The proposed research will exploit the results of current activities and provide a systematic analysis of the level of readiness of each of the European Member States and how ePortfolios can best support the implementation of Europass.

While the promise of ePortfolios for the creation of a culture of lifelong and lifewide learning is vast, the full promise will be only achieved under certain conditions:

• Readiness of policies at local, regional and national levels – eLearning strategies for lifelong learning are needed that include ePortfolios and Europass, and support mobility, transparency and the vision of the Maastricht declaration for quality and learning based on outcomes.
• Readiness of people in education and training systems – the competencies of teachers, trainers, administrators and managers need upgrading to implement, produce, use and assess ePortfolios.
• Readiness of organisations – organisations need to review internal policies and procedures to reap the full benefit of ePortfolios, e.g. for competency management and development and recruitment.
• Readiness of information systems – learner information such as Europass documents must be easily transferable/readable from/to one country and information system to another. ePortfolios must be compliant with emerging ePortfolio standards and interoperability frameworks and new architectures such as peer-to-peer systems.
  

Download and read the study leaflet

Or read about the Launch meeting on March 31st.

Who should subscribe? (see the experts and current subscribers) National Europass Centres, Public Authorities, Employment Agencies, Human Resources and staffing services, Universities, Certifying Bodies, and all actors of education and training, human resources development and management. Contact: serge.ravet@eife-l.org

Subscriber benefits:

Subscribers will receive privileged access to results and will contribute to the definition of the final deliverable, which will be a comprehensive report detailing the findings of the study and consultation for the European Commission, with the aim of informing European and national policies.
Our experience of similar projects shows that the subscribers, as members of the project steering committee, benefit not only from the immediate outcomes of the project but also from the experience and expertise of the other members and the experts managing the project.

Subscription gives access to the
following benefits:

• nomination of  one representative to the steering committee;
• direct contacts with the experts who conduct the research, as well as with the other subscribers;
• all the project results, primary sources, methodology and the right to translate and disseminate the results;
• support and consultancy for the organisation of national seminars;
• 1 free entry to the next international ePortfolio conference (11-13 October 2006) where the results of the study will be presented;
• 1 year free corporate membership to Europortfolio
• your organisation’s name and logo in all publications and events linked to the project (report, Internet site, presentation slides, etc.).

Public Authorities, Organisations with turnover <50 million € also benefit from:

• 1 day personalised consultancy
• 2 additional conference entries

Ministries, Organisations with turnover >50 million€ also benefit from:

• 3 days personalised consultancy
• 3 additional conference entries