About Us
We provide the world with standards and public digital infrastructure to make human contribution visible.
The Council Advancing Work-Based Learning (CAWBL) serves as the global steward for learning rooted in lived experience and purposeful contribution. Operating from Canada without borders, we provide the digital and human infrastructure required to move from fragmented recognition practices to a unified, global system.
We believe that people already hold the proof of their capacity. Yet most of that learning remains invisible due to a structural gap in our public infrastructure that leaves contributions unacknowledged.
Our Commitment to the Individual
A fundamental code we live by at CAWBL is that every contribution matters and should be counted. This is why we are building the global infrastructure to make human capacity visible, trusted, and portable.
THIRD SPACE STORY
We name and protect the gap between knowing and being calling it - The Third Space.
We are taught that learning happens in a classroom (Preparation) and that work happens in a role (Alignment). But there is a “Third Space.” It is the vast territory of human growth that exists in the quiet, unrecorded moments of contribution. It is found in the way a caregiver anticipates a need, a volunteer leads a team, or a tradesperson masters a craft through effort and responsibility.
This is Work-Based Learning. It is not a secondary path; it is the fundamental system of human development. CAWBL was founded to ensure this space is no longer a footnote in a resume, but a validated record of a person’s full capacity.
INFRASTRUCTURE OF RECOGNITION
To make the invisible legible, we have built a three-part ecosystem that functions as a global commons for human skill.
The Identity Layer (WBLNS™)
The Visibility Layer (PathLedger™)
The Trust Layer (Hubs & Studios)
Jeremy McQuigge
Secretary-General
I founded CAWBL to ensure that Work-Based Learning is recognized as the global system it has always been. Every day, I am reminded that recognition is not just about standards or platforms—it is about the dignity of the person. Our commitment is to build a future where a person's worth is defined by their contribution, not just their credentials.
