TIPTOE - Testing and Implementing EQF- and ECVET-Principles in Trade Organizations and Education

Aim

The main aim of TIPTOE is twofold. Firstly, to establish and to implement a working method in order to get agreement on the linkage of occupations to their corresponding VET-offer and to the EQF in the trade setor in the countries involved in the project. Secondly, this working method is intended to lead to the definition of an overall EU-widely accepted, so-called EQF-map for the trade setor, with accompanying guidelines for the interpretation and application of EQF- and ECVET-terms and principles, so that the method of map-construction can be used in other setors and countries as well.

Specific aims

• to research the labour market, in order to define existing trade occupations, define learning outcomes (KSC) and link them to the EQF;
• to develop a map in which trade occupations are linked to EQF;
• to research the VET-offer for the trade setor, define learning outcomes (KSC) and link them to the EQF;
• to develop a map in which trade education programmes or qualifications are linked to EQF;
• to integrate the two maps in order to make clear the differences between views of the labour market and of the educational field;
• to discuss these differences in a structured way, using the digital workspace and platform, striving for agreement on them;
• to use the results of the discussion in order to construct a definitive EU-wide EQF-map of the trade setor, containing both occupations and VET-offer and to develop guidelines for the interpretation and application of EQF- and ECVET-terms and principles;
• to test and implement the results by using the constructed EU-EQF-map and accompanying guidelines as a tool in concrete instances of transnational student mobility – and by using the guidelines to extend the EU-EQF-map with occupations and VET-programmes/qualifications that have not (yet) been subsumed by the map.
• to valorise the results by informing and involving stakeholders, by organizing an EU-conference in Brussels and by presenting the method and guidelines in the form of a useable and attractive package, in order to allow stakeholders (also from other setors) in the countries involved to use the EU-EQF-map and guidelines instantaneously for the trade setor or to use these as a good practice example and a tool for translating labour market needs in other setors to EQF and ECVET.

Partnership

Promoter:

Kenniscentrum Handel (The Netherlands)
Website: http://www.kchandel.nl
Contact: Pasqualino Mare (p.mare@kchandel.nl)

Partners:

EVTA - European Vocational Training Association (Belgium)
Website: http://www.evta.net
Contact: Pauline van den Bosch (pauline.vandenbosch@evta.net)

AGEFA PME (France)
Website: http://www.agefa.org
Contact: Jean-Jacques Dijoux (jjdijoux@agefa.org)

Bildungszentrum des Sachsischen Handels gGmbH (Germany)
Website: http://www.bildung24.net
Contact: Michael Struss (bz-handel-leipzig@handel-sachsen.de)

Handelsverband Sachsen e.V. (Germany)
Website: http://www.handel-sachsen.de
Contact: Eberhard Lucas (hvs-land@handel-sachsen.de)

CPV - Veneto Productivity Centre (Italy)
Website: http://www.cpv.vi.it
Contact: Enrico Bressan (bressan@cpv.org)

Politechnic University of Turin (Italy)
Website: http://www.polito.it
Contact: Lamberti Fabrizio (fabrizio.lamberti@polito.it)

USR-VENETO - Ministery of Education - Regional Office Veneto (Italy)
Website: http://www.istruzioneveneto.it
Contact: Alberto Cacco (alberto.cacco@istruzione.it)

Lithuanian Labour Market and Training Authority (Lithuania)
Website: http://www.darborinka.lt/english
Contact: Odeta Gurskiene (ogurskiene@llmta.lt)

Albeda College (The Netherlands)
Website: http://www.albeda.nl
Contact: Jacques Haenen (j.haenen@albeda.nl)

SOG - Stichting Opleidingsfonds Groothandel (The Netherlands)
Website: http://www.sog.nl
Contact: J. Letteboer (algemeen@sog.nl)

HBD - Hoofdbedrijfschap Detailhandel (The Netherlands)
Website: http:// www.hbd.nl
Contact: A. Van Doorn (a.vandoorn@hbd.nl)

CECOA – Vocational Training Centre for the Trade (Portugal)
Website: http://www.cecoa.pt
Contact: Filipa Kirkby (filipa.kirkby@cecoa.pt)

ANQ - National Agency for Qualifications (Portugal)
Website: http://www.anq.gov.pt
Contact: Sandra Lameira (sandra.lameira@anq.gov.pt)

Vision Systems (Romania)
Website:http://www.vision-systems.ro
Contact: Bujdei Catalin (cbujdei@vision-systems.ro)

CPI - National Institute for Vocational Education and Training (Slovenia)
Website: http://www.cpi.si
Contact: Bojana Sever (bojana.sever@cpi.si)

CPU - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Institute for Business Education (Slovenia)
Website: http://www.cpu.si
Contact: Janez Dekleva (janez.dekleva@cpu.si)

ZDS - Association of Employers of Slovenia (Slovenia)
Website: http://www.zds.si
Contact: Anze Hirsl (anze.hirsl@zds.si)

EDEXCEL (United Kingdom)
Website: http://www.edexcel.com
Contact: Eddie Connor (eddie.connor@edexcel.org.uk)

Products/Results

• Research report on trade occupations;
• EQF-map of trade occupations;
• Research report on trade education;
• EQF-map of trade education;
• EU-EQF-map and accompanying guideline document;
• EU-conference;
• Test report;
• Good practice report;
• Dissemination package;
• Valorisation package.

Duration
November 2008 – September 2010

Framework
Lifelong Learning Programme
Leonardo da Vinci Sub-programme
Multilateral Projects -  Transfer of Innovation

 
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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