REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM Main aspects logic of the

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

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

Background reference National Framework MD 12/03/1996; MD 174/2001 L 53/200; L. 131/2003; L. 30/2003 L. D gs 276/2003 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 Shared culture Institutions (Ministries, other regions, Provincial Administrations) Social Partners Training subjects Decision 2241/2004/CE - Europass Community Guidelines from 1999 to 2005 on recognition of certificates and professional qualifications ESF Regulations 3 3 EQF

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

REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM IN EMILIA ROMAGNA

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–cooperative enterprises-tourism-transport-agricolture) 6

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

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

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

Points out and assures that the individual owns all the typical competences of a defined professional figure IT’S A FORMAL CERTIFICATE It’s given to an individual the RQS QUALIFICATION is: A group of working roles, operating on working processes which are similar and characterized by professional and homogeneous competences It can be registered into the “Libretto formativo individuale” (individual training booklet) 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) It’s assigned through a PROCEDURE REGULATED by the Region

A register of qualifications expressed in standards of professional competences The qualification reflects 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 other system § A qualification is not a training course § The SRQ is not the system of training offer § A qualification is not a working role § The SRQ doesn’t represent the system of working roles inside the enterprises A qualification can be a reference to the one and the other system

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

INVENTORY OF QUALIFICATIONS Updated to April 2011

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

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

THE INVENTORY OF REGIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN EMILIA THE PROFESSIONAL ROMAGNA 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 activity knowledge related to the

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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

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

Integrated Training System TRAINING STANDARDS Recognition Regional Qualifications System CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS UNIT OF COMPETENCE TRAINING CREDITS COURSES PLANNING PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM Labour Market CONTRACTS ROLES Recognition CLASSIFICATIONS 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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THE REGIONAL SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES BENEFICIARIE S OBJECT The significant components of the system: PROCESS THE SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS

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 individual consulence Does he/she need an individual consulence? ye s no Check through evidences QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY yes Is he/she appropriate? Is he/she supposed to take the exam? no Check through exam yes no Administrative procedures Qualification or Competency Unit Certificate Form on Abilities and knowledge Is he/she interested in obtaining a qualification or a Competency Unit Certificate? no y e s

Object for formalization and certification are the professional standards of qualifications. The minimum certifiable unit consists of the 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

Beneficiaries The RSFC allows to formalize and certify the competences of: people who took part (partially or fully) to a training course which provides as a result the issue of a document of formalization and certification people with experience in 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

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

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 use of reliable procedures and visible by "experts" makes the results stronger and facilitating the use in different contexts

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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