1. 1 Regional Qualification System and Regional System of Formalization and Certification of Competences Glasgow, 15-16 Novembre 2007

2. 2 Route Steps Professional Standards Regional System of Formalization and Certification of Competences Regional Qualification System Crediting of Vocational Training Organisms Educational Standards Correspondent pattern between the SRQ and the professions which are mainly intermediated by CPI (Employment Centres)

3. 3 2004 2005 2006 Description of the professional standards of the 100 qualifications Training Standards JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER JANUARYFEBRUARYOCTOBER NOVEMBER MAYDECEMBER MARCHAPRIL JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRIL JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER MAYDECEMBER SRQ Methodological System Source process Regional System of Certification Works Calendar

4. 4 2006 2007 JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER JANUARYFEBRUARYOCTOBER NOVEMBER MAYDECEMBER MARCHAPRIL JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRIL JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER MAYDECEMBER Description of professional and training standards of additional qualifications (apprenticeship) Source Process Works Calendar Regional System of Certification

5. 5 Regional Qualification System

6. 6 THE WORK ROUTE FOR THE DEFINITION OF THE SRQ Revision of the Regional List of the Recognized Qualifications based on the following criteria: Low recoursing Obsolescence No Attendance Stationing/Interruption Superimposition Analysing the educational projects referring to any qualification Comparison with the researches performed by different bilateral organisms (industry- craftmanship- medium and small enterprises–co- operative enterprises-tourism-transport- agricolture)

7. 7 THE WORK ROUTE FOR THE DEFINITION OF THE SRQ- continuing THE WORK ROUTE FOR THE DEFINITION OF THE SRQ - continuing Comparison with the other European countries qualifications Analysing other Regions’ works concerning this topic Check on the professional educational system qualifications Deepening of experiments and researches performed in Emilia-Romagna Direct survey : interviews to experts

8. 8 PARTS OF THE SRQ List of qualifications (the “inventory”): at present consisting of 112 qualifications organized into 33 professional areas Qualifications description (the “professional standards”) Process in order to update and maintain the qualifications and the competences placed into the archives (the “source process”)

9. 9 The participants 100 experts appointed by the social parts + 50 experts appointed by the vocational training organisms for each of the 33 identified professional areas Three half days of discussion in order to confirm the professional standards of the qualifications in each area about 180 meetings Three half days of discussion in order to confirm the training standards of the qualifications in each area Regional officials + Expert consultants =

10. 10 It can be registered into the “Libretto formativo individuale” (individual educational booklet) IT’S A FORMAL CERTIFICATE It’s given to the individual Points out and assures that the individual owns all the typical competences of a defined professional figure It’s assigned through a PROCEDURE REGULATED by the Region It can be obtained through the addition of partial certifications (certifications di “competence unit” which can be gained through different ways of learning, during different periods of life) the QUALIFICATION the QUALIFICATION of the SRQ is: A group of working roles, operating on working processes which are similar and characterized by professional homogeneous competences

11. 11 It’s a “joint” between vocational training and labour system. It’s not “restrictive” neither for the first nor for the other system The qualification is not a course The SRQ it’s not the training supply system The qualification is not a working role The SRQ doesn’t represent the system of roles working in the enterprises/organizations The qualification can be a reference point for both one system and the other THE QUALIFICATION AS A “JOINT” BETWEEN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THE LABOUR SYSTEM THE QUALIFICATION AS A “JOINT” BETWEEN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THE LABOUR SYSTEM The qualification reflects professional figures which “can be trained” and are “present” in the working world.

12. 12 Professional figures which are parts of the regional economic and productive system Professional figures which are remarkable for specific sectional policies of the Region Professional figures in expectation of development Professional figures which are parts of the regional economic and productive system Professional figures which are remarkable for specific sectional policies of the Region Professional figures in expectation of development A QUALIFICATION INVENTORY WHICH CONSISTS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES STANDARDS As a professional figure we mean a whole of working roles, acting on similar working processes or consisting of homogeneous professional competences

13. 13 AT PRESENT THE REGIONAL INVENTORY IS CONSISTING OF 112 QUALIFICATIONS REFERRED TO 33 PROFESSIONAL AREAS Of admittance to the professional area Among these qualifications we can distinguish, (in order to build the training standards) : Of deepening/specialization 26 69 Either of admittance and deepening 17

14. 14 REPERTORIO DELLE QUALIFICHE Elenco qualifiche aggiornato a Novembre 2007 REPERTORIO DELLE QUALIFICHE Elenco qualifiche aggiornato a Novembre 2007

15. 15 REPERTORIO DELLE QUALIFICHE Elenco qualifiche aggiornato a Novembre 2007 REPERTORIO DELLE QUALIFICHE Elenco qualifiche aggiornato a Novembre 2007

16. 16 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007

17. 17 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007

18. 18 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007

19. 19 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007

20. 20 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007 QUALIFICATIONS INVENTORY List of qualifications updated to November 2007

21. 21 THE SOURCE PROCESS THE SOURCE PROCESS 1. Proposition Social Partners Bilateral Organisms Vocational Training Organisms Vocational Training Organisms Educational Institutions Technical Inquiry, interviews QUALIFICATION? The FLOW and the PHASES 2.Inquiry NO Qualification Description SI’ Subcommittee CRT 3. Check up Confirmed? NO YES’ 4. Approval The proposers

22. 22 The Regional System of “Formalization and Certification of Competences”

23. 23 With many new elements With many new elements OBJECT RECEIVERS PROCESS ORGANISMS WHICH CARRY OUT THE PROCESS A SYSTEM OF FORMALIZATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCES

24. 24 THE PROCESS Person who’s attending a course yesyes no Administrative fulfilments To delivery documents Abilities/knowledges Form Is he/she supposed to take the exam? Does he/she needs an individual consulence? yesyes no ye s no Is he/she interested in obtaining a qualification or a certificate of competence unit Acquiring the demand Check through evidences Check through exam Administrative fulfilments To delivery documents Qualification Certificate UC individual consulence INVENTORY Person who has working experience or various types of certificates (formal or non formal) interested in obtaining a qualilfication