CERTIFIED Preliminary results of the survey on existing certification and accreditation systems CERTIFIED Coordination Meeting Frankfurt, 14/02/2007 Elisa Mancinelli, SCIENTER

2 Respondents On 8 February 2007 –Portugal –Poland –Greece –Germany Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER

3 Key elements emerging from existing certification systems (1/3) Purpose: mainly focus on professional profiles, e.g. –Greece: Compliance Officer Certificate –Poland: Junior Banker EFCB Normative purpose –Definition of learning requirements; exam and testing Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER

4 Key elements emerging from existing certification systems (2/3) Initiator –Mainly institutional players Evaluation approach –Exams –Written and oral tests Formal / non formal setting –Usually, formal setting of implementation –However, preparatory training courses are not compulsory Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER

5 Key elements emerging from existing certification systems (3/3) Objects / subjects of certification –Learning outcomes resulting from Formal training courses Professional / on-the-job experience Addressed requisites –Usually conformance to given standards (formally regulated) Involved actors –Sector organisations and institutions (e.g. Banks Associations) Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER

6 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Key elements emerging from existing accreditation systems for training providers (1/3) Purpose –Mainly normative –Few cases focused on Quality Assurance (accreditation is a way to assure Quality) Initiator –Mainly top-down –Cases where Banks Association, banking schools and representatives of leading banks initiate the accreditation system Evaluation approach –External evaluation by a competent authority –Existing rules and nomrs

7 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Key elements emerging from existing accreditation systems for training providers (2/3) Candidates –Public and private training centres, universities –In some cases: need to have experience in bank training Objects / subjects of accreditation –The training body as a whole Quality assurance –Competent supervisory bodies –Standardisation of procedures

8 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Key elements emerging from existing accreditation systems for training providers (3/3) Involved actors –Sectoral supervisory authorities Steps in the accreditation procedure –Formal documents and handbooks regulating the requirements and the process

9 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Key elements emerging from existing accreditation systems for training programmes (1/3) Purpose –Mainly normative –Few cases focused on Quality Assurance (accreditation is a way to assure Quality) Initiator –Need expressed from the key players (e.g. training providers, sectoral organisations) –In some cases: top-down approach, established at authority level

10 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Key elements emerging from existing accreditation systems for training programmes (2/3) Evaluation –Carried out by external evaluators Candidates –Public and private bodies, universities Objects / subjects of accreditation –The whole training programme: rationale, aims, access requirements, available contents, programme content, delivery and assessment methods, accommodation and services –In some cases: focus only on available contents

11 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Key elements emerging from existing accreditation systems for training programmes (3/3) Involved actors –Public bodies in charge of analysis and evaluation Steps in the accreditation procedure –Formally defined and regulated

12 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER What’s next? Finalisation of information collection – by end of February On the basis of such information, in-depth analysis and drafting of: –‘Map of the key players / stakeholders’ (D2.2) – by end of March –‘State-of-the-art report on the regulatory framework’ (D3.1) – by end of March –‘Overview and analysis of existing accreditation and certification solutions in use in Europe’ (D3.2) – by end of March

13 Coordination meeting, 14/02/2007 E. Mancinelli - SCIENTER Decisions to be taken What key features for the CERTIFIED system for competences certification? What key features for the CERTIFIED system for the accreditation of training providers? What key features for the CERTIFIED system for the accreditation of training programmes?