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Learning outcomes: Validation and the EQF/NQF
Learning outcomes: Validation and the EQF/NQF A paradigm shift toward learning outcomes as common language: Instead of focusing on learning inputs, e.g. the length of learning initiatives or the form and setting of learning as [...]
Polish practitioners discuss transversal skills
Polish practitioners discuss transversal skills What does ‘transversal’ in ‘transversal skills’ stand for? How can we validate such skills? These are the questions that the Education Research Institute asked the Polish validation and guidance practitioners [...]
Empowering low-skilled adults through the self-assessment of personal, social and learning-to-learn competence
Empowering low-skilled adults through the self-assessment of personal, social and learning-to-learn competence The Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 on key competences for lifelong learning defines the Personal, Social and Learning to Learn competence (PSL) [...]
Validation of Transversal Skills in European Commission’s Latest Policy Initiatives
The European Commission just published two important policy initiatives promoting lifelong learning - the two proposals for Council Recommendations, one on individual learning accounts and another one on micro-credentials.
Transversal Skills in the Spotlight at the European Commission Validation Event
TRANSVAL-EU project partner, the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) was invited as speaker and participant to the EC Validation event, presenting on tools and methods for the validation of transversal skills.
Validating Transversal Skills in the Vocational Education and Training Sector in Lithuania
The systematic development of the validation of non-formal and informal learning is based on several initiatives in various sectors of education in Lithuania.
Digital Open Badges and Validation: An Experience from Italy
Among national and regional initiatives on informal learning, the use of innovative tools such as digital badges represent a promising option to setting up an effective system of validation and a transferable model.
VNFIL in French-speaking Belgium
The validation of non-formal and informal learning has come a long way in French-speaking Belgium. At its heart lies the Consortium de Validation des Compétences (CVDC) who coordinates the efforts.
Validation in Austria: The National Context
In the Austrian educational landscape, the main focus lies on formally acquired qualifications as proof of skills and competences. To learn more about validation in Austria, keep on reading.
The National Context for Validation in Italy
In the Italian system, transversal competences are not yet fully integrated in the process of validation of non-formal and informal learning, although they are mentioned in the descriptors within the National Qualification Framework.
TRANSVAL-EU at the ALL DIGITAL Summit
ALL DIGITAL, partner in the TRANSVAL-EU project, organises its annual flagship event - the ALL DIGITAL Summit - on 13th October.
LLLP presented TRANSVAL-EU to the European Qualification Framework Advisory Group (EQF AG)
Do you know the EQF Advisory Group? In this new blog post, the Lifelong Learning Platform (a partner in TRANSVAL-EU) explains the role of the EQF Advisory Group, where national ministries and key EU stakeholders meet regularly to discuss national developments of their qualification and validation systems.
Towards Validation of Transversal Skills in Poland
Beginning from the 2010s a shift towards the modernisation of education in line with the European policies for lifelong learning began to take shape in Poland.
European Survey on Innovative Initiatives for the Validation of Transversal Competences
Call for participation: Survey to map and analyse initiatives on the validation and guidance process integrating transversal skills throughout Europe
The Partner Perspective – Lithuania
Lithuania is one of the seven countries participating in the consortium that implements the TRANSVAL-EU project, the validation of transversal skills across Europe. Here is Lithuania's national perspective on validation.
On the Intersection of Guidance and Validation
The discourse on validation has been ongoing since the first set of Guidelines for validation of non-formal and informal learning by the European Commission and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) was issued in 2009.
TRANSVAL-EU: Project Kick-Off
Sixteen partners from seven countries have started a new challenging endeavour – a policy experimentation on the validation of transversal skills, acquired through non-formal and informal learning across Europe - the TRANSVAL-EU project.