The Qualifications PillarUpdate

Member States Working Group23 June 2017

1. ESCO: the 3 pillars

~ 3 000 occupations ~ 13 500 Skills Qualifications

Date: in 12 pts

2. Publishing qualifications in EU portals (LOQ* and ESCO)

- Collecting existing data on qualifications

• - Indirect and direct inclusion

*Learning opportunities and qualifications in Europe

Member State’sNational

QualificationsDatabases

International and sectoralqualifications

ESCO

LOQ

InternQual

Indirectinclusion

Directinclusion

2. Publishing information on qualificationsin EU portals (LOQ and ESCO)A progressive approach

STEP 1

Bulding a

common

aproach to

display qualifications

STEP 2

Collecting information

on qualifications:

LOQ and ESCO

STEP 3

Linkingqualifications to the other ESCO

pillars

Since2012

currently 2018 onwards

Launch of ESCO v1

Date: in 12 pts

3. Pilot projects on qualifications

Publication of information1• Testing the schema and the inclusion of qualifications in ESCO

•Sweden, Spain, UK-Scotland, Greece, Slovakia, Microsoft, Amazon, EWF, ECOO

Annotation2• Annotating learning outcomes of qualifications with ESCO skills

•UK-Scotland, Greece, Microsoft

Towards an approach for direct inclusion3• Identify potential issues regarding quality assurance of qualifications notincluded in NQFs

•Amazon, Microsoft, EWF, ECOO

Date: in 12 pts

Annotation: what for?

What is the challenge?

Education and training systems are diverse in structure, tradition andoutput and they use different languages

Need for a shared understanding

ESCO provides a common language: Cedefop study “The role

of LOs in supporting dialogue between labour market and educationand training”: comparing 10 VET qualifications using ESCO

What is annotation?

Adding structured data (ESCO skills) to already existing content(Learning outcomes), without changing that content

Fostering transparency and comparability

Date: in 12 pts

Example: annotating LO of “Diploma of Maritimestudies” (UK Scotland) with ESCO Skills

LO as defined by theScottish Authority

Additional data providedby related ESCO concept

Date: in 12 pts

Pilot projects on qualifications: showcase annotation of learningoutcomes

http://qpilot.cogni.zone/detail/0#lang=en&detailUri=http://www.example.com/qpilot/qualification/mari

Date: in 12 pts

4. How can I get my qualificationspublished in EU Portals? (1)

LOQ

ESCO

Qualificationsdataset registerMember States:

National QualificationsDatabases

Private Awarding Bodies

Future: Europass 2 ?

Date: in 12 pts

4. How can I get my qualificationspublished in EU Portals? (2)

- Web platform ready in July 2017

- Member States having developed national qualifications databasesaccording to CfP 2014, 2015 or 2016 can upload their data in the web

- This data will be published in LOQ and, on a voluntary basis, in ESCO

- Technical support provided upon request: testing data and supportvisits

- Test with Greece

Thank you!

EQF Recommendation-Annex VI