dataBase of Effective opportunities in the field of Validation of non-formal and INformal learning
- Adela Vitkovska
- Nov 6, 2025
- 4 min read
Start date 01-10-2015–End date 30-09-2017
EU Grant–161.065,00 €
Programme–Erasmus+
Key Action:
Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type:
Strategic Partnerships for adult education
Countries covered–5
Coordinator
STOWARZYSZENIE CENTRUM WSPIERANIA EDUKACJI I PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI
ULICA K HOFFMANOWEJ 19
35 016 RZESZOW
Podkarpackie
🇵🇱 Poland
Coordinator Type: European NGO
Phone: +48178536672
Summary
The BEVIN project is targeted at a wide audience:
• all public educational institutions/sectorial organisations involved in the non-formal and informal learning process and/or validation;
• all educational entities and individuals who are actively implementing validation of non-formal and informal learning;
• teachers and trainers who accompany or support their students during non-formal and/or informal learning,
• all organisations and institutions that are planning validation of non-formal and informal learning. Adults who are in the process of, or are planning, validation of their competences acquired through non-formal and/or informal learning.
The main aim of the BEVIN project is to raise the indicator of recognition of adults competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning. The partnership will achieve this aim through realization of the following operational goals:
• developing of database of effective tools for validation of non-formal and informal learning;
• developing of validation opportunities trends analyzer.
The objectives of the project are consistent with strategic partnerships - supported activities as these objectives will strengthen the cooperation between organizations with a view to establishing exchanges of practices, promote the development, testing and implementation of innovative practices in the field of education.
European Commission recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning points that by the end of 2015 each Member State should develop a national system of validation which demonstrates citizens' competences acquired outside the formal system. The database developed by the BEVIN project will be a perfect complement to these national systems at the European level. Improvement and adaptation of citizens' competences to labor market requirements are essential for the growth of competitiveness, employment and social cohesion of the European Union, which is in line with the main objective of the Europe 2020 strategy - achieving a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
The partnership has been built based on the principle of complementarity of skills and experience among the partners. As a result, we can present a generated mixture of different organizations (Centrum Wspierania Edukacji i Przedsiebiorczosci - PL, Sea Teach S.L. - ES, Volontariato Torino- IT, RUNI CENTER – BG, Biedriba Eurofortis -LT) united around the main objective of the project.
The expected impact on the target group of the project and relevant stakeholders can be estimated at more than 7000 people across the partnership (testing, multiplayer events, dissemination).
Partners
BIEDRIBA EUROFORTIS 🇱🇻 Latvia
ANNINMUIZAS BULVARIS 38-37
1067 RIGA
🇱🇻 Latvia
Partner Type: Non-governmental organisation/association/social enterprise
Phone: +37127763451
RUNI CENTER 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Racho Dimchev Str. No 6
1000 Sofia
София (столица) (Sofia (stolitsa))
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Partner Type: Other
Phone: +35929434055
Sea Teach S.L. 🇪🇸 Spain
Port Petit 324
07660 Cala D'or
Illes Balears
🇪🇸 Spain
Partner Type: Small and medium sized enterprise
Phone: +34971648429
Volontariato Torino 🇮🇹 Italy
Via Giolitti
10123 Torino
Piemonte
🇮🇹 Italy
Partner Type: Other
Phone: +390118138711
Results
Without category:
IO 1 – Database of effective tools for validation of non-formal and informal learning
Description
The Database (http://bevin.eu/database/) is an innovative repository of validation tools applicable in non-formal and informal learning. The innovative approach of this database is that it enables to select, evaluate, aggregate and describe effective tools with the use of additional meta tags, that support and simplify the process of exploring the database.
This is the first database that has:
- gathered most of the already existing tools for validation, making them more visible;
- collected the tools not only developed within as well as independently of EU projects;
- enabled qualitative evaluation of the collected tools along with recommendations made by experts in the field;
- provided users with the ability to comment, evaluate collected tools, make recommendations as well as add new tools.
It helps to find the right tool with the following filters: name, country, keyword, popularity, types and groups. Bevin Database is available in EN, IT, PL, ES, BG and LT.
IO 2 – Output Title Validation opportunities trends analyzer
Description
The Analyzer (http://bevin.eu/trend-analyser/) is a tool that employs Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining mechanisms, and based on data contained in the Database (IO1) delivers behavioral model of the Database users, providing properly matched and coherent sets of data.
Due to Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining mechanisms, the Analyzer provides exhaustive and meaningful information. It presents cross-searching matches (specifying any correlation observed between searching for validation tools from different areas); provides thorough analysis of the collected data by presenting trends and predictions for future use. The Analyzer also defines and highlights: Top 5 viewed tools; Top 5 evaluated tools; and Top 10 search filters.
The overall aim of Validation opportunities trends analyzer is to provide its visitors with easy to understand trends analysis, that help in exploring and understanding behavioral patterns in terms of exploiting various validation tools in different area
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