Nordiskt seminarium - Hur långt har utvecklingen med validering kommit i Norden?

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Roadmap 2018
Measuring the status of VPL in Iceland in
2015 and 2018
NVL conference in Sweden, 23. nov 2018
Haukur Harðarson and Fjóla María Lárusdóttir
Education and Training Service Centre (ETSC)

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Education and Training
Service Centre (ETSC)
• Owned by The Icelandic Federation of Labor, Confederation of Icelandic
Employers, Federation of State and Municipal Employees, Association of
Local Authorities in Iceland and the Ministry of Finance
• Service contract with the ministry of education, science and culture
• ETSC main tasks: Development of VPL, guidance and educational offers
• Target group:
• People on the labor market who have not completed education on
upper secondary level
• VPL is only sustainably funded for this target group

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Important statistics
Year Individuals
validated
from 2007
Average age
of
participants
People on
the labor
market
Not
completed
Upper
Secondary
School
2008 343 184.600 33%
2015 2.868 37 189.100 28%
2018 4.383 39 206.700 23%
2024 ? ? ? ?

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Use of the Roadmap
⧫ 2 meetings with the Ministry of Education, Science and
Culture in 2015
⧫ 1 meeting in 2018 (same representative)
⧫ Opportunities for further development discussed – link
to current regulation
⧫ Usefull tool for policy development
⧫ Usefull dialouge between stakeholders
⧫ Possible to focus on specific sections
⧫ Different perspectives – critical view
⧫ A „living“ document

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Main developments
since 2015
⧫ Quality assurance
⧫ Accredited providers, linked to financing
⧫ Guidance and training
⧫ Registration of results
⧫ Now directly into a national database
⧫ ISQF
⧫ Framework implemented based on learning outcomes
and open for a wider use (non-formal ed.)

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Main developments
since 2015 cont.
⧫ Higher Education
⧫ Committee turned in a positive report
⧫ Informational web www.næstaskref.is
⧫ Info about VPL and access to screening lists and
guidance
⧫ VPL in working life – a new project
⧫ Developing a sustainable system for VPL in companies

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Roadmap results for
Iceland 2015
⧫ Aim of VPL
⧫ Specific target group, defined VPL process for the group
⧫ European principles as a basis
⧫ National systems for VPL
⧫ Law, regulation, financing, training of staff, LLL centers
⧫ Statistics gathered, quality development
⧫ Close cooperation with the ministry
⧫ Stakeholders‘ responsibility and cooperation
⧫ Ownership of the ETSC – employment market
⧫ Mostly VPL against curricula
⧫ New areas in VPL, dialogue with stakeholders
⧫ Steering group in new and ongoing programs

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Roadmap results for
Iceland 2015
⧫ Organization on national, regional and
local levels
⧫ Entrance to VPL and guidance - LLL centers
⧫ Clear regulation, developed after dialogue with stakeholders
and pilot projects
⧫ Cost effective, central planning role of ETSC
⧫ Information, education and support
⧫ Networks in place, regular meetings for development
⧫ Regulation states that VPL staff must go through training
⧫ Counselling financed and built into the system

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Roadmap results for
Iceland 2015
⧫ Quality, follow-up and evaluation
⧫ Good overview of results and costs
⧫ Quality material and centralized support
⧫ Not much “large scale” research
⧫ Size of the labor market ☺
⧫ EU‘s framework as a starting point for further
development
⧫ Possibilities in linking VPL standards from the labor market
to NQF/EQF
⧫ Behind in implementation of some EU tools
⧫ In general we are not working with VPL above EQF 4