Year 2009

Project Type Development of Innovation

Status running

Country EU-Centralised Projects

Marketing Text The Europass CS eco-tools developed by eCOTOOL are a brand new solution that is not yet available neither in whole Europe nor in any of the LLP countries.
The overall objective of eCOTOOL is to improve the development, exchange, and maintenance of VET certificates and their accessibility and transparency by harmonizing Europass with other European instruments (EQF, ECVET) and e-competences. This will increase the European mobility and transparency of VET systems. The main benefits of the Europass CS eco-tools are:

•Better accessibility to existing Europass Certificate Supplements (CS) by ensuring full interoperability amongst any given IT system

•Easier development and maintenance of further Europass Certificate Supplements

•Simple exchange of Europass Certificate Supplements between any online platforms and repositories

•Enhancing European mobility by improving comparisons of VET solutions and their certificates.

Summary eCOTOOL focuses on (1) the improvement of the development, exchange, and maintenance of vocational education and training (VET) certificates and their accessibility and transparency and on (2) the increasing of the European mobility and transparency in general.
To achieve these objectives eCOTOOL develops the adaptable Europass CS eco-tools based on the European policies Europass Certificate Supplement (CS), EQF, ECVET, and PAS 1093.
The Europass CS eco-tools will be tested and evaluated in the agricultural sector.
Finally the eCOTOOL results are submitted to the European Standardization Committees (CEN/TC 353) to achieve a European consensus and standard for VET competences.

Description eCOTOOL will provide a generic and adaptable competence model for VET certificates and in particular the Europass Certificate Supplement (CS) eco-tools. These Europass CS eco-tools will consist of (1) an application profile (that is an abstract information model as a formal description of the combination and integration of the European instruments that can be used for developing and programming technical tools in any IT system and language) and (2) technical tools (XML bindings as data models that can be used and implemented within any IT system, repository, and architecture while retaining full interoperability and functionality).

Themes     Labor market
    Sustainability
    ICT
    Lifelong learning
    Recognition, transparency, certification
    Vocational guidance
    Enterprise, SME
    Ecology
    Continuous training
    Utilization and distribution of results
    Quality
    Intercultural learning
    Higher education
    Open and distance learning
    Initial training
    Others

Sectors     Education
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
    Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security
    Administrative and Support Service Activities
    Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
    Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
    Information and Communication
    Other Service Activities

Product Types website
transparency and certification
procedure for the analysis and prognosis of the vocational training requirement
evaluation methods
distribution methods

Product information The eCOTOOL project will provide advanced and sustainable instruments and tools
for the Europass Certificate Supplement (CS): First an application profile will be developed as an information model from the European instruments to become the European standard for certificate repositories based on the Europass CS specification. This information model will delivered with a full XML binding to complete the Europass CS eco-tools and to support and facilitate their dissemination to and application in all European countries.

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