GOOD PRACTICE - Workers’PAS (Proficient Acquired Skills) - Validation of Non-formal and Informal Training

RESEARCH QUESTION: 3- Direct actions in communities

SUB-TOPIC (Research matrix): Vocational, Education/Skills Training (3.6)

REGION - COUNTRY OF IMPLEMENTATION: Africa - Uganda

GOOD PRACTICES: A “Proficient Acquired Skills” (PAS) document validating and certifying skills and competencies acquired informally on the job and that employers recognise as a first step towards the recognition of an official education and training system (Uganda).

PROJECT NAME: Workers’PAS (Proficient Acquired Skills) - Validation of Non-formal and Informal Training

YEAR: 2013

FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: Swiss Contact Germany

KEY TARGET GROUPS: Informal workers and employers