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Section 3: EU Policy Developments

• Relevance of portfolio development to vali- • Balance between collective and individual
dating informal/non-formal learning, allowing information and counselling within the pro-
the individual candidate to contribute actively cess of validation.
to the collection of evidence: links with the • Co-operation/co-ordination/networking be-
development of CMS; links with Europass and tween general guidance services and the valida-
the future integrated Europass Skills Passport. tion providers; building a specific guidance and
• Access to guidance and counselling for valida- counselling platform at regional/local level.
tion in the workplace: steps from information, • Competences/content of training for the coun-
through support for work-experience analysis, sellors; quality standards for counsellors in the
to counselling on further training pathways validation process.
inside and outside the company; information • Creation of indicators to measure the quality of
to employers’ and unions’ representatives; guidance and counselling in the validation of
funding aspects. informal/non-formal learning process.
• The use of ICT-based systems for information
exchange between candidates and counsellors.

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