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CERTIFICATION AND EVALUATION
The evaluation can start with the assessment of prior knowledge (informal, non-formal), followed
by the assessment of the training programme and the evaluation of the training programme can
be a major tool in the context of lifelong learning because it facilitates the participation in formal
education and training.
By accreditation we mean the entitlement of the party requesting it, to release a certificate
of attendance to the people who take part in an event organized by the party itself.
According to Italy’s current official instructions, five principles are to be respected to obtain
accreditation:
The requesting party must
A. be equipped with infrastructural and logistic resources
B. be economically and financially reliable
C. have managerial competence and own professional resources
D. show efficacy and efficiency
E. have some link with the territorial area where they intend to act .
How to proceed to ask for accreditation.
The party interested should
1. write a formal request for accreditation to an Italian state school (i.e. Casale in Turin) or an
Italian state university (i.e Università degli Studi di Torino), in which every possible data and
information concerning the requesting party are to be given
2. enclose (with the formal request) the outline of the program of the event for which they are
asking for accreditation, specifying the criteria and the aids or means (also economic) they
intend to use in organizing the event itself. The names and qualifications of the person in
charge and of teachers and/or experts are to be present of course. (In short: who organizes
what; who for; how; when and where)
3. in case the request is accepted and after discussing counter-proposals, draw up a formal
agreement (a letter signed by both parties, the requesting and the one granting accreditation,
in which the criteria and means agreed upon will be detailed as well as the names of the
people involved in carrying out the event.