Other News

• The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland and the Higher Education Authority jointly organised a conference in April 2010, as part of the national Bologna Expert programme, entitled:

  National Qualifications Frameworks and the European Overarching Frameworks: Supporting Lifelong Learning in European Education and Training.

  Reference was made to the uses of the Europass portfolio of documents during the conference. Full details of the conference and a report of the conference are available here.

• The most recently available statistics from CEDEFOP, show a marked increase in visits to the central Europass portal and use of the Europass CV during March 2010, in comparison with the same period in 2009.

  • over 888,000 site visits (March 2009: 662,000);
  • over 329,000 CVs completed online (March 2009: 239,000).

• 08 May 2009 The Higher Education Authority and the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland will co-host a Colloquium on "The Bologna Process and Employability" on Thursday 21 May 2009 in Croke Park Dublin. For further information please click here

• 03 February 2009 Referencing the Irish NFQ to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF): The process to reference the NFQ to the EQF has begun. The National Qualifications Authority of Ireland has convened a National Steering Committee to assist it in the referencing process.

• May 2006 Coliste Dhulaigh Students Awarded Europass Mobility Documents
• 03 May 2006 GMIT Students awarded Europass mobility documents
• 03 May 2006 Lord Mayor presents Europass Mobility Documents to Students at Cork College of Commerce
• 27 Apr 2006 First Europass Mobility Documents Awarded in Ireland
• 24 Feb 2006 FAS Opportunities 2006
• 20 Feb 2006 Working and learning in Europe made easier with launch of Europass
• 10 Nov 2005 Europass Stakeholders Launch Event