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3rd VPL Biennale 7 - 8 May 2019, Berlin

We are honored to be hostings of next year’s 3rd VPL Biennale. With the support of Cedefop, and further network partners, we will discuss topics like financing, guidance, legal frameworks, organisational structures, procedures and instruments as well as post-validation pathways in 24 different workshops. more

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Apprenticeship training in Italy – a cost-effective model for firms?

If we aim to increase the popularity of the apprenticeship type of training, it is important to provide reliable information to firms about circumstances in which apprenticeship models are a potential win-win-win situation. This will create benefits not only for individuals and the state, but also for the training firms. The report Apprenticeship in Italy – a cost-effective model for firms? analyses what the benefit would be if a Swiss-style apprenticeship model were adopted by companies in Italy. read more

My-professional-experience.org

Self-assessment of professional competences in just 5 minutes!

Millions of refugees and informally qualified workers do not have professional qualifications, but have however already gained extensive professional experience. My-professional-experience.org allows you (or your client) to self-asses your professional competences in 8 (soon to be 30) professions in just five minutes. The self-assessment covers the central activities of a profession for which you can indicate the frequency of performance. The website is available in six languages.  read more

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The "Identifying professional competencies" project

The Federal Employment Agency and the Bertelsmann Stiftung joined forces to develop the MYSKILLS test. The test makes professional knowledge visible. It is intended to open up opportunities on the job market for people who, up to now, have found it difficult to provide evidence for skills which they acquired informally or non-formally. In the future, employment agencies and job centres will offer MYSKILLS for 30 professions in six languages. read more

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MYSKILLS - Identifying professional competencies

MYSKILLS is suitable for all job seekers who have several years of experience in one of the MYSKILLS professions but who do not have a German professional qualification. In the video you see how MYSKILLS illustrates the professional competences of job seekers and helps them in the fields of qualification and labour market integration. more

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