Testimonials from participants, counsellors and assessors.
Testimonials were collected at the end of the project to give people involved in VISKA a chance to talk about their experience of the project. All videos are also available on our youtube channel.
Participants testimonials from the VISKA project
How did participants from Iceland, Norway and Flanders experience the possibility for validation of their prior learning within the field trials of the VISKA project ? Listen to their stories.
Iceland - Lucyna, a Polish immigrant getting her skills and competences validation.
Norway - Fetiha, a refugee getting her skills and comptences validated in the field trials of Norway. Her counsellor also shares her experiences.
Norway - Vehbi, a refugee getting his skills and comptences validated through participating in the VISKA project Norway. His assessor also shares her experience.
Flanders - Kenny, a low skilled adult getting his diploma through validation of his prior learning.
Staff testimonials from the VISKA project
How did staff involved in the field trials experience the validation of prior learning in the VISKA project ?
Listen to their stories.
Iceland - Vera, an interpreter who learned a great deal through participating in the VISKA project and finds it very important to help people evaluate their work experience.
Iceland - Rakel, a counsellor and VPL project manager, believes that the VISKA project clearly demonstrated that having access to a competent interpreter makes a great difference.
Iceland - Steinunn, working with jobseekers, feels that VISKA essentially changed the situation of each individual by giving them a tool with which they can actually map themselves.
Iceland - Jon, an assessor in the VISKA field trials working in the construction industry, where a lot of unskilled foreigners work.