Press Release: With more than 20 000 ‘Europass’ training documents distributed, the European training pathways are a success

The European Commission adopted a report in May 2002 taking stock for the first time of its 'European training pathways' initiative, which came into operation at the beginning of 2000. Designed to promote the mobility of persons in training, improve employment prospects for young people and raise the quality and attractiveness of vocational education and training, these pathways allow persons undergoing work-linked training, including apprenticeships, to do a period of training in another Member State. A 'Europass Training' document certifies this pathway. 20,000 'Europass' documents have been issued since 2000 for training courses of between 3 and 15 weeks, mostly to young people under the age of 23 years.

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