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1. Period of implementation: 24 months
01/11/2012 – 30/10/2014
2LLP/LdV/RO/2012/26
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why

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➦Economic crisis has reduced job opportunities
and increased the risk of unemployment
➦Validation of informal or non-formal acquired
competencies represents an important path
for:
o Helping workers to secure their position on the
labour market
o Helping workers to experience upward mobility
on the labour market (income and/or job
mobility)
➦A common European problem - the need for
recognition, assessment and certification of
those competencies acquired in an
informal/non-formal way at the workplace

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what

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 to exchange best practices in the recognition and
validation of informal/non-formal acquired
competencies
 to improve the quality of validation of non-formal
and informal learning process by transferring the
innovative model for recognizing competencies
acquired in the work place, developed by the pilot
project "The Value of Work (VOW)"
 to raise attractiveness of VET in participating
countries by giving workers a complete overview
of their skills which may positively influence their
decision to continuing to learn and train.

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who

7. INVESLAN (ES)
p&w (DE) FSLD MISTIA (PL)
INSCMPS (RO)
POINT (TK)
STARFSMENNT
(IS)

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how

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WP1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
WP2. ANALYSIS …
WP3. METHODOLOGY
WP4. INNOVATIVE TOOL
WP5. VALIDATION
WP6. VALORISATION
WP7. EVALUATION

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WP Leader:
INCSMPS (RO)
Duration:
24 months
01/11/2012 – 30/10/2014
Activities:
- Administrative and financial management.
- Communication among the partners and with the national agency.
- Coordination of the implementation of the project.
- Elaboration of the corresponding reports.
- Celebration of Transnational Meetings.
Products:
Dossier of tranasnational meetings
Interim report
Final report

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WP Leader:
Starfsmennt (IS)
Duration:
6 months
01/11/2012 – 30/04/2013
Activities:
- To analyses the national context from each partner country
related with validation processes of competencies acquired
to the work place
- To identify good practices in this field of competencies
Products:
Report on innovative validation processes
Handbook on good practices
validation at national level
- To create a common framework for developing a new and
innovative methodology for validation of competencies

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WP Leader:
FSLD MISTIA (PL)
Duration:
6 months
01/05/2013 – 31/10/2013
Activities:
- To develop a new and innovative methodology, based on
the methodology of the previous project - VOW adapted to
the new target group - employees from public administration
sector, for validation of competencies acquired at their work
place which can be transferable to other sectors
Products:
Innovative methodology of validation

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WP Leader:
POINT (TK)
Duration:
6 months
01/10/2013 – 30/04/2013
Activities:
- To design and operationalize a new and modern
instrument not only for implementation of the new validation
methodology elaborated in WP3, but also to be a core of an
European network for professionals and experts
Product:
E- evaluation Platform

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WP Leader:
p&w (DE)
Activities:
- To test the new validation methodology – prototype;
- To test the E- evaluation Platform- prototype;
- To review and revise the Innovative methodology of
Product:
Dossier of pilot tests
Report on pilot tests results
Innovative methodology of validation
E-evaluation Platform - final version
validation;
- To review and revise the Innovative tool "E- evaluation
Platform"
Duration:
6 months
01/03/2014 – 30/09/2014

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WP Leader:
INVESLAN (ES)
Products:
Duration:
24 months
01/11/2012 – 30/10/2014
Valorization strategies
Project web site
Report on dissemination
Final Conference
Future Exploitation dossier including the IPR
Agreement and the Business Plan
Activities:
- To establish the strategies for the exploitation and dissemination of
the project results.
- To disseminate the know-how and results obtained.
- To raise awareness on the importance of competencies acquired at
work place and them recognitions and validation.
- To define a working framework that allow the project partners to
guarantee the sustainability of the project and its outcomes

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WP Leader:
INCSMPS (RO)
Duration:
24 months
01/11/2012 – 30/10/2014
Products:
Quality Management Plan
Final Evaluation Report
Activities:
- to ensure the quality of the management and of the
final results
- to provide flexible instruments for a continuous
evaluation