Thematic Seminar on Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning - Opportunities for Special Target Groups
Target group of the participants
Adult educators and other staff working with adult learning, who have a focus on special target groups, such as immigrants, refugees, long-term unemployed, prisoners, people with special needs etc. We also encourage the AL staff of National Agencies to participate to share the common learning experience.
Seminar fee
The seminar fee is 750 euros. It will be covered by your National Agency in case you have been selected to participate the seminar. The seminar fee includes accommodation, meals and the seminar programme (including all materials). The travel costs are not included in the seminar fee, but they will be reimbursed by your National Agency. We have limited the number of participants to 70 people, which means that 2-4 persons per country can participate. NB! All inquiries must be directed at your own National Agency, see link above!
Start and end of the seminar
The seminar will kick off on Tuesday the 28th of November. The registration will start at 18.00 and we are inviting the participants to a relaxed get-together. The dinner will start at 20.00.
The end of the seminar is on the Friday the 1st of December at 13.00 (official programme will end at 12.00, after which we will have lunch).
NB! You will have to apply to this seminar via your own National Agency. In case you have been selected to participate, your contact infomation will be sent out to the seminar organizers. You will then be provided a link for registering. Also, note that you cannot make any travel arrangement prior to your National Agency's approval.
We wish that all participants could book their flights so that they will be able to stay for the entire duration of the seminar.
- Learning together through key notes and workshops
- Gaining new ideas and tools
- comprehend the VNIFL (Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning) process with its benefits and challenges
- understand the terminology related to VNIFL
- depict the quality assurance outlines of the VNIFL process
- grasp the VNIFL process from the viewpoint of national as well as European frame of reference
- use and have access to available tools created for VNFIL practitioners
- take advantage of a European network of adult educators and pool of experts working with VNFIL
- plan and implement VNIFL procedures in your organization.