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Recognition of (prior) learning is a theme that has become increasingly important in the competence based Europeansociety, especially for those young people who are at the verge of their career building working life. The aim of thisproject is to promote, enhance and facilitate the ideas of recognition of learning in national Scouting and Guidingorganisations in Europe, in order to disseminate and implement the concept and methods of recognition in learningin each partnercountry.

This is done by initiating and bringing together a network of international pilot project teams of participatipatingScouting and Guidingorganisations from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spainand Slovenia.

At December 10 till 12 2010, there was a first, small start-up networkmeeting in the Netherlands, Bunnik, with theprojectmanagers from the partnerorganisations. In this meeting possibilities, expected outcomes and the questionsand remarks of Youth in Action were discussed (see Appendix 1). This meeting was funded by thepartnerorganisations themselves (and is not part of the Youth in Action request).

At 27-29 May 2011, there will be the first networkmeeting for this Youth in Action project in Denmark, Copenhagen,with the projectmanagers from the partnerorganisations. The result of this meeting will be the establishment of apilot projectteam in each partnercountry.

In October 2011, there will be a larger networkmeeting in Portugal of the newly established pilot projectteams (3-5people from each partnerorganization). This networkmeeting focusses on sharing ideas, discusssing approaches,exchanging methods and developing activityplans for each pilot projectteam. The focus of the activityplans is tointroduce and/or enhance recognition of learning for young volunteers into the national Scouting andGuidingorganisation and to define a 'common language' for the practise of recognition of informal and non-formallearning in- and outside Scouting and Guiding. Instruments and guides already developed in European projects will

be explored: the Youthpass, Europass, the European Portfolio for Youth leaders and Youth Workers, the Nationaland European Quallification Frameworks (NQF and EQF) in relation to learning in Scouting and Guiding.

The next phase focusses on the performance of the projectactivities by the pilot projectteams in the countries of thepartnerorganisations. During this phase the participants can communicate and exchange experiences through aninteractive internet-based program (www.e-scouting.eu), comment on eachothers progress and consult eachother.Questions to be answered in these projectactivities focuss on three levels:

1. Ind ividu al leve l:

How can your national organisation help young volunteers in recognizing their own competences (developedboth inside and outside Scouting and Guiding)?

How can your national organisation help them to make those competences visible to the outside world (helpthem to express their learning)?

How can Scouting and Guiding help the individual in their development (also outside Scouting)? What is the effect of the project for the young adult scouts in the participating national Scouting and Guiding

organizations?

2. Organ isa t iona l l eve l: How can we valuate and validate competences learned outside the Scouting and Guiding organization within

Scouting and Guiding? How can your national organisation adjust their training systems to help the individuals in their personal

development and employability on the labour market? How can your national organisation valuate and validate competence learned in other countries

(transferability of learning)? How can your national organisation evaluate competences gained in Scouting and Guiding?

3. Nat ion al leve l :

How can your national organisation help the young volunteers to get their competences accredited by the(national) educational system? What is the possible use of NQF and EQF?

How can your national organisation help the young volunteers to get their competences validated andvaluated by employers (labour market)?

How can this networkproject contribute to the YiA Goals? How can this project contribute to the launch of new YiA projects?

Succedding to that two more networkmeetings are scheduled, to be held in Slovenia and the Netherlands. The firstone will be a meeting in June in Slovenia, for the complete projectteams, to monitor and enhance the working- anddevelopmentprocess of each pilot projectteam.

Finally, in August 2012 there will be a meeting of the projectleaders in the Netherlands, to evaluate the work doneand to define the lessons learned in order to define the best suited approach and methods for the dissemination andimplementation of recognition of learning in each specific partnerorganisation.