Transparency Documents

Added by Cleo Sgouropoulou, last edited by Simon Grant on Jul 06, 2009  (view change)

The Europass Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Council and the Commission

This Decision establishes a single Community framework for achieving the transparency of qualifications and competences by means of the creation of a personal, coordinated portfolio of documents, to be known as 'Europass', which citizens can use on a voluntary basis to better communicate and present their qualifications and competences throughout Europe...

In order to implement this Decision, the Commission and the relevant national authorities shall cooperate in setting up and managing a Europass Internet-based information system, which shall include elements managed at Community level and elements managed at national level.

[pdf]

The European Quality Charter for Mobility Recommendation No 2006/961/EC of the European Council and the Commission


This Charter offers guidance for mobility undertaken by individual young people or adults, for the purposes of formal and non-formal learning and for their personal and professional development. It has been designed as a basic reference document, which takes account of national situations and respects Member States' competences. Its scope and content may be adapted to suit the duration of the mobility and the particularities of the various educational, training and youth activities as well as the needs of the participants. Although primarily addressing mobility for learning purposes, it is felt that this guidance could also be useful for other types of mobility, such as mobility for work...

[pdf]

Learner-owned documents

Europass-CV

The Europass-CV provides citizens with the opportunity to present in a clear and comprehensive way information on all their qualifications and competences.

Europass-CV Examples from the Europass Cedefop site.

Europass Language Portfolio

The European Language Portfolio provides citizens with the opportunity to present their language skills. It consists of three documents: the Europass Language Passport, the Language Biography and the Dossier

Europass Language Passport Examples from the Europass Cedefop site.

Institution-owned documents

Europass-Mobility

The Europass-Mobility records periods of learning attended by its holders in countries other than their own.

 Europass Mobility Examples from the Europass Cedefop site.

Europass Diploma Supplement

The Europass Diploma Supplement provides information on its holder's educational achievements at higher education level.

Europass Diploma Supplement Examples from the Europass Cedefop site.

Europass Diploma Supplement TEMPLATE from the Europass Cedefop site.

Europass Certificate Supplement

The Europass Certificate Supplement describes the competences and qualifications corresponding to a vocational training certificate.

Europass Certificate Supplement Examples from the Europass Cedefop site.

Labels

 
(None)

Comments (2)

 

  1. Dec 04, 2008

    Simone Ravaioli says:

    For Institutionowned documents (Mobility, Dimploma Supplment, Certificate Supple...

    For Institution-owned documents (Mobility, Dimploma Supplment, Certificate Supplement:

    What specific instistution owns which document ?

    • Diploma Supplement - Higher Education Institution of the student. The university has all the academic records (data) in its system.
    • Certificate Supplement - NEC (National Europass Centers) ?  Question: how does the NEC have all the info about "professional" experience of an individual ? this data may be scattered around various systems, institutions and offices and in multiple format (electronic and paper)
    • Mobility- NEC (National Europass Centers) ?  Question: how does the NEC have all the info about "professional" experience of an individual ? this data may be scattered around various systems, institutions and offices and in multiple format (electronic and paper)

  2. Dec 08, 2008

    Cleo Sgouropoulou says:

    SImone, below I express my understanding concerning  the ownership of the C...

    SImone, below I express my understanding concerning  the ownership of the CS and EM documents

    The Certificate Supplement is issued for providing additional info to formal vocational education and training programme certificates. It does not refer to professional experiences of the individual, but to the skills/competencies acquired through a formal vocational/training period. As far as public vocational education and training organizations are concerned, many countries have already developed CS inventories for the types of certificates they provide. Private institutions can also issue CSs in collaboration with NECs. So, I would say, awarding institutions are the owners of the CSs, as is the case with the universities and DSs. However, there might be a procedure for private institutions (e.g. to be NEC certified) to be able to issue recognised CSs.

    The Europass Mobility is a record of any organised period of time that a person spends in another European country for the purpose of learning or training. The mobility experience is monitored by two partner organisations, the first in the country of origin and the second in the host country. Both partners agree on the purpose, content and duration of the experience; a mentor is identified in the host country. The partners may be universities, schools, training centres, companies, NGOs, etc.Here, again, the two partner organizations are responsible for managing the relevant data.