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Annexes

Annex 5: Development of the ELGPN Quality-Assurance and Evidence-base (QAE)
Framework

In nearly all ELGPN member countries, some form ing point for a practical assessment of the extent to
of national quality-assurance systems or feedback which different countries have access to available
mechanisms for lifelong guidance exist. Examples data and where the gaps are in present arrangements.
of the differing approaches in each of the member It was noted that across the EU there are several qual-
countries were collated and made available on the ity-assurance frameworks and systems being devel-
ELGPN website. From this, the first draft of a Quality- oped and/or used. The primary goal was to produce a
Assurance and Evidence-base (QAE) Framework was QAE Framework that would enable policy-makers to
developed and initially tested for its effectiveness identify useful information and to consider how this
in eight countries (DE, DK, EE, HU, LT, PT, UK could be used to inform LLG policy developments.
(England, Northern Ireland)). Brief guidelines were
designed to inform WP4 participants on potential Key discussion points
ways to apply the framework:
1. Comments and/or observations on the efficacy
1. Use this as a simple checklist to assess and record of this approach, e.g. what benefits, if any, does
what information, if any, already exists within this framework offer to lifelong guidance policy
your country. development?

2. List the sources of data that currently provide 2. How could findings be applied most usefully (i)
this type of information, which are available at a in each country and (ii) in an EU context?
national, regional or local level.
3. What drawbacks, if any, are envisaged from a
3. Identify any known sources of data that could policy-maker perspective in making use of the
potentially be used by policy-makers that have QAE Framework?
not been used so far in quality assurance and
impact-assessment developments within your 4. Are there too many metrics in the QAE Frame-
country. This might include, for example, national work? Should this be further simplified?
youth cohort studies, regional assessment reports
on career development services, local/regional/ 5. Where next?
national kitemark results, etc.
Application of the QAE Framework
4. Make a note of the contexts in which these qual-
ity elements are being applied: e.g. schools, VET, In the first draft QAE Framework, five broad quality
higher education, adult education, PES, social elements linked to set criteria, indicators and pos-
inclusion. sible data were identified, drawing upon good and Annexes
interesting policies and practices in ELGPN member
Given the diversity of philosophical, theoretical and countries. Details of the full findings are available on
practical approaches across the member countries, the ELGPN website (WP4 Analysis of ELGPN Responses
it was agreed this could not be a ‘perfect scientific to QA Framework).
approach’. Instead it was viewed as a useful start-

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