TRANSVAL-EU

The TRANSVAL-EU project addresses the complex issue ofvalidation of transversal skills.
On one hand, employers place an increasingimportance on transversal skills. On the other hand, transversal skills areonly an implicit part of the existing validation and guidance processes.
TRANSVAL-EU proposes to experiment innovativeapproaches for the validation of transversal skills acquired through non-formaland informal learning (VNFIL) in five pilot countries – Austria, Italy, Lithuania,Poland and Belgium.

The project addresses:

• The project addresses the insufficient knowledge andawareness of counsellors and practitioners on innovative VNFIL methods andtransversal competences;
• the limited professionalization and experience ofVNFIL staff in the field of validation of transversal competences

The projectwill build capacity of practitioners and counsellors, as well as, whenrelevant, of other stakeholders on innovative VNFIL and transversalcompetences; and strengthen cross-sector cooperation between practitioners,policy-makers and other stakeholders in order to build coherent VNFIL systems.

TRANSVAL-EU intends to be one of the largest Europeanpolicy experiments on VNFIL. The project has 16 partners from 7 countries.

The project partners develop and test:

• aresearch base of good practices
• a set of training toolkits and programmes
• standardised competence profiles forvalidation/guidance practitioners with a specific focus on transversal skills.