This presentation gives insight in the assessment procedure developed for accreditation of judges / assessors in floristry design. A draft competence profile for a qualified judge / assessor in floristry design was developed by Florint together with a reflection group of highly esteemed and experienced professional judges, from various countries. During a project of over two years, involving the florist organisations of 5 European countries, a sound and coherent certification syste3m was developed. The 16 delegates of all project partners first reflected on the draft competence profile. This consultation lead to a final and more detailed competence profile, which is being used as basis for the certification procedure on (inter)national level. The aim of the assessment procedure is to establish whether a person, wanting to become a certified judge, indeed possesses the competences listed in this profile. The national assessment consists of a series of coherent steps, which normally are: 1. The applying portfolio that needs to be fully completed by the candidate before the assessment; 2. The candidates written analysis, to be made of one floral arrangement with the analysing form that is supplied. 3. The candidates judging of 5 competition pieces using the national judging system. 4. The candidates educational assessment using the regular national educational assessment system. 5. The candidates guided group discussion or paired group discussion. 6. The candidates interview with the assessment committee.

1. The Judges Certification
Project
this project is made possible by a grant
of the European Commission

2. Reasons
• International competitions since
1958
• Increasing influence on quality of
execution
– (Draft) Regulations
– TC (Technical Committee)
• Education of Judges
– So far insufficient to guarantee quality

3. Aim
• Promoting the professionality and the
development of knowledge and
competences relevant for judging in a
professional way;
• Creating more transparency and
comparablility of judging on various levels;
• By means of an acknowledged system for
the accreditation of (inter)national Judges
in floristry.

4. Competence profile
• Competence is the capability to
perform a certain task within a
specific context;
• Competence is based on Knowledge,
Skills and Attitudes;
• Competence profile based on input
of a group of renowned judges;

5. Project events
• February 2010: Application for a Partnership
„Judges Certification and Education“ filed at
the national agency LdV;
• July 2010: application granted!
• September: first preparations during informal
meetings
• October: first taskforce meeting in NL
• January 2011: 1st Plenary in Germany
• February 2011: taskforce meeting Finland
• April 2011: 2nd Plenary in Norway

6. Project events 2
• June 2011: 1st Pilot in England
• October 2011: 2nd Pilot in Norway
• November 2011: 3d Pilot in Finland
• January 2012: 4th Pilot in the Netherlands
• March 2012: 5th / last Pilot in Germany
• June 2012: conclusive & evaluation meeting
in England
• July / August 2012: finalising documents &
writing the final report for Leonardo.

9. Competence profile
a competent assessor in colleges or
national exams resp. (inter)national
professional judge floral design is:
a practising florist who develops
him/herself continuously, possesses
specific competences related to judging
and from this background is able to
analyse, value and commentate flower
arrangements in competition and
educational settings.

10. Competence profile
A professional judge / assessor is:
• A practising florist *
(* can also be a floristry teacher with the right
background and still sufficiently involved in floristry
practice).
• With the right Attitudes
• With the capability/ competences to:
– Analyse
– Value
– Commentate

11. Attitudes 1
• is reliable
• can concentrate
• can work under stressful situations
• can agree with the purpose of the
competition
• is willing to put efforts in preparing
himself for a judgment
• can carefully read assignments
• can carefully take decisions
• is independent

12. Attitudes 2
• is able to show empathy for stress of
participants in competition situations
• is open for innovations
• is critical
• is open minded in discussions and willing
to consider different opinions
• is able to stand for his judgment
• has integrity concerning confidential
information
• is loyal to other judges

13. Analyse
• acting • tools
– can analyse the – has enough
assignment reference on the
– can analyse the cultural field
arrangement – has enough
reference on the
professional field

15. Value
• acting • tools
– can compare the – has enough reference on the
arrangement with the cultural and professional field
cultural and professional – is aware of the process of
reference deciding: logical / emotional
– can decide – understands the Florint 100
– is able to use the Florint point (and/or other) system
100 points system – is aware of the different
– is able to use different levels in floral design
floral design evaluation – has knowledge of the
systems competition regulations
– is able to judge according – has knowledge of different
to the requirements floral design evaluation
systems

17. Commentate
• acting • tools
– uses the official – has enough knowledge of
nomenclature the official nomenclature
– uses professional – Sufficient knowledge and
terminology and terms of command of professional
composition in general terms in English (& Latin)
– expresses him/herself – Sufficient knowledge and
orally in English in a command to express
clear way him/herself orally in
– writes down a comment English in a clear way
in English if required – & to write down a comment
– listens carefully to : in English
• chairman – is able to listen carefully
• colleagues of the jury
• candidates

19. The Assessment System
1. Applying portfolio;
To be filled in by the candidates on beforehand;
2. During assessment:
1. Written analysis of 1 work
2. Judging test;
competition + education pieces
3. Diskussion within candidates group
Observed by the Assessment Committee
4. Interview with the AC
Focus on not yet „proven“ competences
Valuing / commentating specific works

25. Project outcome
• A detailed blueprint / format for an acknowledged
system for the assessment and certification of
judges in floristry / assessors in exams on national
level.
• All necessary backing documents / instruments like
applying portfolio, checklists, analysing forms etc.
• 5 countries being able to officially implement this
system in their country.
• a group of people having the capability /
competences to execute such an assessment, who
are also able and willing to assist and coach
organisations in other countries with the set-up and
implementation of the system in their country.

26. Next steps
• Development of an International
Assessment
• Transferring knowledge and skills regards
the national assessment to other
countries, with engagement of delegates
of the actual partners
• Transferring the competences to execute
such an assessment to people in other
countries
 Follow-up partnership for the
dissemination at Leonardo da Vinci.

27. Timeframe
• 2013:
– First official assessments in 5 countries
involved in the LdV project;
– Involving one or two assessors from the other
4 countries;
– Assessment training for coming AC-members
(who need a certificate) during specific
trainings and AC-apprenticeship;
– Specific judging training for candidates for the
national certificate judge in floral design;
– Where possible: partly by organising shadow-
judging during competitions;

28. Timeframe
• 2014 and further:
– Preparatory meetings in dissemination
countries (Florint members and others);
– Process coaching by dedicated experts of the
actual project group;
– Pilot assessments in the target countries,
involving trained and certified assessors of the
home country plus dedicated experts of the
actual project group;
– Extending training possibilities for candidate
judges and for assessment committee
members;

29. Consideration
• Get-on-board moment for your organisation!?
 We will not be able to handle all other Florint
members in 2013 / 2014!
 But: the Leonardo partnership would (if granted)
lower the expenses;
 We need to know before end of the year!!!!
• Moment the certification will become compulsory
for Florint’s competitions?
 From Europa Cup 2015?
 Starting with the national certificate plus
sufficient command of the English language.

30. Thanks!!
For listening!!