Validation of non-formal and informal learning
Cedefop supports the development and implementation of validation of non-formal and informal learning by hosting and updating, in cooperation with the European Commission, the European Inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning. Cedefop is furthermore actively involved in the dissemination and further development of the European guidelines on validation. [more]
Contact Details:
Jens Bjornavold 
Related Themes
- Promotion and validation of non-formal and informal learning - report from the public consultation (29/02/2012)
- Conference conclusions: The role of the social partners in implementing European tools and principles (14/02/2012)
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- National Qualifications Frameworks: what's new? (20/01/2012)
- The third annual review on the implementation of national qualifications frameworks - now available from our publications page as an e-book as well as in pdf format- shows significant progress, and a renewed impetus to link the NQFs to the validation of non-formal and informal learning.
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- Press release - The involvement of employers and trade unions is crucial to achieve an open labour market that values all forms of learning (28/11/2011)
- The common European tools for education and training - such as Europass, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and the European credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET) - will make it easier for citizens to pursue learning throughout their lives, and to document their skills and knowledge in a form which is recognised by employers and the labour market across Europe.
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- Social partners: what is their role in implementing the common tools for education and training? (24/11/2011)
- Cedefop's conference at the European Parliament last week (24-25 November) examined the role and responsibilities of employers and trade unions in making the EU tools a reality for citizens.
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- Press release - Do citizens benefit from the new European tools in vocational education and training? (24/11/2011)
- The common European tools for education and training , Europass, European and National Qualification Frameworks, Credit transfer systems and Quality Assurance, will make it easier for citizens to pursue learning throughout their lives, and to have their skills and knowledge recognised across Europe. The question now is how to release the full potential of these tools.
- European Inventory of validation of non-formal and informal learning 2010 (06/06/2011)
- The European Inventory 2010 provides a unique record on how validation is already being used at national, regional and local level to address issues relating to lifelong learning, employment and social exclusion.
- European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning (20/08/2009)
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- Coming soon: Policy Report 2009 reviews progress across Europe (03/03/2009)
- Participants at the upcoming Agora conference, Continuity, consolidation and change: Towards a European era of vocational education and training, (Thessaloniki, 16-17 March 2009), will discuss the results of Cedefop’s Policy Report of the same title that will be disseminated during the conference.
- Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe (23/06/2008)
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- Recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning for VET teachers and trainers in the EU Member States (07/01/2008)
- Validation of non-formal and informal learning is a centrepiece of lifelong learning and has become a priority for national and European vocational education and training (VET) policies in the last decade.
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- Thematic group on "transparency of qualifications, Validation of non-formal and informal learning, Credit transfer" - Background report / DG Education and Culture (16/04/2007)
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- OECD on validation of non-formal education (28/08/2006)
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- Recognition of the value of non-formal and informal learning within the European youth field (24/07/2006)
- Synergies Between Formal and Non-Formal Education (28/06/2006)
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- 3rd Annual ECVET Forum - (07/03/2012)
- 31/05/2012 to 01/06/2012 Brussels, Europe
