The Council and the European Parliament have placed a strong emphasis on the necessity to experiment and test ECVET, through, among others initiatives, the establishment of pilot projects.
In 2008, the European Commission issued a call for proposal to finance projects under the lifelong learning action programme whose aim was to test the implementation of the ECVET process. As a result, ten pilot projects were selected.
This section of the ECVET testing and development website presents the ten ECVET pilot projects. Particular focus is given to the motivation and approach adopted by each of the ten pilot projects. This section also provides information about the duration of the project, the target groups, the project’s partners and the contact details of the project promoter.
It is likely that the Commission will publish a new call for proposal to fund other ECVET pilot projects in the near future.
In addition to the ten ECVET pilot projects funded under the lifelong learning action programme, other projects relating to the ECVET testing and development exist. These concern the European Qualification Framework (EQF) projects, which offer interesting complementarities with the ECVET pilot projects and the national ECVET projects.
Details of these projects are also presented on this website.