Lotta Pakanen from the Sivis Study Centre presents how NGOs have worked together on developing and building badges for working life skills.

1. Working together on recognizing
skills needed in working life
Lotta Pakanen, specialist
Sivis Study Centre 2019

2. What is Sivis?
• Sivis Study Centre is an institute
promoting non-formal adult education.
Sivis is partly funded by the Ministry of
Education and Culture.
• Sivis is maintained by the Association for
Educational Activities (AEA). We organize
education and training for our member
organisations (70), which represent the fields
of health, education and culture, citizens’
advice, the environment and other specific
areas of activity. All of our member
organisations are politically independent.
• Sivis has been developing and issuing Open
Badges since 2013.

3. ”Make working life skills visible”
- A shared project (2019) with Sivis Study Centre, Accenture Finland, 4H,
The Guides and Scouts of Finland and The Finnish Red Cross.
+ many more!

4. Our aim was to…
• recognize and validate different working life skills that can be attained in
NGO´s activities.
• give especially young people and immigrants new possibilities to show and
display their skills.
• facilitate employment.
AND
• to build together a shareable family of badges (total 8).

5. Background and frame of reference
- entities, paths & connections
https://www.oph.fi/fi/tilastot-ja-julkaisut/julkaisut/osaaminen-2035
Generic skills 2035, TOP 10
Finnish National Agency for Education (2019):
Skills 2035

6. Building a badge family
- online meetings, workshops & demonstration/feedback
visits
Life ja career skills
- Organizing skill
- Ability to work independently
- Multicultural skill
- Ability to work together
-
Learning and innovation skills
- Creativity
- Ability to learn
Information, media and technology skills
- Digital skill
- Communication skill

7. Roles and responsibilities
Facilitator
Project leader
Badge creator
Badge sharer (”linker”)
Application reviewer
Badge issuer
Badge & recipient enhancer
Badge displayer
Badge viewer
Accenture Finland
Sivis Study Centre
Sivis Study Centre
Sivis Study Centre
NGO
NGO
All the project partners + others
Volunteer
Future employer

8. Organizing skill
The holder of this badge can control
entities. Organizing skill requires a
ability to work independelty and plan
your own timetables so that the
objective is achieved in deadline.

9. Skill areas
Skill demonstration
 application
ESCO-alignment

10. Badge endorsement
Owner endorsement