Report - Salto

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Bridges for Recognition | What is Bridges for Recognition? - Introduction
The need to see the relational nature of non-formal learning and to build Bridges between
different sectors:
youth work, youth (work) training, vocational training, education, labour market, civil society,
other non-formal learning,…
The need to negotiate issues of status:
access to the youth work/training profession, remuneration according to qualifications,
professionalization of youth work and training,…
The need to safeguard accountability and credibility:
who delivers certificates? what does a certificate certify? who is the guarantor of the certification?
proliferation and devaluation of certificates…
The need to develop a common language in relation to recognition across sectors and to
create ‘translations’ of youth work experiences to language used in other sectors
Many well tested approaches to recognition in the sector were show-cased:
providing the opportunity to cross-fertilize ideas and in so doing to further understand the wide
range of contexts in which participants work
These areas are described in more detail in the chapter “Conclusions and closing remarks” of this
report on p. 76.