables for vocational training and the concept of an European Competence Center for Vocational Training (Retail/Wholesale) as a sector coordinator.