The NFE-QA Network

The Non-Formal Education Quality Assurance Network aims to increase the quality of Non-Formal Education in Europe and increase the recognition of this quality. The network works on three strands: expertise, capacity building and policy. The network supports the members in assuring the quality of their education and to increase the understanding of it by other actors in society. The network is run in its start up phase by the European Youth Forum.

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NEWS

Quality Education: from the class room to youth organisations

Tuesday 19th April 2011 saw the Network on Quality Assurance in Non-Formal Education be officially presented to the world of lifelong learning during a European Youth Forum's conference on the subject.

The event, which took place in Brussels, brought together Europe's leading education quality assurance experts to join with youth organisations and education stakeholders to discuss how quality assurance can link different education providers and be tool to build a European lifelong learning society.

The results of the European Youth Forum's pilot project on quality assurance in non-formal education were presented during the event, where participants discussed and proposed how to develop quality education further together. All information and supporting documents from the conference will soon be available on the Non-Formal Education Quality Assurance website.

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Capacity Building Actions

The network works on capacity building of the members and runs the quality assurance process that members can sign up for. If members consistently use the quality assurance scheme in their non-formal education programmes and are positively reviewed by their peers, they can receive the label : Provider of Quality NFE. The network will develop the label by 2013.

Expertise Centre

The network has two types of members: providers of Non-Formal Education and Education Stakeholders (institutions, other education providers, parents, etc). The members go through the quality assurance procedure and report on it to the stakeholders to develop a common understanding of Non-Formal Education and to build trust in the quality of NFE.

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Towards a European Framework on NFE-QA

The European Youth Forum is facilitating the political process towards an agreement on how to organise quality assurance of Non-Formal Education on European level. Together with institutions and partners, we aim to have an official agreement in the form of a European Framework on Quality in Non-Formal Education.