Modular ECVET System

• Title: M-ECVET-S
• Programme: DE/09/LLP-LdV/TOI/147 251
• Contractor: IBS (Germany)
• Area of Activity: Education
• Duration of the Project: 24 months
• EC Co-financing: 272,657 EUR
• Start Date: 25th September 2009

Objectives

• This innovation transfer project (ITP) shall advance and enhance the ECVET-based method for the assessment of professional competencies that has been developed in the EU-project ESO-CERT so that it will be applicable on a European-wide basis.
• Using the method of standardized competence verification and certification in a credit system for vocational training – an approach for the integration of the ECVET.
• Sectoral transfer of the method that was used for management competences in the ESO-CERT project to the area of vocational further training for commercial purposes.
• Regional transfer to the new partner countries in the project.

Project Deliverables

1. European method for the calculation of credit points for formal training courses in the field of professional training, including the informal and non-formal learning outcomes.
2. action-oriented description of competencies, which outlines a European modular further training system in the field of commercial competencies that are typical of SMEs
3. Practical example of awarding credit points for action-oriented commercial competences, including and considering formal, informal and non-formal learning
4. Tested and ready-for-use online based competence assessment process for commercial competences in companies
5. Analysis of the progress of the introduction and implementation of ECVET in Europe in the field of vocational training, analysis of pilot projects that deal with ECVET.

Contact Information

E: neville.hunt@beds.ac.uk
W: M-ECVET-S project