Lifelong Learning Awards 2007

At an award ceremony held in Berlin on 6 - 7 May in Berlin for the launch of the Lifelong Learning Programme, the new flagship EU funding programme in the area of education and training, 18 projects were awarded the 2007 Lifelong Learning Awards. The winners are:

Gold 3S Research Laboratory: Austria,
The Vocational qualification transfer system - VQTS Towards a European workspace In the spirit of the European credit transfer system in Vocational Education and Training (VET) (ECVET) "the Vocational qualification transfer system - VQTS" project increased the recognition of skills and qualifications in the mechanical engineering sector on a European level. The main result of the VQTS project is a systematic procedure of international transfer of acquired qualifications.

Silver MAN Diesel SE; Germany,
Industrial-technical trainees are trained in Danish companies Between 2005 and 2007, 20 talented industrial technical trainees from 9 different training professions in their third or fourth year of training at the German company MAN Diesel SE, spent three weeks in the sister company in Denmark. Working in several profession mixed international teams, they got a deeper insight into the sister company's processes and production flows, improved their professional, linguistic and personal skills and competences, as well as the relations between trainees and employees in the companies in the two countries.

Bronze European Aluminium Association: Belgium; AluMatter
The project AluMatter answers to the need for modern comprehensive training materials to train technicians, engineers and designers with good skills and knowledge in aluminium fabrication technology. With the support of the aluminium industry and the academic world, an easily accessible e learning course has been developed and will contribute to help promote the use of aluminium in various sectors.