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Competent an instrument for efficient

career guidance and other labour market
services

SERV
30 May 2012

What is Competent ?

How we used to work

Static
Only a part of the labour
market covered
Limited reuse of data
Intensive process

How we work now

Webbased and dynamic

Covers the whole labour market
Reuse and exchange of data
More efficient and faster

Competent is
An online competence management system consisting of
occupational profiles
Occupational profiles validated by social partners and
stakeholders
A dynamic system of information blocks
A system that supports other systems and data exchange

Why Competent?

Goals and opportunities

Support competence based labour
market services
Support development of competences
of individuals
Fast update of evolutions on the
labour market
Exchange of information (data) with
other authorities and agencies
(education, organisations, )

Goals and opportunities

Basis for new software applications
Create a common competence
language and partnership between
regions and countries
Support job mobility at a national
and international level

Our partners

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Partners
Strategic partnership
In Belgium / Flanders : Synerjob partners
VDAB, Le FOREM, Actiris, Bruxelles-formation,
ADG

In Europe : Ple emploi

Open for interested parties

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Set up of Competent

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ROME v.3
http://www2.pole-emploi.fr/espacecandidat/romeligne/RliIndex.do

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ROME v.3

IT- based system from Ple emploi (France)

Covers the whole labour market
Commented on by social partners and experts
Suitable to support labour market services
Supports reuse and updating of data

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COMPETENT

ROME

14 domains (A N)

Each domain contains

several clusters

Domain A

Cluster 11

Cluster 12

Each cluster contains

Profile

Profile

Profile

several occupations / profiles

A1101

A1102

A1102

Each profile is completed

Profile

Profile

Profile

A110101

A110201

A120101

Standard

Standard

Standard

with additional information

Each profile can contain

1 or more standards for RAC

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ROME
profile

More detailed
information on
skills and
knowledge

Adaptation to
Flemish labour
market (legislation,
education,
certificates)

COMPETENT
profile

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Structure
Starting point = ROME data
Completed with skills and knowledge
Validated sources :

SERV occupational profiles

COBRA profiles from VDAB
Profiles from partners (FOREM, Actiris,)
Foreign validated profiles (e.g. Dutch profiles, British occupational
standards,)

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Demonstration of Competent
http://production.competent.be/

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Process
Competent profiles are managed in an online
workbench

Creation

Evaluation
WORKBENCH
Limited acces

Validation

Publication
Free acces

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Process

Create draft profile

Internal quality control
Social partners provide experts and validators
Experts evaluate the draft
Revision of the draft
2nd evaluation
Validation by validators

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Applications of Competent

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France
(ROME)

Branches and
organisations
HRM

Education

Belgium
(Competent)

VDAB
Labour market
services

Other
countries

AKOV
Qualification
Framewordk

Others

Recognition of
acquired
experience

Individuals

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VDAB
Need for labour market services that are based on validated
occupational profiles
Optimal use of ICT to support front office services to clients
and facilitate back office work processes
Use a common language at content and at a technical level

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AKOV
Competent as a starting point for qualification standards
In relation to the Flemish Qualifications Framework

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Recogniction of acquired experience

Competent as a basis for assessment standards

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Branches and organisations

HRM
Education and training
Job profiles
Competence-based strategies
Skills management
Development of new skills
Green jobs
.

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Need more information ?

Veerle De Keersmaecker
vdkeersmaecker@serv.be
Wim Lefebvre
wlefebvre@serv.be
http://www.serv.be/competentieteam

Head of the Competence team

Leen Vanaerschot
lvanaerschot@serv.be

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Sociaal-Economische Raad
van Vlaanderen
Wetstraat 34-36, 1040 Brussel T +32 2 209 01 11 F +32 2 217 70 08
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