Savvy Facilitator – Validating Competences in Volunteering

The course will be delivered through different methods such as group work, discussion and reflective rounds, seeking to promote the active participation of participants by inviting them to share their experience, knowledge and personal resources in regards to competence-oriented learning and validation approaches in volunteering.

The aim of the course is to bring about the concept of validation and competence oriented learning to facilitators of volunteering actions. It seeks to enable them to further develop their offers and activities into learning experiences that make a difference also in the career pathways of the volunteers. They learn how to make learning perceivable and how to plan, assess and evidence rather informal ways of learning in their volunteering contexts. Hence, the course focusses on validation of informal and non-formal learning (VINFL) and Competence Oriented Learning (COL).

The course is organised in a blended learning format consisting of three components: Self-learning (inaugurated by a webinar), 3-day face-to-face course and a follow up phase (transfer phase).