The aim of the field trials in Belgium-Flanders for VISKA is to explore if it is possible, especially for the target group of low-qualified adults, to obtain an educational qualification through a VPL-procedure. We want to explore what the necessary legal framework is, the financial implications of such a procedure and the quality assurance conditions. […]
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Conducting the field trials in Iceland
The first year has passed and the field trials head our way! Our first year has been defined by great cooperation with the Education and Training Service Centre in Iceland and our co-partners here in Iceland and all our partner in VISKA. We have acquainted our self’s with immigration in Iceland and defining ways to […]
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Starting the Norwegian Field Trials
The Norwegian trials in VISKA will be carried out in close cooperation with the five integration reception centres in Norway. These centres themselves are a pilot project linked to better integration of asylum seekers, initiated as a response to the large number of refugees coming to Norway in 2015. One of the obligations of the […]
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VISKA Literature review and country needs analysis
This report has been developed under work-package 2 Mapping, Needs Analysis and Experimentation Protocol. This document provides an overview of the current discourse surrounding the Validation of Prior Learning (VPL) at a European level as a basis for the project interventions. The literature review provides the foundation for this report. It is a synopsis of […]
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Progressing VISKA: Results from the Progress Meeting in Oslo, Norway
Representatives of all partner countries came together in the offices of Skills Norway in Oslo from the 25th of April until the 27th. The progress meeting started with a packed agenda, with a focus on furthering the discussion on tools development, an update from the research partner and a presentation of all partners on the […]
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A critical friend for the VISKA project
In the VISKA project, quality assurance is an ongoing process. To assure the quality of the project, a separate Work Package is dedicated to QA, to run alongside all the other project activities throughout the project period. One of the features of this Work Package is external evaluation, in which external opinion is sought on […]
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Progressing VISKA: Results of the Progress Meeting in Naas, Ireland
From the 25th until the 27th of October 2017, the VISKA-partners met up for the first progress meeting since the start of the project in February of 2017. The colleagues of the Education and Training Boards Ireland welcomed all partners in their offices in Naas, Ireland. The first objective of the meeting was to discuss […]
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Welcome to the VISKA Project!
Welcome to the official website of the European Erasmus+ Key Action 3 Project VISKA, Visible Skills of Adults. On this website, you will find more information regarding the goal of the project and how we are going to achieve those goals, a profile of every partner involved in VISKA and every deliverable we will produce […]
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