Agora VI: Reporting on Human Capital. Is It Possible To Report on Human Capital and, If So, Why and How? (Thessaloniki, Greece, June 24-25, 1999). CEDEFOP Panorama Series.

This document contains 11 reports from a 2-day meeting on how to report on investments in vocational education and training in enterprises and whether such reporting is worthwhile. The document begins with a brief overview of the meeting and the meeting agenda. The remainder of the report is devoted to the meeting papers, which are titled as follows: "Contribution of Mr. Evanghelos Boumis, Human Resources Manager of Titan Cement Co."; "Social Reporting in French Companies" (Dominique Fruleux); "Reporting on Human Capital in Denmark" (Jens Frederiksen); "Human Capital Reporting: Experiences and Proposals Discussed at the Agora" (Ulf Johanson); "Reporting on Human Capital" (Keith Drake); "Human Capital Reporting as an Area of Concern for Policymakers and the Social Partners--the Case of Finland" (Tuomo Alasoini); "Reporting on Human Capital--Is It Possible To Report on Human Capital and If So, Why and How?" (Helge Kielland Lovdal); "The Learning Enterprise and Corporate Governance" (Isabelle Guerrero); "International Standards for Reporting on Human Capital" (Riel Miller); "Quality Management for Companies: Developing Skills through Training with ISO [International Organization for Standardization] Standard 10015" (Frederic Sechaud); and "Human Capital--Some Comments on the Possibility and Desirability of Establishing an International Reporting Standard--The Case of Italy" (Stefano Zambon). Also included are: a foreword; the meeting agenda; and a list of participants. Some reports contain substantial bibliographies. (MN)