This thematic report provides insights into how validation arrangements are linked to the labour market.
Based mainly on data collected for the European inventory on validation, the report explores the rationale for validation and considers the use, awareness and types of validation opportunities and the role of employers/organisations in supporting validation in two sectors. The report compares approaches in the care and youth work sectors, reflecting the different purposes of validation and the extent of its labour market connection, currently stronger in the care sector compared to the youth sector.
This is one of a series of four thematic reports prepared within the framework of the 2016 update to the European inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning.
The thematic report on ‘Validation in the care and youth work sectors’ was written by Karin Luomi-Messerer, 3s (with support from Janine Wulz). Work was carried out under a Cedefop service contract (awarded to ICF International) for the 2016 update on the inventory.
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