News from DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, presenting the results of a report released 20 November 2014 which shows that knowledge, skills and competences that people have acquired outside school or university are recognized, valued and accepted despite some good progress since 2010 | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2153&furtherNews=yes
Tag Archives: validation
Frankfurt Declaration
In 06 October 2012 the six Associations of VET providers (EfVET, eucen, EUproVET, EURASHE, EVBB, EVTA ) met in Frankfurt and convened to foster their cooperation, began in the previous two years, in order to achieve common European goals concerning VET improvements in Europe | http://www.euprovet.eu/download%20documents/Update/Appendix%206%20-%20Frankfurt%20declaration.pdf
Memo on Flexibility and Professional Education (level 4 and higher)
This document written by the VET4EU2 group highlights the points to take into account for shaping more flexible learning pathways, connecting VET and HE (as part of a ‘column for professional education’) | http://vetproviders-group.eucen.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MemoFlexibilityVET-HEvet4eu2_August2014.pdf
Barcelona Declaration
The VET4EU2 group prepared in their meeting in Barcelona 10 July 2014, a declaration of work and cooperations towards advancement of VET issues, highlighting the areas of action that the group would be tackling | http://vetproviders-group.eucen.eu/list-of-background-papers/TheBarcelonaDeclarationVET4EU2_July2014_6-9-2014/
VNIL Community
LinkedIn open discussion group on VNIL issues | https://www.linkedin.com/groups/VNIL-Community-6539538?trk=my_groups-b-grp-v
European inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning
European guidelines on validation with 36 reports from 33 different countries, 8 in-depth thematic reports, two case studies and a synthesis report. Prepared by Cedefop | http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/validation/inventory
European Observatory of Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning
Repository of over 140 Case Studies on VNIL issues. Documents collected from over 30 different countries. The OBSERVAL-Net project was coordinated by eucen http://www.observal-net.eu