OBSERVAL -NET

OBSERVAL-NET intends to set up a stakeholder centric network of organisations supporting the validation of non formal and informal learning (VNIL) in Europe. The core of the network will lie in the formation of national working groups in all participating countries. Each national working group will organise a series of national stakeholder forums, bringing together key stakeholders in VNIL and political decision makers to coordinate policy implementation in the field. These national networks will be supplemented by a cross national level of networking. It will be made up of three expert committees which will examine the themes of: - the role of grassroots initiatives in supporting VNIL, and strategies towards their mainstreaming - success factors in the implementation of VNIL in employment settings - the competence profile required for VNIL advisors In addition, a fourth committee will be made up exclusively of policymakers and related VNIL initiatives, with the aim of forming a peer learning group for sharing strategies on VNIL at high level. The content work of the project will be supported by the case database of the OBSERVAL repository, which over the past years has collected 100 high quality cases on state´of�VNIL in European countries and of specific strategies supporting implementation. The consortium will update the website and also collect primary data by surveying each of the target groups related to the three themes above. OBSERVAL�NET is built with network sustainability in mind and will work on network capacity building from the early stages of the project. Aims and Objectives - Create transversal networks capable of developing national and transnational evidence�]based models of best practices in VNIL - Develop coherent, comprehensive and flexible models for VNIL practices and recommendations, drawn from a comparative analysis of examples of best practices across European countries - Mainstream these practices through strategic development and policy making at national and regional level
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