Capitalizing on Validpack: going Europe wide – CAPIVAL

International project "Capitalizing on Validpack: going Europe wide – CAPIVAL”

 

Project's No. 511883-LLP-1-2010-1-R0-KA4-KA4MP

UL reg. No. ZD2010/2683; 2010-4043/001-001; A-2683-040

Project's partnership: Romania, Italy, Latvia, Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands 

Project's duration: 2010-2012

Project's aim and objectives:

The CAPIVAL project aims at developing and maintaining a European network that will promote the implementation of the Vatidpack instrument in over 20 European countries. This general aim of the CAPIVAL is objectified in the following specific objectives:

• to raise awareness on the existence of the Validpack - a competence assessment instrument for trainers resulted from the VINEPAC project, in all European countries by establishing national Validpack contact points;
• to identify the need, usefulness and potential of the Validpack instrument in different national contexts by conducting testing of Validpack in interested organisations and most likely to further use the instrument: assessment centres, adult education centres/ institutions, professional associations, employers, etc.;
• to ensure Validpack adaptation in cooperation with relevant and interested stakeholders;
• to sustain the Validpack implementation through the developing of training courses for competence assessors and reference material aimed to describe in terms of quality criteria the competence assessment process in all its phases and aspects.
• to widely disseminate the results of Validpack implementation spreading.

Summary: Well qualified staff is needed to support adults in their learning and yet there are few education/ training systems for adult education professionals across Europe and even fewer those that can reshape their offers so that it would fit the new needs. Often, trainers overtake this responsibility and manage their own professional development which is objectified in non-formal and informal learning settings. The need to make these competences visible and to recognised them is a real one and it is addressed through the implementation of national validation systems and development of assessment instruments. The CAPIVAL projects intends to exploit the results of the VINEPAC project – Validation of informal and non-formal psycho-pedagogical competencies of adult educators, especially the Validpack instrument that facilitates the documentation and the evaluation of trainers’ competences acquired in formal, non-formal or informal learning contexts. Through the CAPIVAL project, the use of the Validpack instrument is intended to be extended to over 20 European countries. The following activities will support this aim:

• setting up the network of Validpack national contact points, with the specific aim of raising awareness on the existence of the in all European countries and establishing concrete contact relations for the Validpack further implementation;
• testing of the Validpack in different national contexts. This step will identify Validpack usefulness and potential in different countries;
• adaptation of Validpack to different national characteristics (adaptation of the trainer’s competence profile, adaptation of Validpack concept: steps in assessment and validation, adjustments of assessment methods and approaches etc.)
• developing and testing training course for competence assessors;
• developing a reference material aimed to describe in terms of quality criteria the competence assessment process in all its phases and aspects.

Project outcomes:

	Handbook for the assessment and validation of pedagogical competences of adult educators (2012). Coordinators: Ruud Duvekot, Jeroen Geerts. Authors: development partnership and team of the project „CAPIVAL - Capitalizing on Validpack: going Europe wide”: Simona Sava, Andreea Siliman, Larisa Pirvu, Luminita Saftu, Ruud Duvekot, Jeroen Geerts, Stefanie Jütten, Anne Strauch, France Uebersfeld, Christelle Claquin, Irina Maslo, Tamara Pigozne, Manuels Fernandezs, Isabel Pardal, Cidália Rosa, Esther Cañada Herrero, Miquel Fort Marrugat, Emilia Aiello, Natalia Fernandez Alcala, Rocco Marcello Postiglione, Battista Castagna. Timişoara: BRUMAR, 123 p. ISBN 978-973-602-816-8
	Validpack Evaluator. Quality Assurance Indicators. A Guide (2012). Coordinators: France Uebersfeld, Christelle Claquin. Authors: development partnership and team of the project „CAPIVAL - Capitalizing on Validpack: going Europe wide”: Simona Sava, Andreea Siliman, Larisa Pirvu, Luminita Saftu, Ruud Duvekot, Jeroen Geerts, Stefanie Jütten, Anne Strauch, France Uebersfeld, Christelle Claquin, Irina Maslo, Tamara Pigozne, Manuels Fernandezs, Isabel Pardal, Cidália Rosa, Esther Cañada Herrero, Miquel Fort Marrugat, Emilia Aiello, Natalia Fernandez Alcala, Rocco Marcello Postiglione, Battista Castagna. Timişoara: BRUMAR, 18 p. ISBN 978-973-602-867-0
	Pieaugušo izglītības treneru pedagoģiskās kompetences novērtējuma un validācijas rokasgrāmata (2012). Izdevuma koordinatori: Rūds Duvekots, Džerons Gērts, France Vēbersfelda, Kristelle Klakvina. Autoru kolektīvs - CAPIVAL projekta „Ieguvumi no Validpack: to izplatīšana Eiropā” sadarbības partneri: Simona Sava, Andreja Silimana, Larisa Pirvu, Luminita Saftu, Rūds Duvekots, Džerons Gērts, Stefānija Jitena, Anne Strauča, France Vēbersfelda, Kristelle Klakvina, Irina Maslo, Tamāra Pīgozne, Izabella Pardala, Cidalia Rosa, Estere Kaņada Herero, Mikels Forts Marugats, Emilia Aijo, Natalia Fernandeza Alkala, Roko Marčello Postiglione, Batista Kastaņa. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 134 lpp. Iespiests SIA „Latgales druka”. ISBN 978-9934-517-00-6 (latv.izd.)
	Maslo, Irina; Surikova, Svetlana; Karttunen, Anni; Aarna, Olav (2012). Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Latvia, Estonia and Finland: An analysis of the context. Journal of Educational Sciences. No. 2(26), 2012, pp. 29-41. West University from Timisoara. ISSN 1454-7678
	Surikova, Svetlana; Rutka, Lūcija; Karttunen, Anni; Jõgi, Larissa (2012). Testing of the Validpack instrument in Latvia, Estonia and Finland: The opinions of experts.The proceedings of the International Conference “Back to Work: the Role of Validation of Competences in Professional Counselling of Adults”, December 7-8, 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece. Zarifis, K. Georgios; Martin, Catalin; Sava, Simona (Eds.) Medimond - Monduzzi Editore International Proceedings Division, printed in December 2012 by Editografica, Bologna, Italy, pp. 87-92. ISBN 978-88-7587-661-6
	Rutka, Lūcija; Briede, Baiba; Surikova, Svetlana; Latkovska, Evija (2012). Analysis of the validation instrument of adult educators’ competences: The results of the Validpack second testing session in Latvia. Journal of Educational Sciences. Vol. 26, No 2, 2012, pp. 42-51. West University from Timisoara. ISSN 1454-7678