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RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL
COMPETENCES OF WORKERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
NATIONAL EXAMPLES: SWEDEN, DENMARK
PART IV
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WRITING THE CERTIFICATE
Everyone formulates their own certifi cate based on all steps
in the model which is carried out in a group learning process
under the facilitation of process leaders. All participants will
present their draft to the group and get feedback on the textual
contents. Still though the certifi cate is content focused and it
is all about to come up with a content which as far as possible
describe the participant’s knowledge, competences and skills in
the most comprehensive manner possible. It’s about to describe
not only what and when, but how and what the association
work has resulted on the participant’s behalf. In what way
knowledge is expressed. Did the participant fi nd out a way to
work with association activities based on that he knows why he
is doing it or just that it happens to be so. Can the participant
describe the development that has occurred is connected to the
participant being active throughout the validation process?
The certifi cates don’t objectively show what a participant is able
to do or knows, but it rests on the idea that the participant
does a so-called self-assessment and the collaborative learning
process that takes place in the group. What we do in the
self-assessment process is to thoroughly explore and see what
it contains and how it can be presented in a proper manner.
We do not control the participant through e. g. tests, but it is
through the talks / dialogue in the group including the process
leader along with analysis and text processing the certifi cate’s
contents is shaped.
SIGNS
The participant signs the certifi cate and by the signature verifi es
the contents. The process leader signs the certifi cate and confi
rms that the validation process has been carried out in accordance
with the validation model.
In the validation process the participant and the process leaders
equally share the responsibility all the way through. This sharing
of responsibility also applies to all participants in the group. They
are equal adults but with different experiences, roles, assignment
and in the group.
The question will others regards the fact that the participant
themselves signs their certifi cates as something you can rely on
or not. If others can see the certifi cate as result of a process that
the participant has participated in for a long time and where
the written certifi cate is the visible part of the participant’s selfawareness
process and he himself can explain it in a conversation.
Then it will be appreciated. But if others expect that the
certifi cate is some kind of proof or equivalent with grades of
what the participant knows it will probably not be appreciated.
DENMARK
DESCRIPTION OF THE
SYSTEM FOR RECOGNITION OF
VOCATIONAL (PROFESSIONAL)
QUALIFICATION ACQUIRED
ABROAD
¬ When a foreign worker wants to pursue a regulated profession
he or she must obtain authorization from the competent Danish
authority, i. e. the emigrants must have their qualifi cations recognized
by the authority responsible for the profession before
they can start work.
However, if they only intend to work on a temporary and
occasional basis in Denmark and come from an EU / EEA
country, a different and usually faster procedure applies.
The emigrant- or foreign worker is covered by the EU
rules if they can meet the following two conditions:
1. Is a citizen of an EU country, Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein
and
2. is fully qualifi ed in one of the above-mentioned countries
to practice the same profession as the emigrant now wish
to practice in Denmark.
If they apply for authorization under EU rules, they are entitled
to receive a decision from the competent authority within three
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