Bastia | 04.05.09 Workshop Transparency of informally acquired competences in Europe: The exemplo Toolkit for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Bastia | 04.05.09

Workshop

Transparency of informally acquired competences in Europe:The exemplo Toolkit for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Natalie Morawietz | Forschungsinstitut Betriebliche Bildung (f-bb)

Background

• Increasing crossborder mobility• mobility for young persons strongly supported from the

EU• mobility of enterprises (competitive factor)

• Increased importance of life long learning

Enterprises have to rely on instruments which make competences transparent, not important where and how (formal, non-formal or informal) they have been acquired.


Objectives of the exemplo project:Development of a toolkit for SMEs

• Exemplo tools should be …

• independent from specific national VET systems

• suitable for small and medium sized enterprises

• adaptable to varying demands of companies and employees

• contain formative and summative elements

• go along with „European principles for the validation of informal learning“


Exemplo approach

• Using experiences from Europe

• Including social partners, SMEs and employees

• Development of a toolkit and guidelines for enterprises and training providers

• Piloting and Testing of tools in SMEs in European countries with different VET systems


Multi actors partnership

• Finland

• France

• Germany

• Norway

• Poland

• Spain

• UK

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Exemplo Approach

Transfer of individual competences into

enterprises

Competence needs of SMEs

Including employers

Individual competences

Life long learning – competence assessment (formally, non-formally,

informally acquired)


The Exemplo toolkit: An overview

• Kompetanseattest (NO)• ERA – Evaluación y Acreditacición

de las Competencias Profesionales (ES)• FIT – Formation Intégrée au Travail (FR)• Lernprozesse im Betrieb anregen

und gestalten (DE)• Staff Development Matrix (Pl)• RARPA – Recognising and Recording

Progress and Achievement in non-accredited learning (UK)

• TBQ – Transparenz beruflicher Qualifikationen (DE)

Self-assessmentAssessment by others

Assessmentof competencies

Development ofcompetencies

Description Validation,Certification

Employer-orientedEmployee-oriented

Professionalcompetence

Personal andsocial competence


Classification of the Exemplo-tools

• Who is the subject of the

assessment of competences?

• What does the method primarily

focus on?

• Who is in the centre of the

process?

• What kind of competences are to be measured/validated?









Two examples for different needs

• (self) assessment of actual level of competence

Competence Card for Workplace (NO)

• transfer of learning outcomes into professional practice

Transparency of Competence (DE)

• inhouse development of competences in SMEs


Example I: Competence Card for Workplace

Documenting competences:

Competence Card for

Workplace (NO) contains:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• Competence Pass

Classification:









Example II: Transparency of transfer of learning outcomes

Classification:

Informal learning processes, which take place after a training course in the workplace, are made visible.








Seminar Informal learningat the workplace

Self-evaluationEvaluation withEmployer andTraining provider

Agreement on objectives Certificate


… experiences and recommendations

• Universal applicability vs. orientation towards identification of specific competences

• General standards vs. (company-)specific design of competence assessment procedures

• Self-evaluation vs. evaluation by others

• Simplicity of use vs. validity of results


… experiences and recommendations

• Identification of specific requirements of a company

• Decision about objectives of the competence assessment procedure

• Including external experts!

• Pragmatic approaches to be encouraged - experimental approaches welcome

„All models are wrong, but some are constructive“ (quotation after VOX, Norwegian exemplo partner)


Further Information you will find in the final publication Impuls, Vol 25 and on the project website

www.exemplo.de

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Natalie [email protected]

www.f-bb.de

Bastia | 04.05.09 Workshop Transparency of informally acquired competences in Europe: The exemplo Toolkit for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

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