The 17th Year of Conference titled Human Capital and Investment in Education, which took place on the premises of the University of Finance and Administration on Friday, 5 December 2014, was searching for answers to the question what is the cause of current problems in areas related to the acquisition and effective use of human capital including the possible solution.
The morning programme offered presentations focusing on shaping and increasing the value of human capital, this time stressing the difference between men and women.
Ahead of the practical part, the main part of the conference was held as early as 4 November, attended by international guests (see article dated 5 November - Return on Investment in Education - Conference: Human Capital and Investment in Education), which focused on the analysis of relevant OECD data in cooperation with VŠFS, CERGE and ISEA.
Since early-August 2014, 40 experts had been participating in discussions on the website of the conference, as part of which 60 reports were published.
The practical part of the conference, which was divided into sections focusing especially on education and pension schemes, involved discussions on the hypothesis claiming that the most common current economic and social problems are caused due to insufficient re-orientation of the current model of the permanent development towards the society of productive services, i.e. the development model with its core and driving force represented by productive services closely related to acquiring, maintaining and utilizing human capital. Special attention was paid to threats and opportunities consisting in enforcing or rather steady blocking of complex reforms in the areas of social investment and social insurance.
The main outputs of this conference and the following three ones (i.e. 17th – 20th Year of Conferences titled Human Capital and Investment in Education) will be the preparation and elaboration of the concept of interlinked reforms in the area of social investment and social insurance (i.e. in the area of funding the education system, the health care system, the pension scheme and related areas).
