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ECVET development
Anette Curth, ICF GHK
The CO.L.O.R project: Compet
and learning outcome recogniti
and mobile workers within Italy
In Italy, striking differences
among regional
qualification sub-systems
have been identified.
To improve quality and
flexibility of the national
VET System and to
guarantee opportunities
for the recognition
of non-formal and
informal learning, a set
of challenging reforms
are currently being
designed.
To support workers – especially ‘migrant’
workers – in obtaining a qualification,
the CO.L.O.R project tests how
ECVET can be used to support the
recognition of learning outcomes from
prior learning. Specifically, the project
aims at facilitating transfer and accumulation
of one or more units of learning
outcomes of workers in the construction
and health care sector across Italian
regions and across borders. It also aims
at setting up a stable network between
regions, stakeholders and practitioners
to ensure that the work will be taken
forward beyond the project’s life cycle.
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Projects aims
and objectives
The project CO.L.O.R (COmpetency
and Learning Outcomes Recognition
for migrants) tests ECVET mechanisms
and procedures together with local
stakeholders and practitioners in the
construction and health care sector. Its
objective is to help workers – and especially
‘migrant’ workers – to get their
competences recognised and obtain a
qualification (or part of a qualification).
CO.L.O.R also sees the potential added
value of ECVET-related procedures to
structure networks of local actors in the
targeted sectors which may introduce
significant changes in the regional qualification
systems - ultimately contributing
to redesign the training provision accordingly.
Hence, the project pursues a two-fold
objective:
• It aims at setting up a sustainable
network of regional authorities, stakeholders
and practitioners;
• It undertakes pilot testing of ECVET
procedures for the assessment and
recognition of learning outcomes of
‘migrant workers’ facilitating the acquisition
of a qualification.
The CO.L.O.R project - with the support
of ISFOL (National Research Institute on
VET) - addresses primarily five Italian
regions (Campania, Latium, Piedmont
and Tuscany, as well as Basilicata and,
Calabria as associated partners), as well
as Formedil (National Agency for VET in
the construction sector). The competent
authorities in the field of assessment
and recognition of qualifications have
committed to pilot test ECVET-oriented
mechanisms in the construction and
healthcare sectors.
From a technical point of view, CO.L.O.R
aims at building two ‘frameworks’ of
units of learning outcomes, one in each
sector. These frameworks will have
to function within the requirements at
national level, while at the same time
complying with ECVET technical specifications.
The final aim is to build
units that are transferable to facilitate
the mobility of workers and the formal
recognition of competences acquired
through experience. Striking differences
among regional qualification sub-systems
have been identified. Across the
regions, there is a range from highly regulated
sub-systems with repertoires of