How to make learning visible

Conclusions of the Validation conference

Final agenda : Validation Conference

Background paper : Validation Conference

Political context for validation Setting the scene (Ana Carla Pereira, European Commission)

The past: what can we learn from the past three decades of validation work in Europe? (Jens Bjornavold, Cedefop)

The present: first results of the 2016 European inventory update (Ernesto Villalba, Cedefop)

Poland: the future: the Polish Approach to Make Learning Visible? (Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak (Educational Research Institute, Poland)

Sweden: Broader ways to work and education: a coordinated development of systems for validation (Karl Berg, National Delegation for Validation 2015-19, Sweden)

France: What evolution and perspectives for the French VAE? (Yolande Fermon, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, France)

Canada: Increasing RPL visibility through awareness and quality assurance (Bonnie Kennedy, Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment)

New Zealand: making learning visible: validating non-formal and informal learning (Grant Klinkum, New Zealand Qualification Authority)

Session 1: validation for migrants (Martin Noack, Bertelsmann Stiftung; Ramona Lopez, AWO IntegrationsCenter West)

Session 2: Implementing validation for unemployed people or at risk of unemployment (Alain Kock, Consortium de validation des Compétences, Belgium-French Community)

Outcomes of the parallel sessions, presented by Paul Guest (Orientra)