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After Rotterdam (2015) and Aarhus (2017), the 3rd Biennale on the Validation of Prior Learning (VPL) will take place in Berlin, Germany, on May 7 and 8, 2019. Early registration starts in September.

Webinar Wednesday 19 April 2017, 15.00-16.00 CET

This paper presents the key findings of the evaluation as well as related input for reflection and recommendations for potential ways forward.

Validation of non-formal and informal learning makes our labour markets more resilient and contributes to the integration of migrants and refugees by valuing the prior knowledge and experiences of people.

Join the free online course to learn more about adult learning in the 21st century. The course is free of charge and organized by EAEA.

How can you prove that you have a skill? Can you grade democratic competencies? Validation in non-formal adult learning has been a thorny issue for decades. Now, we might be close to a solution. At least, that seemed to be the implicit message when more than 45 experts from all over Europe met in Oslo for a two-day expert seminar on validation.

Finally, it is here. This second edition of the European guidelines is the result of a two-year process involving a wide range of stakeholders active in validation at European, national and/or sectoral levels.

Professor Jyri Manninen explains the results of the BELL-project (Benefits of Lifelong Learning), May 2014, interviewed by Johanni Larjanko.

Education and study- and career counseling of Nordic inmates, 24.-26. September 2014, Copenhagen.

Tuesday May 13th at 10.00-11.00 CET

NVL Distans is about to explore the topic “Social and digital media, democracy and learning”. You are now invited to join us in this webinar on “Open democracy” with Antti Poikola. At: Wednesday December 4th at 14.00 – 15.00 CET.