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months of submitting all of the required documentation. In
some cases, this deadline may be extended by one month. If
they only want to work in Denmark on a temporary and occasional
basis (as a service provider), the EU rules stipulate that
they do not have to apply for authorization from the competent
authority. In many cases, however, they will need to send
a written declaration to the authority before starting work. In
certain professions, they must also wait for approval from the
authority.
If the profession is not regulated, they are free to seek employment.
When applying for a job etc., it may be useful to get an
assessment of their qualifi cation from the Danish Agency for
International Education.
COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT
Competences, the emigrant- or foreign worker has gained from
work experience; non-formal and informal learning can be assessed
and recognized. This may also be helpful if they are
unable to provide documentation of their qualifi cations.
If they have competences that are not documented they may
be able to have it assessed and recognized, in particular within
the Danish Adult Education System. A number of education
programmes offer the possibility of an individual competence
assessment. The emigrant workers can have their prior learning
experiences validated in relation to adult education and continuing
training.
Depending on their competences, they may be able to get access
to an education programme, exemption from parts of the
programme itself or even a competence certifi cate or diploma to
recognize either a completed programme or completed modules
of the programme. The individual competence assessment is
offered in the context of:
– Diploma programmes (continuing professional
education at bachelor level)
– Higher education programmes for adults (VVU)
– Basic Adult Education (GVU), i. e. vocational
education and training
– General adult education (AVU) and general
upper secondary education subjects.
CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING AN
ASSESSMENT FROM THE DANISH AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
The Danish Agency for International Education can only assess a
foreign qualifi cation when certain conditions are fulfi lled:
– The qualifi cation must be completed.
– The qualifi cation must belong to the formal.
education system of a country other than Denmark.
– The qualifi cation must be issued by a publicly recognized
educational institution or authority. This means,
among other things, that the Agency cannot assess
short courses or qualifi cations not corresponding to a
level within the formal education system.
– Furthermore, the applicant must meet the Agency‘s
requirements for application form, documentation and
translation.
LEVEL IN THE DANISH EDUCATION SYSTEM
The assessment indicates the level to which the foreign qualifi -
cation corresponds in the Danish education system, for example:
– Upper secondary education: Vocational Education and
Training or General Upper Secondary School.
– Higher education:
Academy Profession degree – short-cycle professional
higher education), Professional bachelor‘s degree (medium-cycle
professional higher education), Bachelor‘s,
Candidates (Master‘s) or PhD degree (long-cycle higher
education). If the level of the foreign qualifi cation does
not correspond fully to a particular level in the Danish
education system, the assessment may express the level
in terms of a certain number of years of a Danish
programme of education.
FIELD OF EDUCATION
As far as possible, the assessment also indicates the fi eld of
education to which the qualifi cation assessed belongs in the
Danish education system. In some cases, the qualifi cation is
compared to a specifi c Danish qualifi cation. If no corresponding
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