Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are working to establish a coherent system for the recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of vocational competencies acquired through non-formal and informal learning.
The importance of recognizing and validating currently unrecognized...The recognition of environmentally friendly practices in the formal and informal economic sectors is a critical factor in accomplishing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015. With this in mind, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong...
Learning outside schools, universities and vocational training establishments – both non-formal and informal learning – needs to be made visible, appropriately valued in society, and granted recognition and parity with formal learning outcomes. Two important milestones in this...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), on behalf of the UNESCO Education Sector, has taken the initiative in working with Member States to develop the UNESCO Guidelines for...
In order to raise awareness of the importance of the UNESCO Guidelines on the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) of the Outcomes of the Non-formal and Informal Learning...
The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment – CAPLA – organised an important conference “Recognizing Learning, Skills and Competencies: Strengthening Today’s Workplace for a Better Tomorrow” on 22-24 October in Halifax, Canada. The conference was attended...
The UNESCO Guidelines on the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation of the Outcomes of Non-formal and Informal Learning were successfully launched at a...
The National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, in partnership with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg, organised a conference on the ‘Recognition of Prior Learning: A Key to Lifelong Learning’ in New...
How can validation processes for non-formal and informal learning be better and more systematically integrated into education and training systems? What do we know about the results and effects of validation? These and other questions were explored by an International Conference held in Oslo, 5-...
UNESCO Institute for Lifelonglearning pays special attention to recognition, validation and accreditation of learning in the African context and provides support to African countries in developing their qualifications and recognition systems. In June 2007, African countries met in Sèvres, France...
