“I didn’t know anything about badging. The pilot opened my eyes to the possibilities for the company I work for. We are now discussing ways of implementing it that we didn’t imagine before.”
Kalu Institute, Spain
Introducing
HPass is a new initiative dedicated to strengthening and supporting humanitarians everywhere.
Focusing on professional development in the humanitarian sector we have developed a digital platform where key players can meet: humanitarian workers and volunteers, learning and assessment providers, and employers.
We have recently piloted the first version of HPass with a view to improving the service before its global launch at the end of 2019.
Advance your
career
Build your
professional profile
Get recognised
For Humanitarians and Volunteers
Become a member
You will soon be able to sign up for a free account on myHPass and join a growing community.
Get recognised
You will be able to see your skills and field experience recognised, and link to courses and assessment that will show what you know and can do.
Develop professionally
You will be able to share your skills, learning, and experience with colleagues and employers, and earn digital badges by developing and demonstrating new skills.
For Organisations and Providers
Create your own Open Badges
You will see how Open Badge digital credentials can map and recognise needed skills. You will be able to issue badges for your courses and assessments.
Learn and meet the standards
You will be able to understand how your organisation performs compared to sector standards for learning and assessment and show this to others.
Develop your workforce
You will be able to use competency-based badges to track the skills that meet your needs.
Contributing Partners
Introducing digital badges
HPass also provides a related opportunity for learning and assessment providers to join a global platform, sign up to sector-recognised standards and provide digital credentials using digital badges. Individuals can store their digital badges on the free platform, MyHPass and share their skills, learning and experiences.
Interested in getting your skills recognised?
Global Standards
We have developed sets of global standards which supply criteria to measure the quality of learning, in consultation with learning and assessment providers from all over the world. We have designed them for organisations, companies, departments and institutes who provide learning services to anyone involved in humanitarian action.
If you meet these standards, you are contributing to the overall commitment that people involved in humanitarian action will have access to high-quality learning programmes that will allow them to work more effectively.
What our pilot participants say:
“Our organisation is exploring Open Badges as a means of capturing information about the learning that has been done within and outside of our organisation. We are looking to use this information to tailor relevant staff development, talent management and job execution opportunities for our staff. To help us recognise and use the learning content that might be available outside of our organisation and use it to the benefit of our organisation – widening our content resources and capitalising on industry efforts to ensure that there are consistent capabilities.”
Kim Lymn, World Vision (Early Adopter badge)
“Humanitarian U is hoping to be able to issue badges to learners who have taken our online and face-to-face training programs. We are also excited to contribute to and be a part of this community of training providers with high quality, standardized, competency-based programs.”
Kirsten Johnson, Humanitarian U (Early Adopter badge)
“I thought this was an immensely helpful process. Thank you for allowing my organisation to participate!”
Alison Greer, Advisor/Manager, WRC: Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises
“It is great to see so many participating organisations who have taken on this challenge to develop a baseline and improve quality standards in learning and assessment across the sector.”
Daisy Bohn, Recruitment & Development Adviser, NORCAP
