Address to: Quality Assurance in Life-Long Learning (QALLL)

Irish National QALLL Seminar

Input on behalf of the Ballymun Job Centre (BJC)

By: Peter Nolan, Independent Consultant(Commissioned Delegate of the BJC to the QALLL Network)

05th December 2012 Dublin

Peter Nolan, Independent ConsultantTo the Ballymun Job Centre (BJC) QALLL National Seminar / Dublin

BJC Participation in the QALLL Dynamic Agenda & Workload:

QALLL Network Meeting: Bled, Slovenia (March, 2011)BJC Delegate Presentation: QA in the Non-Formal & Informal Sector

QALLL Network Meeting: Berlin, Germany (Nov, 2011)BJC Delegate Chaired Discussion Group: QS-Do they Contribute to Professionalization of Staff

QALLL Network Meeting: Vienna, Austria (Nov,2012)

BJC Delegate Presented: BJC’s eGuide - as part of QALLL (Island IV): QA in Special Areas

Peter Nolan, Independent ConsultantTo the Ballymun Job Centre (BJC) QALLL National Seminar / Dublin

BJC QALLL Delegate’s Observations & Learning: 1. QALLL - Networking Opportunity with Likeminded Professionals2. QALLL - Enabled an Appreciation of the Dynamic Nature of EU QA Policy

Development 3. QALLL - Promoted Reflection & Learning the Examined anticipated EU

QA Policy against actual EU Member State QA Development & Realities 4. QALLL - Provided Opportunities to Benchmark QA Best Practice Theories,

Concepts and Local Challenges5. QALLL - Encouraged debate on Nurturing & Championing a Quality

Culture by the application of the Quality Circle6. QALLL - Local Impact- Bringing the QALLL Knowledge & Learning back

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