The next workshop on validation was organized as a part of transnational conference of the partnership REAL at the beginning of June 2007 in Czech Republic.

The final document, compiled in cooperation of French and Welsh DPs , was presented and distributed to the participants of the conference. It summaries the actual state of validation, the main principles, obstacles and plans in France and in Great Britain.

You can dowload the English version of the final report here.

The representatives of different relevant organizations have discussed the validation of qualifications obtained by work experience or in informal and non-formal training, the main problems and actual state in the European countries and also looked for possible solution, development and improvement of APEL in Czech Republic. 

The French and Welsh partners cooperate within TCA REAL on workshops for sharing and exchanging the information and experience with accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL), respectively the validation of non-formal and informal learning.

This concept is actually developped in all European countries, it belongs to the most important strategies for the development and improvement of the lifelong learning and helps to increase the qualification without formal learning.

The first workshop on VAE (APEL) was held in Bangor on 8th November 2005 and the second workshop was organized in Dijon on 6th December 2006.

To study more about the concept APEL please look at the attached Welsh presentation.