This Guiding Note aims to identify structuring elements for an analysis of informal apprenticeship and the possibilities for improving its relevance, performance and thus quality. To this end, the analysis focuses on two of the main dimensions to be described and analysed: the creation and recognition of competencies, in the context of informal apprenticeship, i.e., in the workplace with employers in the informal economy. It is also an opportunity to provide conceptual clarification as words pile up, often telescoping, but not necessarily making much sense. Terms like recognition and informal, for example, are polysemous in this context and cover different realities. Since these realities are often close, this contributes to the complexity of usage, not to mention mistranslations, from English to French typically. Definitions are therefore proposed, and carefully adjusted for the French and English version of this Note: they aim to agree on concepts, rather than words, and to provide points of comparison, to complete the clarification of the glossary useful for informal apprenticeship.
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