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Designing Recognition Ecosystems for Sectors and Regions

Governance, standards, quality and funding for recognition at scale.

  • Ability
  • L5 Shape
  • Leadership
  • Ecosystem and recognition partnerships
  • ICB-L02
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Why this course

ICoBC's third segment wants to set standards and drive regional adoption. This is the most demanding course; it is in Wave 3 because demand is narrower and it benefits from case material from earlier pilots.

What you will be able to do

  1. Analyse an ecosystem's actors, incentives and trust relationships.
  2. Design governance, standards and quality arrangements for a sector or region.
  3. Plan funding and sustainability.
  4. Plan adoption across organisations.

Modules

  1. Ecosystem analysis
  2. Governance design
  3. Standards choices
  4. Funding
  5. Adoption

Assessment

Ecosystem blueprint presented to a panel.

Badge evidence: Blueprint; panel record.

Prerequisites: ICB-A11

Who it is for

  • Associations and policy

Framework alignment

ICSFframeworkECOSskillL5levelAstage

Ecosystem and recognition partnerships (ECOS, VRITE pillar Value)

Related skills: Policy and regulatory navigation, Standards and interoperability. About the framework

Use in your organisation

In corporate training

Blended cohort module for staff in company academies. Badge aligns to ICSF ECOS L5 (SFIA 6 to 7) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as skill evidence; competency on the job needs a V-series validation.

In education

Micro-credential of 16 h notional workload (about 0.6 ECTS), indicative EQF 7 to 8, assessed by assessed practical task with rubric. Stacks into pathway PW07.

EU micro-credential elements

Awarding body ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 16 h (about 0.6 ECTS). Level: ICSF L5, EQF 7 to 8 (indicative). Type of assessment: assessed practical task with rubric. Form of participation: Blended: online self-study and facilitated cohort sessions. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-A11.

Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.

Part of these pathways

Quality and AI

Quality focus: All five VRITE pillars.

AI dimension: AI systems as actors in the ecosystem.

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