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Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EUCIS-‐LLL posi-on Valida&on of Non-‐formal and Informal Learning
Audrey Frith, EUCIS-‐LLL Director
SOLIDAR-‐Ligue de l’enseignement Seminar 13 January 2014 -‐ Bruxelles
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
Valida-on & lifelong learning
Why valida+on?
• Bringing together all types of learning & different ways to confer qualificaRons
• Outcomes / raRonale: lifelong learning, broader access, personal development, career development and employability, reducing costs, etc.
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
Challenges
What do we mean?
Various interpretaRons and terms
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
Council Recommenda-on
What do we mean?
• Council recommendaRon of 2012:
Valida-on means a process of confirmaRon by an authorised body that an individual has acquired learning outcomes measured against a relevant standard and consists of the following four disRnct phases: 1/ idenRficaRon 2/ documentaRon 3/ assessment 4/ cerRficaRon.
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
Reality check: strong dispari-es in Europe
How does it work?
Very different systems and approaches = problem of transparency and comparability at EU level
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
Reality check: strong dispari-es in Europe
How does it work?
Scope of validation systems
• ExempRons to access the formal E-‐T systems • ExempRons to some modules in curriculums
• Access to / some / all qualificaRons
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EU recommenda-on
What does the EU recommends?
• 4 steps: iden-fica-on, documenta-on, assessment & cer-fica-on of LO
• coherence with EQF and NQFs • synergies with EU transparency tools & credit systems
• disadvantaged groups and unemployed individuals
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EU recommenda-on
What does the EU recommends?
• informa-on and guidance
• quality assurance • competences of staff involved
• compliance with standards // formal educaRon
• involvement of stakeholders
• coordina-on between different services
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EU recommenda-on
What does the EU recommends?
Important element = it should be based on the same standards as in the formal system
LimitaRons = Respects the diversity of models: does not say how the systems should work or its scope
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EUCIS-‐LLL view
What does EUCIS-‐LLL recommends?
• ValidaRon as an individual right • Mechanisms that cover all sectors of E&T
• That can lead to the full recogniRon of a diploma (flexible and individualised pathways)
• with qualificaRons that are equal to the “tradiRonal” ones • Targeted measures to reach out to disadvantaged groups
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EUCIS-‐LLL task force on valida-on
Follow up?
• capacity building and informaRon sharing (tool kit, info)
• campaign to defend key principles at EU level
• parRcipaRon in the EQF advisory group • monitoring the implementaRon of the recommendaRon at naRonal level
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning
Building a ci+zen’s voice on educa+on and training issues
EUCIS-‐LLL task force on valida-on
Contact and more informa+on
• EUCIS-‐LLL drab tool kit • EUCIS-‐LLL LLL-‐Mag #1 on validaRon
Audrey Frith – audrey.frith@eucis-‐lll.eu
www.eucis-‐lll.eu
European Civil Society PlaKorm on Lifelong Learning