REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES

1. REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES Bologna, 5th May 2011 Main aspects: • logic of the system • constituent parts

2. 2003 Accreditation of training Institutions 2004 Regional Qualifications System Training standards for the courses designed to acquire a qualification 2005 System of Formalization and Certification of competences 2006

3. Background reference National Framework MD 12/03/1996; MD 174/2001 L 53/200; L. 131/2003; L. 30/2003 L.D gs276/2003 e I.D. 10/10/2005 Agreements CU, CP, social partners on Education, Training, Employment Regulations implementing Education reform Agreement among Government, Regions, Social Partners 25/02/2010 Regional Framework RL 12/2003; RL 17/ 2005 Deliberations RQS/Accreditation/ Training standards/RSFC Deliberation 105/2010 Regional planning documents Devices and systems for the policies of Education, Training, Employment Community Framework Decision 2241/2004/CE - Europass Community Guidelines from 1999 to 2005 on recognition of certificates and professional qualifications ESF Regulations EQF Shared culture Institutions (Ministries, other regions, Provincial Administrations) Social Partners Training subjects 3 3

4. The system of education and training in Italy STATE JURISDICTION REGIONAL JURISDICTION AGE Specialized Degree Higher education and training Degree Life Long Learning Vocational Training University Higher Technical Education Apprenticeship State Examination 5 VT and E System Second Cycle D passages High school Technical Education State Examination Middle school First Cycle Primary school Nursery school

5. REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM IN EMILIA ROMAGNA

6. The work route for the definition of the RQS Methodological criteria 1/2 Revision of the Regional List of the Recognized Qualifications based on the following criteria: Low recoursing Obsolescence No Attendance Stationing/Interruption Superimposition Analysing the training projects referring to any qualification Comparison with the research performed by different bilateral organisms (industry-craftmanship- small and medium enterprises–co-operative enterprises-tourism-transport-agricolture) 6

7. The work route for the definition of the RQS Methodological criteria 2/2 Comparison with other European countries qualifications Study of experiments and researches performed in Emilia-Romagna Analysis of other Regions works concerning this topic Check with the qualifications of the vocational education system Direct survey : interviews to experts 7

8. The work route for the definition of the RQS The participants 150 experts appointed by the social parts + 50 experts appointed by the vocational training organisms for each of the 38 identified professional areas Regional officials + Expert consultants Three half days of discussion in order to confirm the professional standardsofqualificationsin each area about 190 meetings = Three half daysof discussionin order to confirmthe training standardsof qualificationsin each area

9. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS SOURCE PROCEDURE The work route for the definition of the RQS The system components QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY Professional figures in expectation to development Professional figures constituting the regional economic and productive system Professional figures relevant to specific regional sectoral policies with different levels of complexity

10. It’s given to an individual IT’S A FORMAL CERTIFICATE It’s assigned through a PROCEDUREREGULATED by the Region Points out and assures that the individual owns all the typical competencesof a defined professional figure It can be registered into the “Libretto formativo individuale” (individual training booklet) the RQSQUALIFICATION is: A group of working roles, operating on working processes which are similar and characterized by professional and homogeneous competences It can be obtained through the addition of partial certifications (certifications of “competency unit” which can be gained through different ways of learning, during different periods of life)

11. A register of qualifications expressed in standards of professional competences Thequalificationreflects professional figures “trainable" and "present" in the world of work • It 'a "joint" between the vocational training and the labour system • It is not "prescriptive" neither for the one nor for the othersystem • A qualificationis nota working role • The SRQdoesn’t representthe system of working roles inside the enterprises • A qualificationis nota training course • The SRQis notthe system of training offer A qualificationcan bea reference to the one and the other system

12. INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

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19. At present the Regional Inventory is consisting of 126 qualifications referred to 38professional areas Of these, in accordance with the construction ofTHE TRAINING STANDARDS, can be distinguished: 3rd EQFlevel 26 Access to a professional area 4th EQFlevel 14 Either access and deepening 5th-6th-7° EQF lev. 86 Deepening/specialization 19

