[en] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Garamond-Light; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond-Light; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">According to a 2006 survey of the working population, 44,3% of employees don?t have the proper qualifications for their employment. As it happens in all developed countries, these workers didn?t have the opportunity to study when they were young and started to work at a very young age and is at their work place where they have learnt all they know. In a way, they are workers that have obtained their professional skills at their work place but lack the proper qualifications. The accreditation system tries to do justice with these workers by recognizing and certifying that they have obtained their professional skills qualifications by Non Formal and Informal means of Education. In this paper we show part of the results of a research about the </span><em><span style="font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Accreditation System</span></em><span style="font-family: Garamond-Light; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond-Light; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">: firstly we discuss the concept of competence and its evaluation; secondly we talk about the methodology, the protocols used in the accreditation system and the various stages to follow; finally we look at the way these accreditation systems are being formulated at international levels and in Spain.</span></span>

[es] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Garamond-Light; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond-Light; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Seg?n los datos de la Encuesta de Poblaci?n Activa del 2006, el 44,3% de la poblaci?n ocupada espa?ola carece de formaci?n relacionada con el trabajo. Como sucede pr?cticamente en todos los pa?ses desarrollados, se trata de unos trabajadores que no han podido estudiar en su momento y se han puesto a trabajar desde muy j?venes y es precisamente en el puesto de trabajo donde han aprendido lo que saben y ponen al servicio de la producci?n. Dicho de otra manera, son trabajadores que han adquirido las competencias propias de una titulaci?n profesional, pero no tienen el t?tulo correspondiente. Los sistemas de acreditaci?n de la experiencia tratan de hacer justicia con estos trabajadores, reconociendo y certificando que mediante sistemas no formales o informales de educaci?n han podido adquirir las competencias propias de una titulaci?n. Presentamos en este art?culo parte de los resultados de un trabajo de investigaci?n sobre </span><em><span style="font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond-LightItalic; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Sistemas de Acreditaci?n</span></em><span style="font-family: Garamond-Light; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond-Light; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">: en primer lugar abordamos el concepto de competencia y el de evaluaci?n de la competencia; a continuaci?n hacemos una rese?a sobre la metodolog?a, los documentos o protocolos que se emplean en los sistemas de acreditaci?n y las fases a seguir; finalmente entramos en el modo en que estos sistemas de acreditaci?n de la experiencia se est?n planteando a nivel internacional y en Espa?a.</span></span>