Transcript Tijs Pijls, VNFIL/VPL in Moscow 21 April2015

APL
in the Netherlands
Tijs Pijls, VNFIL/VPL in Moscow 21 April 2015
Tijs Pijls
Knowledge Center for APL
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What is the Kenniscentrum EVC? (Role and responsibility)
Why is APL important from the Dutch perspective?
How does APL work in the Netherlands?
Who are the main stakeholders and how do they collaborate?
What have been the challenges so far and what are the
possible future challenges?
6. What have been the success factors so far and again for the
future?
Knowledge Center for APL
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Knowledge management and dissemination on Recognition of
Prior Learning in the Netherlands.
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Further development of APL in the Netherlands and in all the
matters concerning the quality standards for RPL in the
Netherlands.
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Part of Partnership for Life Long Learning
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Funded by the Ministry of Education
Why is APL important from the
Dutch perspective?
• Life Long Learning last years less prominent on the agenda.
Recently new dynamic;
• Employers and especially employees are responsible for Life
Long Learning. Faciltate them with p.e. APL
• Workers spend 35% of their time to activities which they
learn.
• Informal learning at work is for most workers by far the most
important source of new knowledge and skills.
• APL is primarily intended to asses existing knowledge and
skills and to consider how this can be supplemented with
(formal) education, for example, come on a VET level.
• APL as a prelude to flexible, customized training for adults
The essence of APL
‘ The belief and trust that people can also gain
knowledge, skills and competences by other means
than through school and that this is as worthy as
learning through formal education’
Video: APL…how does it work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZWyh52RCk
APL – How does it work
1. Information and advice
2. Intake/identification: Career counselling, personal
aim, choice of standard
3. Recognise/documentation: Collect work experience
and other informal learning in a portfolio, prove it!
4. Validate/assessement: Portfolio, assessment,
compare the outcomes to standard
5. Accreditation/certification: Result of the RPL
procedure is written in a rapport called ‘certificate of
experience’
Qualification standards
Education standards (defined by education and
industry): qualification standards derived from
occupational profiles Based on initial skills
acquired when a student leaves college
Industry/sector standards (defined by the
industry)Based on professional skills (acquired
through (non)formal education and learning on
the job
Certificate of experience: and
then what?
Certificate of experience (‘Ervaringscertificaat’)
Education:
- Diploma
- Exemptions
- Tailormade program
Labour market:
- Meeting demands of a job
- Show experience to potential
employer
- Starting point for development
Stakeholders
• Minister of education: responsible for quality assurance
• Social partners: responible for quantity and stimulation of APL
• Convenantpartners meeting (ministry Education, Social Affairs,
Economic Affairs, Social Partners): 4x per year
• Knowlegde Centra APL: secretary of the meeting
Quality Assurance System RPL providers
Goverment, ministry of education
National
Register of
accredited RPL
DUO (Executive
organization of
the ministry)
Advice on
accepting in
national
register
procedures/
providers
RPL QUALITY
CODE
RPL providers
Evaluating
External quality control
organizations
Current situation and challenges
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RPL = labour market instrument
2014 aprox. 70 registered providers
2011 - 2014:17.700 realised RPL procedures per year
RPL is included in over 90 collective labour agreements
(CAO’s)
Sector funds for professional education often provide
compensation for a procedure with a registered provider.
Problems with transition from ‘ervaringscertficaat’ to system
for education and training (acceptation, exemption and tailor
made programmes)
Transition of RPL - Validation
Succesfactors APL (1)
RPL started in the 90ties without national regulations: bottom up approach
• 2000: Dutch Knowledge Centre on APL (Lisbon agreements
on knowledge & innovation)
• 2002: Social Partners asked for structure and quality
• 2004: A first model for quality assurance was presented
• 2005: Dutch Cabinet & Social Partners decided on a covenant
for quality assurance
• 2006: All national stakeholders signed the covenant
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‘A quality code for RPL’
Succesfactors APL (2)
RPL started in the 90ties without national regulations: bottom up approach
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2007: Government subsidises RPL initiatives, tax advantages
2010: Government 3 years responsible for quality APL
2010/2011: Qualityplan RPL + National Register
2012: New covenant Dutch Cabinet & Social partners: APL + LLL
2013: Reflection current situation, transition to new system
2015: Implementation new system: private system,
2015: Connection APL, NLQF, ECVET
Connecting: NLQF – ECVET - Validation
NLQF
Qualification
ECVET
ECVET
ECVET
ECVET
• Validation
• Examination
• Tailor made prog