Report - Salto

Bridges for Recognition | Different Stakeholders - Different Needs
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The labour market (employers, trade unions etc)
This group had listened to a presentation of the method of the Dutch public employment service
of Matching Competencies. Key messages that came from the presentation and the ensuing
discussion were that…
• Matching is and should be done on the competencies that are needed to be successful in a job
and not just skills or diplomas.
• An inventory of competencies is needed across the different stakeholders
• Public employment service
• Labour Union
• Volunteer sector
• Youth work training sector
• National Agency
• Intermediate Labour Market
The group went on to describe a number of needs, including…
• Standards for the exchange of information about competencies between stakeholders
• Clarity and coherence in relation to pathways of recognition
• Gap analyses between supply and demand
• Independent assessment of acquired informal and non-formal competences should be
accessible for young people and volunteers
• Different channels for information exchange on competences should be developed
• Development of a common language on competences and recognition methods
• European agreements/standards on the qualification of the youth workers
• Collecting more evidence of the “production function” of youth work and
the volunteer sector
• Prominence and PR about the inventory of methods used in youth work.