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Magazines ECVET

To keep in touch with new developments concerning ECVET implementation in Europe, consult the ECVET magazines produced twice a year by the ECVET-Team.

ECVET Magazines

Available from the download area

The editions currently produced :

ECVET Mag 1 – 06/2010

Editorial by Joao Delgado, Head of Unit VET & and LDV of the European Commission, DG EAC
Articles :
- the approach of the SME Master plus project working in the area of skilled crafts
- the work of the project OPIR which is ready to test ECVET for mobility in 2010
- the way the project CAPE-SV in the sector of performing arts faced the issues about transparency and recognition of qualifications
- the VET reforms related to ECVET in the French Community of Belgium
- the role of ECVET in recognising knowledge, skills and competence, including those achieved outside the formal learning context

ECVET Mag 2 – 10/2010

Editorial and interviews on the context and development of ECVET
Presentation of the ECVET Network : ECVET governance and network activities, calendar of ECVET workshops and seminars
Examples of practice :
- Supporting learning pathways;
- ECVET in Germany 'DECVET';
- ECVET in the Czech Republic;

ECVET Mag 3 – 01/2011

Editorial: Stefano Di Giusto from the Education, Audivisual and Culture Executive Agency;
Articles :
- presentations about the ASSET and VaLOReg projects ;
- synthesis of results from the ECVET workshop in Prague;
- linking ECVET and ECTS by the project Be-TWIN.

ECVET Mag 4– 04/2011

Editorial : Christian Lettmayr, Acting Director of Cedefop;
Articles :
- the results of the OPIR project, from their final conference on 18-19 February in Brussels;
- designing and testing of mobility units developed by the AEROVET project;
- the way the CREDCHEM project developped and tested a credit system for enhancing mobility in the chemical sector;
- the tests done on mobility in the tourism sector by the M.O.T.O project ;
Information :
- phase of development of ECVET in Europe;
- seventh ECVET seminar in Vienna

ECVET Mag 5– 05/2011

Editorial by UEAPME
Articles :
- The ECVET team and its activites
- presentation of NetECVET : the ECVET Thematic network
- Is ECVET an asset to mobility?
- ECVET for Transnational Mobility : the Austrian approach
- ECVET and the Catalan VET system
- VET reform in Turkey : the key of ECVET

ECVET Mag6 - 11/2011

Editorial : Erik Hess, Policy officer ECVET, European Commission, DG EAC;
Articles :
- presentation of the 2nd generation of ECVET pilot projects started in January 2011;
- presentation of NETINVET, the network founded as a result of the RECOMFOR project;
- the impact of CAPE-SV project on the French social partners;
- the testing of the ECVET technical specifications by the NETWORK project;
News from the ECVET Forum in Madrid in June 2011.