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EU aims for three million Europass users by 2010

The implementation of Europass - the EU initiative designed to help individuals make their qualifications and competences understood throughout Europe - was launched at a conference in Luxembourg earlier this month.

"For all citizens that apply for a job or a learning opportunity, it is vital that their qualifications and competences are clearly understood and properly appreciated," said Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism. "Europass will help them to do so anywhere in Europe, as well as in their own Member State.

"Europass will be a direct service to citizens. Our objective is that by 2010 some 3 million citizens will have used Europass to improve their position on the European labour market and to take advantage of the European lifelong learning area".

Europass was established by a decision adopted at the end of 2004 by the European Parliament and the Council. The EU say that Europass is one of three complementary instruments supporting mobility within the European strategy 'Education and Training 2010'. The other two are the Ploteus portal, launched in 2002, and the European Qualifications Framework, now being developed in line with the agreement reached in December in Maastricht.

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For more information on Europass, visit: http://europass.cedefop.eu.int

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