Nordiskt seminarium - Hur långt har utvecklingen med validering kommit i Norden?

1. Seminarium - Hur långt har
utvecklingen med validering
kommit i Norden?
Roadmap 2018 – Validation and the value of competencies
Pär Sellberg
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education

2. Why a roadmap?
• The Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation
of non-formal and informal learning
• Briefing note 9065 – Shaping lifelong learning
• Experiences in the NVL Expert Network on Validation
• The need for further development

3. Council Recommendation on the validation of
non-formal and informal learning
• Arrangements for VPL are in place which enables individuals to
validate prior learning and obtain full or part qualifications
• Arrangements are linked to national qualifications frameworks
• VPL is supported by appropriate guidance and counselling
• Transparent quality assurance measures are in place
• The use of transparency tools like Europass is promoted
• Synergies exist between VPL arrangements and credit systems like
ECVET and ECTS

4. A holistic perspective on VPL
• Why is the output of the systems less than expected?
• Are we really focusing on the competences required for working life,
citizenship and individual development?
• Is the context in which VPL is embedded of greater importance than
foreseen?

5. How to use it
• As a starting point for reflection
• As a tool for development
• For benchmark on VPL systems
• To influence on policy level
• Adapt the indicators for your conditions and purposes

6. Benchmark for Sweden in 2015
1,18
1,54
1,45
1,06
0,88
1,39
0,00
0,50
1,00
1,50
2,00
2,50
3,00
regulations/frameworks/ policies
incentives/financing/sustainability
stakeholders involvment/roles and
responsibilities
information/implementation/
coordination
infrastructure/support-
systems/networks
quality/follow up/research
Benchmark
Serie1

7. Benchmark for Sweden in 2018
1,89
1,75
1,68
1,46
1,21
1,75
0,00
0,50
1,00
1,50
2,00
2,50
3,00
regulations/frameworks/ policies
incentives/financing/sustainability
stakeholders involvment/roles and
responsibilities
information/implementation/
coordination
infrastructure/support-
systems/networks
quality/follow up/research
Benchmark
Serie1

8. Questions for the workshop
• Which factors do you expect have the greatest impact on the output
of VPL systems?
• Are we making the full use of the EU mobility tools for VET?
• How does VPL relate to Career Management Skills and strategic skills
supply of companies?
• What happens after 2018 and what areas for development do you see
as important in a national or Nordic context?
• Which areas for development would be suitable for Nordic
cooperation?