Translation of "une nouvelle validation " (French → English) :

72. Highlights the fact that making use of new learning opportunities and making the most of knowledge, skills and competences acquired outside formal education can play an important role in enhancing employability; underlines the importance of non-formal and informal validation; welcomes the Commission proposal for a Council recommendation inviting the Member States to establish validation systems by 2015, linked to the European Qualification Framework, including the possibility of obtaining a full or partial qualification on the basis of non-formal or informal learning;

Any change made to the mathematical model or to the software likely to invalidate the validation report shall be brought to the attention of the approval authority which may require that a new validation process is conducted.

The accompanying flagship initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and the ‘Agenda for new skills and jobs’ emphasise the need for more flexible learning pathways that can improve entry into and progression in the labour market, facilitate transitions between the phases of work and learning and promote the validation of non-formal and informal learning.

However, there is an increasing need for new methods to be developed and proposed for validation, which requires a reference laboratory of the Union for the validation of alternative methods to be established formally.

The research will focus on a number of strands: the development and validation of new industrial models and strategies covering all aspects of product and process life-cycle; adaptive production systems that overcome existing process limitations and enable new manufacturing and processing methods; networked production to develop tools and methods for co-operative and value-added operations at a global scale; tools for the rapid transfer and integration of new technologies into the design and operation of manufacturing processes; and the exploitation of multidisciplinary research networks and of the convergence of the nano-, bio-, inf ...[+++]o- and cognitive technologies to develop new hybrid technologies, products and engineering concepts and the possibility of new industries.

The research will focus on a number of strands: the development and validation of new industrial models and strategies covering all aspects of product and process life-cycle; adaptive production systems that overcome existing process limitations and enable new manufacturing and processing methods; networked production to develop tools and methods for co-operative and value-added operations at a global scale; tools for the rapid transfer and integration of new technologies into the design and operation of manufacturing processes; and the exploitation of multidisciplinary research networks and of the convergence of the nano-, bio-, inf ...[+++]o- and cognitive technologies to develop new hybrid technologies, products and engineering concepts and the possibility of new industries.