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The European Credit Point System for Vocational Education and Training - Testing and development between 2009 and 2013

Special issue dedicated to the Joint ECVET conference held on 24-25 October 2013 in Brussels. Download ECVET Magazine No 17 - February 2014.
Article by Anette Curth and Daniela Ulicná, (ICF GHK). The European Credit Point System for Vocational Education and Training - Testing and development between 2009 and 2013
Since the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Recommendation in June 2009 many activities have been launched to test and develop ECVET in practice. The Council and the European Parliament have placed a strong emphasis on the necessity to experiment and test ECVET, through, among others initiatives, the establishment of pilot projects. In 2008, the European Commission issued a call for proposals to finance international partnerships under the Lifelong Learning Programme, whose aim was to test the implementation of the ECVET process in the context of learners’ geographical mobility. As a result, eleven pilot projects were selected...
Reaching a milestone and taking stock of what was achieved
The conference marks a milestone in the journey regarding the implementation of ECVET. In 2014 – hence, five years after the adoption of the ECVET Recommendation – the Commission will report to the European Parliament and the Council on the results of the testing and assessment of actions taken at Member State level. This may result in a review and adaptation of the Technical Specifications on ECVET as described in the Annexes to the Recommendation...
Conclusions and next steps
ECVET has a contribution to make to students’ mobility as well as to lifelong learning. It can improve the quality of students’ mobility and it can support lifelong learning by supporting people in transition between jobs, countries, educational levels and professions, through validation and recognition of prior learning. See more in ECVET Magazine No 17 - February 2014.

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