The MicroVET consortium is inviting all current and potential members of the Alliance for Microcredentials to discuss the state of art and the necessary future actions to make microcredentials more accessible and also recognised throughout Europe and beyond. The event will take place in Brussels in the afternoon of 21 May also setting the stage for a major event on the future of vocational education in Europe taking place on the following 3 days.

Microcredentials – quality assured certificates reflecting the learning outcomes of short courses, be them online of offline – are surely part of the future of vocational education and adult education in general, including the professional development of people with university degrees (e.g. teacher training). It is becoming more an more relevant in inclusive formal education.

The European Alliance for Microcredentials was initiated by the MicroVET consortium and was launched during the European Vocational Skills Week in 2023. The first members, the partners of the project were quickly joined by the organisations of the vocational providers at European level. Currently, the Alliance membership has been widened to include different provider organisations as well as actors in the recognition of microcredentials. You can find a regularly updated list here: https://microvet.eu/members/  Apart from working together as an advocacy group, the Alliance also offers a quality-assured platform for (mostly) online courses leading to micro-credentials provided by its members in various languages.

The event in Brussels will take stock of the work done so far and will also make crucial decisions on the future and sustainable operations of this collaboration. This invitation is also an open call to review the options that were drawn up at the establishment of the Alliance or to come of with other options. What we have foreseen are a loose network with a coordinator, a project-based approach to future collaboration or a legal entity.

Since the launch, the Alliance has started negotiations – initiated and supported by the European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion – with a similar global initiative that will also offer a solution for sustained operations.

Be there, be part of the discussion and the decision about the future of the European Alliance for Microcredentials. Register for the event here: https://forms.gle/wBewNsp6ppj86VJRA

For any further queries, please contact Eszter Salamon eszter.salamon [at] esha.org