Professional Education Group

1
Professional Education Group

• New EBLIDA Working Group (2004)
• A proposal of the Portuguese delegation
• Meetings
• 15 October 2004
• 11 March 2005
• 14 October 2005
• 20-21 January 2006

2
Monitoring...

• Directive on the recognition of professional
  qualifications
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/qualific
  ations/future_en.htm20050907
• Towards a European Qualifications Framework for
  Lifelong Learning
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/2010/
  doc/consultation_eqf_en.pdf
• The European Higher Education Area / Bologna
  process
• http//www.dfes.gov.uk/bologna

3
Monitoring...

• The Archives perspective on Professional
  Education
• i2010 Digital libraries
• http//europa.eu.int/information_society/activitie
  s/digital_libraries/index_en.htm
• Certidoc
• http//www.certidoc.net

4
PEG 15 October 2004

• EU Directive on Qualifications
• Report the timetable (as known) for its progress
  and that nothing further can happen until the
  Directive is in force.
• A statement is to be issued that EBLIDA is
  representing the profession and will be exploring
  the issue to set up a European platform under
  Article 15.
• Working Group will investigate and articulate the
  issues around setting up a platform to present to
  Council in May 2005.  Need to clarify various
  interests.

5
PEG 15 October 2004

• Certidoc
• Members of the Working Group explore the
  documentation to ask questions of the project
  -constructive criticism - on behalf of members.
• Do not recommend EBLIDA to join the Consortium
  being established after closure of the project.
• Euclid Welcome the approach to collaborate and
  will be willing to work together on appropriate
  issues in future.
• General to invite an Archivist to join PEG

6
PEG 11 March 2005

• Directive on the Recognition of Prof.
  Qualifications should be monitored to identify
  any trends to include non-regulatory
  professionals
• Monitor the Bologna Process to identify when to
  formally introduce EBLIDA
• Potential for co-operation with Euclid
• Discussion around whether or not Certification
• Importance of linking Certification and
  Accreditation at the European level

7
PEG 14 October 2005

• A platform for professional education for
  Librarians and Archivists proposal to the EBLIDA
  Ex. Comm.
• Bologna process continuing contact with EUCLID
  and attending the EUCLID meetings
• Need of further education for professionals
  working with digitation
• Lifelong learning from level 4