EU policy

The project will provide a better understanding of the role played by micro-credentials in supporting labour-market-related and employment-relevant education, training and learning. The project findings will offer new knowledge on the characteristics of micro-credentials, their added value to individual learners and employees, as well as their impact on existing qualifications and recognition systems.

Purely occupation-specific skills are not enough for vocational education and training (VET) learners to adapt to new life situations and career shifts, manage change, take initiative and risk, innovate, and engage in further learning; they also require key competences.