Revision of the Europass framework

‘EU Legislation in Progress’ briefings aim to provide Members of the European Parliament with systematic and automatic analysis on all substantial proposals for EU legislation at every stage of the legislative procedure. Each contains an account of the purpose, content and legal aspects of the legislation proposed, in particular analysing what the legislation would change, as well as any previous legislation and the background. An overview of stakeholders’ views is also provided, as well as the opinions of national parliaments and the two advisory committees.

They are all made publicly available for stakeholders and the public.

First edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure.With more than 60 million CVs created, the Europass framework is the best known European initiative for documenting skills, qualifications and professional experience. Despite having undergone several improvements since its launch, major challenges remain regarding its tools and services due to recent technical, educational and labour market developments.

The European Commission’s October 2016 proposal would revise the Europass tools (and repeal Decision 2241/2004/EC). The objective is to ensure the realisation of the tools' full potential and to update them so that they meet ever-shifting requirements (for instance, the increasing role of non-formal skills and digitalisation). It also aims to raise public awareness and to ensure better synergies with other online tools in the same domain, in order to allow matching, reuse and integration of data.

The proposal is based on two evaluations and includes four different scenarios which progressively build on each other. In the European Parliament, the topic will be discussed in the Culture and Education Committee.

Author: Monika Kiss

EP: EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress http://epthinktank.eu/eu-legislation-in-progress/

ESO: Background information: A New Europass Framework: helping people make their skills and qualifications more visible http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-new-europass-framework-helping-people-make-their-skills-and-qualifications-more-visible/

ESO: Background information: Europass http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-europass-2/

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