The President's Column
Pierre Morin
After a silence that lasted several months, the CVA Journal is finally back under a new format. Indeed, I am pleased to announce that the Journal will, from now on, be published electronically every three months on the CVA's website... Continues

La Chronique Du Président
Pierre Morin
Après un silence qui aura duré plusieurs mois, le Journal de l'ACFP vous revient sous un nouveau format. En effet, il me fait plaisir d'annoncer que le Journal sera désormais publié sous format électronique au rythme d'un numéro par trimestre, lequel sera disponible sur le site internet de l'ACFP... Suite

Education or Schooling
Dr Don Glendenning
Recently my wife mentioned that a daughter of a friend, or a friend of a friend's daughter, had difficulty finding a job. My wife commented further that she was surprised, in that the young lady in question "had a good education". I asked, "How do you know?" My wife replied, "She has a Master's Degree from" and she named the university. I responded, "I understand that, but how do you know that she has a good education?" This points to a very common bit of faulty thinking that permeates the field of education... Continues

Le DACUM au Burkina Faso
Boubakar Savadogo
Suite à un contrat signé entre Swisscontact et l'ACFP, la première formation des facilitateurs DACUM (élaboration de chartes de compétences et développement de guides d’apprentissage) a été organisée à Ouagadougou du 02 au 13 Mai 2000 et animé par Mr Pierre Morin avec 16 participants dont 8 du Burkina Faso et 8 du Mali... Suite

Competency-Based Training Among Recommendations for Least Developed Countries
Gunter Rochow
Action Learning is both a process and a powerful program that involves a small group of people solving real problems while at the same time focusing on what they are learning and how their learning can benefit each group member and the organization as a whole... Continues

L'implantation de la formation en ligne à la STM
Marc Lacroix
L'implantation de la formation en ligne est maintenant une réalité à la Société de Transport de Montréal. Un grand pas a été franchi en matière de modernisation de nos activités de formation... Suite

CVA and the Mercuriades Competition
Laurie Le Breton
This important event is hosted annually by the Federation of Quebec Chamber of Commerce. This federation is known as the most important business network of the province with the participation of 3000 companies and organizations... Continues

L'ACFP et le concours des Mercuriades
Laurie Le Breton
Ce concours est organisé par la Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec. Cette dernière constitue le plus grand réseau de gens d’affaire du Québec puisqu’elle regroupe 3,000 entreprises qui emploient 730,000 personnes... Suite

DACUM Inspires the Development of the Finnish Vocational Education
Hely Westerholm
I found out that the cooperation between the vocational education and the business world was well developed and functioning smoothly. Especially, competence-based training and DACUM-analysis was used in a concrete way and I believe that the adaptation of DACUM - model into the Finnish vocational education would also be of great benefit... Continues

The CVA Takes DACUM to Finland
Larry Coffin and Pierre Morin
Upon her return to Finland, Ms Westerholm strongly recommended that the CVA be formally invited to provide an overview of the DACUM model as well as to facilitate an analysis, using the DACUM methodology, to identify the competency profile required of instructors at the HBC... Continues

DACUM Workshops and Certification
Jane Louks
The interest in DACUM continues to grow. Workshops are delivered by the CVA as part of its commitment to the professional development of its members, and to the development of highly trained DACUM facilitators and competency-based program development specialists... Continues