1. 25 octobre 2010 SEMINAIRE DE CONTACT LEONARDO DA VINCI «Les ECVET en pratique» Informal presentation of ECVET The challenge of the ECVET implementation in Belgium

2. A short informal presentation of ECVET 2

3. 3 ECTS: a mobility structured to obtain a qualification (IVET)

4. A short informal presentation of ECVET 4 Total inscription ERASMUS training courses Universities 2005-2006 70.528(1381) 1,95% 2006-2007 68.239(1365) 2,00% High Schools and Schools higher arts 2005-2006 76.576 6.882 (745) 0,97% --- 2006-2007 76.120 6.940 (837) 1,09% --- Percentage of the students of higher education having taken part in an ERASMUS program Mobility, a motor for change?

5. A short informal presentation of ECVET 5 ECVET: a concept for the life (IVET and CVET) Lifelong Learning Pathway Formal Informal On the job Formal

6. A short informal presentation of ECVET 6 Conception functions Realisation functions Design of certifications Design of the programs Design of the procedures of assessment/validation Carrying out the formal or non formal programme Assessment of L.O Validation of L.O. Recognition/certification Centres of training, Companies, Competent authorities (Chambers, ministries…), Administration (national, regional…), Branches, sectors… What? Who?For which? Young people in IVET Apprentices Adults in CVET Workers … Functions impacted by ECVET

7. A short informal presentation of ECVET 7 Unit X Certification Z unit includes:  the general title of the unit,  the general title of the qualification,  level EQF of the qualification,  the L.O. which constitute the unit,  procedures and criteria of assessment of the L.O.,  ECVET points. To implement ECVET implies that each competent authority organise its qualifications in units

8. A short informal presentation of ECVET 8 There are no rules in ECVET text Large unitsSmall units To preserve the meaning for labour market Qualifications readable/understandable for teachers and learners To have a reasonable number assessments be reasonable to organize mobility Which criteria to build the units?

9. A short informal presentation of ECVET 9 Which criteria to create the units? Key activity X Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 1 Key activity X Key activity Y  The key activity of the job is a good criteria to group the learning outcomes into units Key activity X Key activity Y Unit 1 Unit 2

10. A short informal presentation of ECVET 10 System 1System 2System 3System 4 120 150 Unit X Unit Y Unit K Unit H Unit O Unit X Unit K Unit Y Unit O Unit K Unit M Unit A Unité P Unit O Unit C Unit B Transparency of qualifications and forget the harmonization

11. A short informal presentation of ECVET 11 To build your project, it will develop a network System B System A System C

12. A short informal presentation of ECVET 12 But be carreful

13. A short informal presentation of ECVET 13 The challenge of the ECVET implementation in Belgium

14. A short informal presentation of ECVET 14 20022003200420052006 (A) Flemish region 11,7%12,5%11,0%10,7%11,0% Walloon region 16,1% 15,3%14,6%17,0% Region of Brussels- capital22,4%18,8%18,1%19,4%22,4% Belgium 14,1%14,3%13,1%12,9%14,2% (A) Rupture in the series Percentage of the population from 18 to 24 years which did not finish higher secondary education and which is not any more in training EUROSTAT, DGSIE, Investigation into labour forces (2002 - 2006) In 2006, in the CFWB, approximately 63.000 people. A problem of mobility? Which mobility?

15. A short informal presentation of ECVET 15 Mister X in the French Belgian VET system School base vocational secondary education Workload vocational secondary education Degrees Higher education Initial vocational training (workload based) by Regional vocational operators Continuing vocational training system for adults by Regional vocational operators Education for adult Total transfer Transfer Possible transfer, but…/ No rights Titles of notoriety

16. A short informal presentation of ECVET 16 For the same job or a family of jobs We find on the “VET market”: different degrees, different vocational training certificates, certificates attesting of the participation of a vocational course. Problem of readability of the VET system Difficulty to ensure the mobility of the learners in the VET system Difficulty to implement really the LLL Titles of notoriety The names of the qualifications and the learning pathways are not coordinated. Gives legal rights The implementation of the ECVET system was probably an opportunity for our VET system.

17. A short informal presentation of ECVET 17 Job profile Training profile expressed in LO Unit X Unit Y Unit Z Unit G Unit K Unit P Unit D Qualifications developed by the VET operators Unit X Unit YUnit GUnit KUnit P Unit D Unit XUnit ZUnit KUnit D Unit XUnit GUnit KUnit P French Service of Jobs and Qualifications Specific learning pathways Implementation of ECVET starting from the principle of the common references (see RECOMFOR project)

18. A short informal presentation of ECVET 18 3 groups of trades (automotive, catering, aesthetics) Qualifications in units (EQF level 4) All schools are concerned Academic year 2010-2011: preparation Academic year 2011-2012: implementation in the schools Experimentation of ECVET in Belgium

19. A short informal presentation of ECVET 19 The roadmap to build a project ECVET To know the concept To take into account the good ideas of the first ECVET projects To build a realistic project in relationship with the political aims of your system, the real needs of your system and the citizens To implicate the competent authorities To develop an economic model (more efficient in resources and labor) The project should be useful for your system