Competence based assessment

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Competence-based Assessment and Certification of
HR Professionals HR WEB COMPASS
Vision and Main Objectives
Elmira Bancheva, Ph.D
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Project questions
How BHRMDA define the standards for what
constitutes an HR professional and the
competencies they need to be able to apply at the
various levels of professional activityHow
BHRMDA could certify the attainment of
professional standards and the learning and
development routes that can be pursued to keep
those competencies up to dateWhether there are
generic standards of professionalism in human
resource management common to the standards in
other countries and, if so, what professional
standards might be appropriate to certify the
attainment of those competencies.

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• Methodology
• A systematic review of national and
  international best practice in HRM/HRD
• A survey of public and private VET providers of
  HRM/HRD practices
• Interviews with key HR Professionals and VET
  practitioners
• Case studies through interview and
  observations of HR professionals and VET
  providers to establish current learning and
  development practices
• Document analyses
• Dialogue with different networks (industries,
  professional associations, etc).
• Outcomes
• On the basis of this study BHRMDA, in
  partnership with The School of Management, NBU,
  introduced for the first time in Bulgaria
  occupational standards for HR professionals
  corresponding closely to the internationally
  recognized standards of CIPD (UK). Furthermore
  BHRMDA established an Institute of Certified HR
  Professionals as an awarding body and an
  Assessment Center at the School of Management,
  NBU.

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Competence and Competencies
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Place of ICP
BHRMDA
ICP
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Quality Assurance System
Standards for competence of HR Professionals
BHRMDA-ICP
Awarding membership
External Examiner
Internal Examiner
SM-NBU (Assessment Centre)
Assessor
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Procedure for accreditation of PAC Centres
ICP
Report
Award Committee
Assign
Decision
External verifier
Report
Application for accreditation
Audits
Lettre for accreditation
Centre for PAC
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WEB HR COMPASS Target groups

• 1. Life long learners
• HR professionals
• By extension - all managerial and professional
  staff, students

2. Assessors, advisors, verifiers, administrative
staff from Centers for assessment and development
(CAD), Awarding Bodies and even Universities
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Needs of Target groups

• Lifelong learners
• Easy and appropriate access
• User friendly interface
• Different and easier ways for collecting and
  presenting evidences
• Facilitation of the process - easy access to the
  library with different helps
• Higher objectivity of assessment
• Recognition of Vocational qualifications
  throughout EU

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Needs of Target groups

• Assessors, advisors, verifiers, administrative
  staff
• Easy and appropriate access
• User friendly interface
• Transparency
• Systematic arrangements for registering and
  explaining the
• evaluation decisions
• Traceability
• Easier communications between themselves
• Less paperwork
• Facilitation of the process - easy access to the
  library with different
• helps

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Aims and objectives

• To develop and pilot a system and environment
  for valuing formal, non formal and informal
  learning of HR professionals through reliable
  identification, assessment and recognition of
  competence
• To support preparation of a base for transfer
  and mutual recognition of formal certificates and
  diplomas awarded to people who have met
  transnational competence-based standards
• To develop a system capable for use in
  competence-based assessment of other categories
  of professionals
• To pilot several innovations
• To promote the lifelong learning, creating
  possibilities for its recognition
• To facilitate and extend the access to the
  evaluation
• To create a competence data base

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Expected results

• International network established
• Key processes of WEB COMPASS identified
• Guides for different stakeholders
• Competence framework appropriate for 360 degree
  assessment
• Software incl. Code and system logic - developed
  and tested
• HR WEB COMPASS system, including the software -
  piloted
• Trained stakeholders
• Quality assurance system in place
• Results disseminated properly