How can effectiveness of VPL Foster Individuals' Benefit?

The use of Validation of Prior Learning (VPL) is assumed to enhance the individual's benefits for the access to labour market and job mobility respectively to lifelong learning and education, e.g. VET, HE and CVET. In general, benefits for the individual are recognized in a broad sense, covering also personal development and growth. National and EU policies on VPL highlights the impacts for both employability and lifelong learning while also stating the necessity of the Europe 2020 strategy for "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth be enhancing the use of more flexible learning pathways.