As part of the necessary reforms to complete the Lisbon Strategy on social policy, the Commission has adopted a draft “decision that establishes a single system for the transparency of qualifications and skills”. “Europass” that’s the name of the new tool will permit European citizens and residents on EU territory to accede in real time, with facility and with uniform procedures for the twenty-five member states, to information concerning opportunities for vocational training and labour supply and demand on the European market. In the course of the press conference at which the project was presented, the EU Commissioner for education and culture, Viviane Reding, declared “it’s essential to reinforce the transparency of qualifications and skills in order to boost and improve transnational mobility and to accompany and achieve ongoing education and training”.
