The e-Skills QUALITY project (Quality Labels for Training Fostering E-Skills for Competitiveness and Innovation) was launched by the European Commission DG ENTR. The ultimate objective of this project is to develop quality labels for industry-based training and certification (IBTC) in line with the European Commission 2009 Recommendation on a European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Training and Education (EQAVET). Providing a road map towards quality labeling in the IBTC domain is expected to support further integration of industry-based training into vocational education and training (VET) systems at national and regional level, improving transparency and transferability of qualifications in Europe.
The study will also work to provide a reliable picture of e-Skills IBTC supply and demand across Europe, map IBTC offers to a common framework and provide the prototype of an online e-skills service and self assessment tool to stakeholders. The e-skills online service landscape and self assessment tool is available at: http://www.eskillslandscape.eu/. The services are provided by empirica GmbH, Bonn in cooperation with EXIN, Utrecht and a group of IBTC experts, based on a contract with the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry. The project is running from January 2012 to March 2013. It is part of the ‘e-Skills for the 21st Century’ initiative of the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e-skills/.
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The QUALITY project is organising a European Conference "Better e-Skills in Europe Pathways through the e-skills ‘jungle’ and to job-rich recovery, competitiveness and innovation" (working title) to take place on 24 January 2013, 9:30–17:00 hrs at the European Union representation of Bavaria, Rue Wiertz 77, Brussels.