Report - Salto

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Bridges for Recognition | Milestones in European Recognition - Evolution
In the follow-up of the White Paper COM instigated an Expert & Working Group on Youth
Autonomy. One of the main items for debate in this group was about how education, including
non-formal learning, contributes to autonomy. Unsurprisingly the main finding was that
Education, and in particular non-formal learning, enables young people to live autonomously.
Action proposed by the group includes the integration of the issue of youth autonomy into
ongoing activities in E&T; and the task of defining & recognising the skills and competences
needed for developing autonomy.
As a Follow-up activity to the interim evaluation procedure 2000-2006 of the YOUTH
Programme, COM invited Working Groups (WG) to look for ways of effective implementation
of the 52 recommendations. A general WG covers the recommendations with a political &
general dimension including recommendation No. 11 ‘Recognition & validation of NFL’.
(“It is recommended that a certificate be issued to young people and youth workers who have
participated in a project, as is the case for EVS, recognising skills acquired during participation
in a project.”). The task now is to support the ongoing activities for the development of a Youthspecific
validation instrument.