Europass is a
European Union (
Directorate General for Education and Culture) initiative to increase transparency of qualification and mobility of citizens in Europe. It aims to make a person's skills and qualifications clearly understood throughout Europe (including the European Union,
European Economic Area and
EU candidate countries).
The five Europass documents are the
, Language Passport, Europass Mobility, Certificate Supplement, and Diploma Supplement, sharing a common brand name and logo. Since 2012 individuals have been able to assemble all Europass documents in the European
Skills Passport.
Europass web portal
The
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) developed and maintains th
Europass portalin 27 languages. The portal is the reference resource of information related to the five Europass documents. Its purpose is also to help all users create, with a simple
wizard, a personal electronic portfolio containing a curriculum vitae (with motivation letter), a language passport or any other document bringing evidence of skills and qualifications (copies of degrees, work certificates, etc.)
In every country,
National Europass Centrepromotes and provides information on the Europass documents.
Europass technical resources
Europass XML schema
Europass has produced an
XML vocabulary to describe the information contained in the CV and Language Passport.
A Europass CV or Language Passport can be saved in Europass XML format or
PDF
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format with the XML attached. Both formats can be imported into the Europass online editors or any other system that understands the Europass XML, ensuring that all information is properly parsed.
Web services
Europass Web services provide a standard way (web API) for other systems, software, and services to use Europass services in an automated way. An example is the web service which enables the remote generation of Europass documents in PDF,
OpenDocument, or
Microsoft Word formats, starting from a Europass XML file.
Labels and help texts
Text labels used for the Europass CV and ELP (
European Language Passport) are available in various formats from the Europass website:
* The
OASIS XLIFF (XML Localisation Interchange File Format)
* The
W3C XForms
* The PO file format is used in the
GNU Gettext toolset
Weblog plug-in
The Directorate General for Education and Culture has co-financed the European project "KITE" under the
Leonardo da Vinci programme. KITE offers an implementation of the Europass-CV as a
plug-in
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** Audio plug-in, adds audio signal processing features
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for the
open-source software weblogs
WordPress and
Dotclear. The plugin allow users of those blogging services to store a Europass CV in all European official languages and export it into the following formats: PDF, ODT, HTML, XHTML, HR-XML. The plugin is compliant with
HR-XML SEP specifications. Last version of the plugin has been released in January 2008.
History
The Europass framework was established b
Decision 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on a single Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass)and entered into force on 1 January 2005 by its own terms.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/
Europass CVNational Europass CentresEuropass interoperability web pageDecision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on a single Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass)
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