20. System of Qualifications in comparison with EQF levels On the basis of their professional and training standards, the Regional qualifications can be inserted between the 3rd and 7th EQF level 1st EQFlevel 2nd EQFlevel Broad general practical and theoretical knowledge Q. of access to a professional area 3rd EQFlevel Field-specific practical and theoretical knowledge Q. of either access and deepening 4th EQFlevel Relevant knowledge to a particular field of learning or occupation 5th EQFlevel Detailed knowledge connected to a field of learning or work 6th EQFlevel Q. of deepening/specialization Specific knowledge in a specialised field as a basis to develop ideas 7th EQFlevel 8th EQFlevel 20

21. THE INVENTORY OF REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN EMILIA ROMAGNA THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS They represent the essential elements defining the professional figures and the key skills needed to perform the related professional activities Competency Unit – clusters of skills and knowledge needed to perform sets of tasks that produce an observable and measurable result Abilities –cognitive and implementing processes to be acted in professional activities Knowledge –professional knowledge related to the professional activity

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25. THE REGIONAL QUALIFICATION SYSTEM IN EMILIA ROMAGNA THE SOURCE PROCEDURE It 's a procedure for updating and maintaining the qualifications and the competences contained in the Inventory

26. The proposers THE SOURCE PROCEDURE Bilateral Organisms Social Partners Educational Institutions The FLOW and the PHASES Vocational Training Organisms 1. Proposition Technical Inquiry, interviews QUALIFICATION? NO YES 2.Inquiry Qualification Description 3. Check up Subcommittee CRT Confirmed? NO 4. Approval YES

27. Integrated Training System Labour Market Regional Qualifications System TRAINING STANDARDS CONTRACTSROLES CERTIFICATION Recognition Recognition UNIT OF COMPETENCE QUALIFICATIONS CLASSIFICATIONS TRAINING CREDITS COURSES PLANNING PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM ORGANISATIONAL PLANNING Personal and professional identity: THE LIFE OF PEOPLE READABLE AS LEARNING TO "SPEND" IN THE SYSTEMS: WORK, TRAINING AND EDUCATION

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29. THE REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES BENEFICIARIES The significant components of the system: OBJECT PROCESS THE SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS

30. yes no Check through exam Administrative procedures Administrative procedures Qualification or Competency Unit Certificate yes no Form on Abilities and knowledge Person who’s got a working experience or various types of certificates (formal or non-formal) interested in obtaining a qualification THE PROCESS Person who’s attending a course Acquiring the demand Does he/she need an individual consulence? individual consulence Check through evidences Is he/she supposed to take the exam? QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY yes no Is he/she appropriate? yes no Is he/she interested in obtaining a qualification or a Competency Unit Certificate?

31. Object Object for formalization and certification arethe professional standardsof qualifications. The minimum certifiable unit consists ofthe competency unit. In the perspective taken competences are the reference and communication code: for the world of work where competences are a factor for efficiency, quality and competitiveness for the educational and training system where competences become prevalent and relevant training objectives for the protection of individual rights where the competences form factor of employability and individual capital to value and recognize

32. Beneficiaries • The RSFC allows to formalize and certify the competences of: people who took part(partially or fully)to a training coursewhich provides as a result the issue of a document of formalization and certification people with experiencein the workplace, and/or informal situations and/or with certificates obtained in relation to formal learning situations involved in obtaining a document of formalization and certification

33. Responsible for the formalization and certification of competences • Expert on the evaluation processes • Experts in professional area/qualification The subjects involved in the process • Organizational and procedural reference for the delivery of the whole process 1 2 Examination Committee 3

34. RSFC FEATURES The RSFC is characterized by two essential conditions: • defined and strict procedures, • professional competence of its authors. These two conditions make: • sure the path - each one (beneficiaries, actuators, external actors interested ...) knows the stages of the route; • homogeneous and transparent the contents; • the same criteria for analysis and evaluation of skills (for evidence or for examination)in any place-any time; • The results/outcomes of the process used in different contexts and authoritative. The useof reliable procedures and visible by "experts"makes the results stronger and facilitating the use in different contexts

35. The outputs of the process of formalization and certification Qualification-document in which you certify, always after passing an examination, abilities and knowledge corresponding to a qualification. Certificate of competence- document in which you certify, after passing an examination, abilities and knowledge corresponding to one or more Unit of Competence Form on abilities and knowledge- document that will formalize the individual knowledge and abilities if they do not cover the whole expected for one or more UC (Unit of competence) 35

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