SEMINAIRE DE CONTACT LEONARDO DA VINCI «Les ECVET en pratique»

1. SEMINAIRE DE CONTACT LEONARDO DA VINCI«Les ECVET en pratique» Informal presentation of ECVET The challenge of the ECVET implementation in Belgium

2. A short informal presentation of ECVET

3. ECTS: a mobility structured to obtain a qualification (IVET) A short informal presentation of ECVET

4. Mobility, a motor for change? Percentage of the students of higher education having taken part in an ERASMUS program A short informal presentation of ECVET

5. ECVET: a concept for the life (IVET and CVET) Lifelong Learning Pathway Qualification Formal Informal Formal On the job A short informal presentation of ECVET

6. Functions impacted by ECVET Who? For which? What? Design of certifications Centres oftraining, Companies, Competent authorities(Chambers,ministries…), Administration(national,regional…), Branches,sectors… Young people in IVET Apprentices Adults in CVET Workers … Conception functions Design of the programs Design of the proceduresof assessment/validation Carrying out the formal or non formal programme Assessment of L.O Realisation functions Validation of L.O. Recognition/certification A short informal presentation of ECVET

7. To implement ECVET implies that each competent authorityorganise its qualifications in units UnitX unit includes: • the general title of the unit, • the general title of the qualification, • level EQF of the qualification, • the L.O. which constitute the unit, • procedures and criteria of assessment of the L.O., • ECVET points. Certification Z A short informal presentation of ECVET

8. Which criteria to build the units? There are no rules inECVET text Large units Small units To preserve the meaning forlabour market To have a reasonable numberassessments Qualifications readable/understandable forteachers and learners be reasonable to organize mobility A short informal presentation of ECVET

9. Which criteria to create the units? • The key activity of the job is a good criteria to group the learning outcomes into units Key activity X Unit 1 Key activityX Unit 1 Unit 2 Key activityX Unit 1 Key activityY Key activityX Unit 1 Key activityY Unit 2 A short informal presentation of ECVET

10. System 1 System 2 System 3 System 4 Unit X Unit X Unit X Unit X Unit Y Unit Y Unit Y Unit M Unit A UnitK Unit K UnitK Unit B Unit C Unit O UnitO Unit O UnitO Unité P Unit H 120 120 150 150 Transparency of qualifications and forget the harmonization A short informal presentation of ECVET

11. To build your project, it will develop a network System B System A System C A short informal presentation of ECVET

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13. The challenge of the ECVET implementation in Belgium A short informal presentation of ECVET

14. A problem of mobility? Which mobility? Percentage of the population from 18 to 24 years which did not finish higher secondary education and which is not any more in training EUROSTAT, DGSIE, Investigation into labour forces (2002 - 2006) In 2006, in the CFWB, approximately63.000 people. A short informal presentation of ECVET

15. Mister X in the French Belgian VET system Initial vocational training (workload based) by Regional vocational operators Continuing vocational training system for adultsby Regional vocational operators School base vocational secondary education Higher education Degrees Workload vocational secondary education Education for adult Titles of notoriety Transfer Total transfer A short informal presentation of ECVET Possible transfer, but…/ No rights

16. For the same job or a family of jobs • We find on the “VET market”: • different degrees, • different vocational training certificates, • certificates attesting of the participation of a vocational course. Gives legal rights Titles of notoriety The names of the qualifications and the learning pathways are not coordinated. Problem of readability of the VET system Difficulty to ensure the mobility of the learners in the VETsystem Difficulty to implement really the LLL The implementation of the ECVET system was probably an opportunity for our VET system. A short informal presentation of ECVET

17. French Service of Jobs and Qualifications Jobprofile Training profile expressed in LO Qualifications developed by the VET operators Unit X Unit P Specific learning pathways UnitD Unit K UnitX Unit Y Unit G Unit Y Unit Z Specific learning pathways Unit Z Unit D Unit G Unit K Unit X Unit K Unit P Unit P Specific learning pathways Unit K Unit X Unit G Unit D Implementation of ECVET starting from the principle of the common references (see RECOMFOR project) A short informal presentation of ECVET

18. Experimentation of ECVET in Belgium • 3 groups of trades (automotive, catering, aesthetics) • Qualifications in units (EQF level 4) • All schools are concerned • Academic year 2010-2011: preparation • Academic year 2011-2012: implementation in the schools A short informal presentation of ECVET

19. The roadmap to build a project ECVET • To know the concept • To take into account the good ideas of the first ECVET projects • To build a realistic project in relationship with the political aims of your system, the real needs of your system and the citizens • To implicate the competent authorities • To develop an economic model (more efficient in resources and labor) • The project should be useful for your system A short informal presentation of ECVET