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AVE in a professional perspective

Pilot Project Leonardo da Vinci (2003-2006)

With the support of the Regional Council in Champagne Ardenne

October 2003- March 2006

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Speaker

Dr France HuntzingerProfessor at the University of the

Maine, Director of the IUP Charles Gide,

Institute for Management in Social EconomyLe Mans, France

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From Copenhagen to Helsinki

Best Practices Supporting European Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Centre for International Mobility CIMO in cooperation with the Finnish Ministry of Education and the European Commission

Helsinki, 4th-5th of December 2006

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The AVE project in the perspective of non-formal

and informal learning

Volunteering is a perfect example of a non formal and informal experience

Skills and competences are acquired through voluntary work

The main goal of the AVE project is to focus on the ways and means to assess this specific type of professional experience on the labour market

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A pilot project Leonardo da Vinci

AVE : assessing voluntary experience in a professional perspective

Two conditions Justifying a representative voluntary experience Willing to renew with the labour market

Publics Youngsters with no professional experience People kept away from the labour market Long –term unemployed persons

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Genesis of the project

From Assessment of Experience to Assessment of Voluntary Experience : In a French context : the law of social

modernisation of January 2002 In an European context : lifelong learning

A previous pilot project Leonardo (2000-2001) A curriculum of continuous learning for

professionals working with volunteers One part dedicated to assessment of learning

through volunteering

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The partners

7 countries : “old partners” : France, Germany, Austria,

Italy, and United Kingdom “new partners” : Poland and Hungary

14 partners with the following profiles : Institutes of research National Volunteering Centres Regional State services Universities

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Partners - France

Institute for Research and Information on Volunteering  

Maine University - IUP Management of Social Economy

CICOS

AFEV

Regional Direction for Youth and Sports

Regional Council in Champagne Ardenne

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Partners

Austria European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

VÖV

Germany  INBAS Sozialforschung

DPVW

Hungary OKA

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Partners (suite)

Italy 

Fondazione Italiana per il Volontariato

Poland

Centrum Wolontariatu

United Kingdom

Institute for Volunteering Research

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A state of the art

Assessing voluntary experience Legal base Institutional partners Positive or negative context

Valuing voluntary experience An example of Portfolio : in Austria The accreditation : in the United Kingdom An official recognition : in France

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Needs to be answered

A consultation among the associations A questionnaire dispatched among the

association Positives results : responding associations in

favour of the AVE process An experimentation of the portfolio

Among the volunteers Among public partners Among professionals (of the labour market)

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Methodology-European seminars

Warsaw (March 2004) :

• State of the art on volontary policy

• Questionnaire for the associationsLondon (November 2004) :

• Result of the consultations

• Framework of the portfolioRome (May 2005) :

• Result of the portfolio experimentation

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Methodology (suite)

Vienna (October 2005) :• Synthesis

• Building of the European Portfolio

• Building of the guide for the coach

Châlon-en Champagne (March 2006) :• Valorisation of the project

• Dissemination of the research

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A portfolio of competences

A volunteer’s biography A list of the training followed by volunteers The missions fulfilled Identifying one’s own competences (mind-map) Skills and competences developed (table) An action plan (further steps) Synthesis of the portfolio (1 page) An identity card of the volunteer (1 page) Annexes : European CV , certification of the

association, presentation of the association

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A guide for the coach

The context : a European project

The steps of the AVE project : 4 steps

A tool : the portfolio

The aims of the portfolio : assessing an experience

A method : self-evaluation and/or need for coaching

The framework for coaching: the workshop

The steps for the coaching

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A complementary tool

Complement to the Europass,

Complement to the European Curriculum Vitae

Complement to any portfolio existing on the national levels

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Perspectives

A tool easy to use Easy for volunteers to understand Easy to be downloaded from a website

A need for training/accompanyingFor associationsFor trainers

An official recognitionOn the labour marketAmong public partnersAmong professionals on the labour market

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Selected websites

www.eEuropeassociations.net www.iriv.net www.management-iup-ecosociale.org