Status of recognition of non-formal and informal learning in Germany within the framework of the OECD activity 'Recognition of non-formal and informal learning'

This country background report for the Federal Republic of Germany is part of an OECD activity to recognise non-formal and informal learning. The goal of the OECD program is to create transparency, to clarify the conditions under which the recognition of non-formal and informal learning for all can generate added value for all, and to provide policy makers with options for developing systems to recognise non-formal and informal learning. To this end, the project aims to take stock of and obtain information on which groups in society benefit from the recognition of non-formal and informal learning and which are excluded, which of the existing systems work and which do not, and finally to explore effective, beneficial and equitable models. The German involvement in the OECD activity is intended to create a systematic overview of the various options for recognition in Germany. Part A, 'Recognition procedures', gives an overview and an in-depth description of the procedures and approaches themselves, their various legitimations, frameworks and goals and their usage. Part B, 'OECD components' is geared to the OECD guidelines which provide for five thematic blocks with a dedicated questionnaire for the description of the country-specific situation.

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