Service for the validation and certification of acquired professional skills.

All citizens residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores (over 18) through the Valorizar Network.

The Valorizar Network provides for the following services for the validation and certification of professional skills:
– Recognition, validation and certification of professional skills acquired throughout life, for the effects of placements in qualification paths;
– Recognition, validation and certification of skills acquired throughout life, for the purpose of obtaining a certain level of education and qualification;
– The final validation of modular training paths of users, for the purposes of certification and obtaining a certain level of education and qualification, within the regulatory framework applicable to modular training.

To access the Valorizar Network services, you must register by submitting the following:
– identification document (Third Country Nationals must submit a residence permit);
– secondary education certification (it is only possible for foreign nationals to register after their academic qualifications have been granted by a Portuguese educational establishment, the Regional Directorate of Education or by the General Directorate of Higher Education, as applicable).

Training and Employment Centers, the Valorizar Network, the island services of the Regional Directorate for Vocational Training and  Employment or through the Azores Employment Website.