Platform: Validation and recognition
International apprenticeship mobility enables learners to acquire valuable technical skills, professional competences and personal experience in real workplace environments. To ensure that these achievements have lasting value, organisations need reliable processes that validate what has been learned and recognise those learning outcomes beyond the mobility experience itself.
Validation confirms that learners have achieved the intended learning outcomes based on appropriate evidence and assessment. Recognition gives those validated achievements value by allowing them to be acknowledged by education providers, employers and other organisations.
Together, validation and recognition help transform mobility experiences into learning that is transparent, credible and transferable across different educational and professional contexts.
Tools for validation and recognition
Rather than relying on a single document or procedure, you may use complementary tools throughout the mobility process to define expected learning outcomes, record achievements and provide reliable evidence that supports recognition.
The following tools are among the most widely used in European apprenticeship mobility:
Learning Agreements
Europass Mobility
Europass Mobility documents the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during an international learning experience. By providing a recognised European record of mobility achievements, it helps learners communicate their experiences clearly to education providers and employers across Europe.
European Digital Credentials for learning
European Digital Credentials enable organisations to issue secure, verifiable and portable digital records of learning achievements. They support the digital recognition of qualifications and competences, making it easier for learners to share trusted evidence throughout their education and professional careers.
Assessment and supporting evidence
Validation also relies on evidence collected throughout the mobility experience. Assessment reports, mentor feedback, workplace evaluations, competence portfolios and certificates all contribute to demonstrating that the agreed learning outcomes have been achieved.
Where can I learn more?
Learning Agreements:
Official Erasmus+ guidance and templates for preparing Learning Agreements, defining expected learning outcomes and supporting the recognition of mobility activities.
Europass Mobility:
Information on the Europass Mobility document, which records the knowledge, skills and competences acquired during an international learning experience.
Europass Platform:
The European platform for documenting, managing and sharing skills, qualifications and learning achievements.
European Digital Credentials for Learning:
Official information on secure, verifiable digital credentials for documenting learning achievements and qualifications across Europe.
Council Recommendation on the Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning:
European guidance on validating knowledge, skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training.
