Roadmap 2018 - Validation in Ukraine and Egypt

Roadmap 2018 – Validation and the Value of Competences

Cases on how to use the Roadmap for Policy Development

Nordisk Valideringskonferens - Olika perspektiv på validering

16.6.2015, Stockholm, Sweden

Anni KarttunenExpert in European Educational Policy

Work with VNFIL in Ukraine has started in 2011 by the European Training Foundation (ETF)

I started working in Ukraine in 2014 with focus on VNFIL (ETF expert mission)

Legislation regarding VNFIL was non-exsistent => under develpment

Two pilots had been carried out previously

Dire need => inflexible education system, masses of internal migration due to the war => mass unemployment3

Case Ukraine

Roadmap 2014-2020 for UkraineOverall goals:1. Validation of non-formal and informal learning is an inbuilt system

within VET and working life in Ukraine

2. Validation of non-formal and informal learning is considered as an integral part of Lifelong Learning and Lifelong Guidance

3. Results of validation of non-formal and informal learning equal the status of a qualification gained in formal education

4. The individual is always at the center of the validation process

5. There is a structured plan for continuous development of the validation system

6. There are (regional) CoPs (Communities of Practice) that are goal-oriented and provide support for the VNFIL providers

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Roadmap VNFIL continues7. Quality assurance mechanisms are in place

8. There is a monitoring system (statistics, feed-back, reviews) in place

9. There is systematic training of VNFIL providers and practitioners

10.Validation of non-formal and informal learning becomes gradually available in other sectors of education and the labor market

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Tool for drawing the Roadmap

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National level Task: How? When? Who is responsible? Professionalization of VNFIL practitioners Indicators:

Training for teachers and guidance counsellors is regulated nationally and includes obligatory modules regarding VNFIL

There are regulated competence requirements for VNFIL practitioners

2015 – development of the program 2015 – 2016 – trainers’ training Not yet, foreseen for 2015

Ministry of social policy (MSP) State employment service (SES) Ministry of education (MoE) Joint Representative Body of Employers at the National Level (JRB)

Regulatory framework Indicators:

The regulatory framework covers VNFIL procedures Laws and regulations are reviewed on a regular basis and

amended according to the feedback from the VNFIL providers and the analysis according to the statistics and the follow-up procedures

The regulatory framework ensures that it is the right of the

individual to participate the VNFIL process

The regulatory framework ensures there is an appeals process available for the individuals

Almost covers (development process started in 2012 and actively has been continuing in 2014) Laws and regulations are reviewed, but not because of the mentioned reason Yes, clearly stated The appeal process is foreseen, but not developed. Plan for 2015

MSP SES JRB

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Provider level Task: How? When? Who is

responsible? Networks / Communities of Practice Indicators:

There are VNFIL Communities of Practice for different purposes (provider level, practitioner level)

The actors in CoPs are relevant for VNFIL Work of the Communities of Practice is goal-oriented and

supports the national guidelines on a regional level

No yet established

VNFIL providers JRB (?)

Creating / revising standards and learning outcomes Indicators:

Relevant working life partners, specialists of the field from colleges, relevant NGO representatives participate the development of learning outcomes

Standards and learning outcomes are revised regularly and specific attention is paid to working life needs on a regional1 level

An established communications channel is formed to enable the working life to communicate their needs in an accurate and timely manner

Not yet, it is planned within the procedures of OS development at the sector skills councils (SSC) It’s under development, when the idea of SSC will be popularized.

VNFIL providers JRB (NQA) MSP

1 No regional level foreseen for now. May be in future when we come to the idea to include in the list of occupations for VNFIL some occupations that are used in certain regions, like regional handicraft for example.

Roadmap for E-NQF

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1. Egyptian National Qualification Framework (E-NQF) serves as a tool to promote transparency and flexible learning paths in all sectors of education

2. E-NQF promotes open dialogue between the world of work and education3. E-NQF development is based on nationwide collaboration between

educational authorities and training providers and other relevant stakeholders

4. E-NQF development is based on realistic and structured analysis of the existing qualifications and their level of knowledge, skills and competences

5. E-NQF development progresses in three stages: Placement of existing formal qualifications into the E-NQF Framework Placement of other types of learning units (non-formal qualifications

and/or training programmes, e.g. further training programmes) into the E-NQF Framework

Inclusion of learning gained through Validation of Non-formal and Informal learning procedures into the E-NQF Framework

Roadmap for E-NQF

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6. European Qualifications Framework is used as a reference tool for developing the Egyptian NQF

7. Egyptian educational authorities will seek referencing for the NQF from a group of European experts (e.g. the EQF advisory group operating under the EU Commission)

8. E-NQF will have a Regulatory Status in Egypt

9. E-NQF links Occupational Standards, Qualifications development and Curriculum Design (E-NQF is a common translation tool)

10.E-NQF promotes using Learning Outcomes in Occupational Standard development, Qualifications and Curriculum design

11.E-NQF will be disseminated in a structured manner to all education providers and other key stakeholder in Egypt.

Establishing a network of experts for E-NQF development Indicators:

There is one responsible body for the coordination of the E-NQF development process

There is an established network of key experts who are responsible for developing the E-NQF draft

There is a structured support network of all key stakeholders (including the world of work), who advise and support the E-NQF experts’ work

There is a structured plan with detailed objectives and scheduling for the E-NQF experts and members of the support network

Tool for E-NQF RoadmapTool for E-NQF RoadmapNational level Task: How? When? Who is responsible?

Regulatory framework Indicators:

The regulatory framework covers the aims and objectives of E-NQF Laws and regulations are reviewed on a regular basis and amended according to the feedback from the key stakeholders and

the analysis according to the follow-up procedures The regulatory framework ensures that the E-NQF is implemented in terms of Occupational Standards, Qualifications and

Curriculum Design developments The regulatory framework ensures that other legislation and regulations linked with E-NQF processes are amended

accordingly and are in line with the E-NQF regulations. The regulatory framework ensures the implementation of Learning Outcomes and Validation of Non-formal and Informal

Learning procedures The regulatory framework defines the key-stakeholders in the afore mentioned processes

National level Task: How? When? Who is responsible?