Engaging in any new activity entails considerations around the processing and storage of personal data. Adherence to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – or in the case of European Digital Credentials for Learning (EDC) the EUDPR (i.e., the data protection Regulation applicable to EU institutions, agencies and other bodies) –, has become a given.
Europass Mobility, first introduced in 2004, is a well-established template which describes the skills acquired abroad on mobility experiences for learning or work. Europass Mobility can help communicate the new skills and experiences acquired during a traineeship, volunteering or a learning period abroad in a comparable way. Following a consultation of the National Europass Centres and Erasmus+ National Agencies in 2021, a project group was set up to modernise and simplify the template as well as provide the next steps towards its digitisation.
It has now been almost 3 years since the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, launched the European Digital Credentials for Learning (EDC) in an online event in which more than 1,500 people took part.
Kredenzjali Diġitali Ewropew għat-Tagħlim (EDC) hu verżjoni diġitali verifikabbli ta’ Kredenzjali li toħroġ organizzazzjoni lill-istudenti tagħha biex tiddokumenta t-tagħlim tagħhom. Dan jinkludi diplomi, ċertifikati ta’ taħriġ, mikrokredenzjali, ċertifikati ta’ parteċipazzjoni, u oħrajn. Il-Kredenzjali jistgħu jinħarġu bil-lingwi kollha tal-UE u tal-Europass u jiġu ffirmati b’siġill elettroniku (forma ta’ firma diġitali ta’ istituzzjoni jew organizzazzjoni fdata).
In response to the growing rate and scale of European Digital Credentials for Learning, the European Commission launched the Futurium Group for the European Learning Model
