Versatile application for various contexts

RPL enhances the quality and credibility of national skills recognition frameworks by developing standardized assessment processes and certification standards with inputs from employer and sector experts. Anchoring the RPL process in national policy and implementation plans ensures coherence across policies, allocation of national resources, and implementation at both local and national levels.  

Accessible assessment and certification processes

The way and place in which assessments are administered can have implications for participation by refugee and host communities. For example, PROSPECTS facilitated an agreement to allow a TVET centre in Kenya to serve as an RPL examination venue, so as to save candidates’ travel costs. Furthermore, in Kenya, Jordan and Uganda, PROSPECTS helped digitalize part of the RPL process, reducing the need for applicants to travel to centres to submit their applications or sit full courses.

Promotes inclusion and access to the labour market

By providing standards that apply to all RPL applicants, regardless of refugee status, gender, age or disability, RPL can support a more level playing field. It allows individuals to gain recognition of skills, regardless of whether they were acquired formally, non-formally or informally. This is especially important for refugees who may not have formal qualifications or whose credentials are not recognized in their host country.