1. Formal information: official texts organising validation of non-formal learning in countries of the network, tools used by institutions practicing validation (standards, dossiers, portfolios, grids of interviews …), statistics, reports on results, etc. These documents will be presented in national language with a brief comment in English explaining content and key points.
2. An annual state of the play of the implementation of validation of non-formal and informal learning in the country covering the years from 2008 to present, of debates and discussions, of the articulation of validation with European initiatives (European Qualification Framework, introduction of credit systems, of learning outcomes as basis of presentation of programmes and recognition of individual pathways, the future guidelines for the development of validation process in Member States,…). This short note will be written in English.