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THE FACES OF ERASMUS+. Programme summary 2014–2020. Volume I
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Europass is an easily accessible way to effectively present citizens’ competences on the education and labour markets in the European Union. Its greatest advantage is that it operates in a coherent form throughout the Union, the member states of the European Free Trade Association and the European Economic Area as well as in the candidate countries Based on: Program Erasmus+ w Polsce. Raport 2014
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uropass is an initiative of the European Commission aimed at increasing the transparency of qualifications and supporting learning and professional mobility of citizens across Europe. It has operated in Poland since 2008. In 2014, it became an element of the Erasmus+ Programme. For many years Europass consisted of the following elements: Europass CV – enabled to gather all educational and professional experience in one place; Europass Mobility – confirmed periods of study and training abroad; Diploma Supplement – presented the acquired knowledge and competences of a higher education graduate, and Certificate Supplement – issued after the completion of vocational education and training, which facilitated understanding of the skills that the holder of the diploma possesses. Each of these elements functioned independently and from 2020 they have been combined into one e-career portfolio, which now also includes information formerly given in the Europass Language Passport. Qualifications in the Europass Portfolio are presented in a coherent form in all participating countries. This contributes to their greater
