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1. Andragoški center Slovenije Slovenian Institute for Adult Education QUALIFIED EUCEBS ASSESSORS AWARD(QEAA) presentation EUCEBS European Certificate in Basic Skills pilot project

2. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Content of presentation • What is EUCEBS? QEAATP

3. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS – European Certificate in Basic Skills • 3 years Leonardo da Vinci pilot project,funded under Transparency thematic action, 2002-2005 • 9 partners from 8 countries: • University of Edinburgh, UK, contracting org • Edinburgh University Settlement, UK, co-ordinating org • partner countries: Slovenia, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, • Romania, Ireland • advisory: European Trade Union, Bruxelles, • Basic Skills Agency, London

4. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • overall goal • to develop multilingual, competence basedEU • 6-part certificate, that will make visible to • employerswhat those who gain itcan do. • methods • - system of accreditation of prior non-formal • andinformal learning in the area of basic • skills • - e-portfolio and EU standard test for overall • competence in each domain

5. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • 6 domains of competences: • communication • numeracy • ICT • learning to learn • interpersonal skills • citizenship

6. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • target audience • socially and economically excluded groups of • adults, no formal qualification (early school • leavers, immigrants, ethnic groups, prisoners, etc) • rationale • removing barriers to learning and labour market, • improving learning of risk groups, • improving employability and mobility of population, • strengthening social inclusion, • making learning more visible and attractive.

7. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBS • products and added value • standards of knowledge and competences • on each of 6 domains structured into elements, • performance criteria and range statements • tests for each of 6 domains (CAA) • project website: www.eucebs.orgin seven languages • project specific e-portfolio enabling on-line • assessment • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training • Programme

8. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • EUCEBSimplementation • within the duration of the project • endorsement of the certificate on national level throughnational • qualification authorities in (some) partnercountries (responsible • Ministries) • partners org. - initial testing centres • future of the project • - national testing centres (in contact with EUROPASS) • EUCEBS Foundation, non profit company • Single Framework on Transparency of Qualifications and • competences including EUROPASS (certificate supplement • or mobility pass)

9. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • rationale • quality assurance and transparency • philosophy • - to make visible non-formal and informal learning, • experience based and modular, • two methods of validating and accrediting knowledge and • competences, by portfolio and EUCEBS tests

10. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • Proposal (SIAE) • aims Trainees: • Recognise EU and national documents on NFL and IFL • develop positive attitude to validation and certification • master EUCEBS domains and structure of standards • qualify for using two instruments: EUCEBS tests and portfolio • qualify for direct assessment of knowledge and competences • master the building up portfolio • qualify for communication with candidates • manage the characteristics of the target groups, • masters EUCEBS ICT

11. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme – • proposal (SIAE) • The structure- 2 parts - The general part defines (the content and the structure): • aims of the training, • duration and content of the training, • crediting of the programme, • entry requirements, • completion of the programme with award, • verification and assessment of knowledge and competences, • resources for implementing the training programme, • the professional role of the qualified assessors.

12. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • The special part defines (standards of knowledge and competences) • (in tune with SI legislation concerning NVQ): • the name of the programme, • professional background of assessors, • relation to the formal programmes, • ways and criteria of assessment of knowledge and compet. • the benefits of QAA, • required his/her educational level, • resources and standards of knowledge and competences of assessors, supporting documents, literature and sources, • validity of the licence, • monitoring of the QAATP.

13. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • implementation • national level • partners institutions ‘nests’ for providing QEAATP • EU level: • EUCEBS Fundation: monitoring, evaluation, developing assessors network • EU Inventory on the identification and validation of NFL/IFL

14. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • proposal (SIAE) • added value • training fornew professional and occupational roles • (new professional field) • a pathway to EU market of basic skills and competences

15. Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award • Qualified EUCEBS Assessors Award Training Programme - • Proposal (SIAE) • problems foreseen • government monopoly in some countries on what may be validated • uncertanty of local / regional funding support for testing centres • suspicion, in some countries, of innovative methods