European Inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning
Links
Useful links on validation from international and national sources.
International sources
European Commission, Education and Training
Virtual Community on validation of non-formal and informal learning
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
International Labour organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
International Federation of Training and Development organisations (IFTDO)
The Encyclopaedia of informal education
European Training Foundation
National sources
Austria
Belgium
Commission Communautaire des Professions et des Qualifications (CCPQ)
SoCiuS
(support service for social and cultural adult education)
SERV
(Social and Economic Council)
Bulgaria
Cyprus
The Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Danish Ministry of Education:
Recognition of formal, non-formal and informal learning in CVT, VET and other adult education programmes in Denmark
Danish Ministry of Education:
Better Education. Action Plan, June 2002
Estonia
Association of Estonian Adult Educators (AEAE) ANDRAS: Lifelong learning strategy
Statistikaamet (Statistical Office of Estonia): Adult Training in Estonia: Needs and Availability
Finland
Opetushallitus
(National Board of Education)
France
l'Association pour la certification des compétences professionnelles
Germany
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
(Federal Ministry for Education and Research)
Greece
The validation of learning of foreign languages
National Accreditation Centre of Vocational Training Structures and Accompanying Support Services (EKEPIS)
Ministry of Education of Greece
Hungary
European Commission – Hungary, report on the Consultation Process Concerning Lifelong Learning
72kb
Iceland
Fræðslumiðstöð atvinnulífsins
(Education and Training Service Centre)
Mennt
(EDUCATE Iceland)
Ireland
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
Italy
Forum del Terzo Settore
(Third Sector Forum)
Latvia
Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija
(Ministry of Education and Science)
Translation and Terminology Centre (comes under the Ministry of Education and Science)
Liechtenstein
Amt für Berufsbildung
(Office for Vocational Training)
Leonardo da Vinci programme
Lithuania
Research Analysis of the Experience in the Field of Recognition of Non-Formal and Informal Learning in Lithuania (slide presentation)
Reality and Perspectives of Assessment of Achievements by Pupils (Moksleiviu pasiekimu vertinimo dabartis ir perspektyvos)
52kb
Švietimo ir mokslo ministerija
(Ministry of Education and Science)
Luxembourg
Institut National pour le développement de la formation professionnelle continue
(National Institute for the Development of Continuous Vocational Training)
Ministère de l’Education nationale et de la Formation professionnelle
(Ministry of Education and Vocational Training)
Malta
Department of Further Studies and Adult Education
General Workers’ Union
Malta Workers’ Union
Netherlands
Kenniscentrum
EVC
(Knowledge Centre on the Validation of Prior Learning)
Norway
Kompetanseberetningen for Norge
(Norwegian Competence report, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research)
Information on the Competence reform, i.a. documentation of non-formal learning
(Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research)
Poland
The European Record of Achievement for professionals in the European engineering industry
Achieving the Lisbon Goals: The contribution of VET. Country Report: Poland.
132kb
Trend and development of international recognition: New forms of assessment. Situation in Poland
Portugal
O sistema de formação profissional em Portugal
(Vocational Training System in Portugal)
Romania
Adult Education in Rural Areas
Methods for creativity stimulation and development in adult education
Inequality of Access Opportunities to Education in Romania
Slovakia
Achieving the Lisbon Goals: The contribution of VET. Country Report: Slovak Republic. First Draft
144kb
Ministerstvo školstva
(Ministry of Education)
Act No. 386/1997 on continuing education and training
44kb
Slovenia
Andragoški center Slovenije
(Slovenian Institute for Adult Education)
Ministrstvo za šolstvo, znanost in šport
(Ministry of Education, Science and Sport)
Assessment of prior experiential learning (APEL) as a key to lifelong learning: evaluating European practices – contributions to the European Conference, Bremen, 5-6 June 1998. (including: The development and implementation of APEL projects in Slovenia / N. Jelenc)
544kb
Spain
AGORA V: Identification, evaluation and recognition of non-formal learning
1.24mb
Sweden
Life Long Learning in Sweden
488kb
Thematic Review on Adult Learning: Country Note Sweden
272kb
Validation within adult education in Sweden, Norway and Finland
36kb
United Kingdom
Strategies for widening adult participation in higher education: A European perspective
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: Pilot Study on responsiveness of Vocational Qualifications
320kb
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last updated: 20 Sept 2005