{"id":3155,"date":"2025-11-24T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/microidea-roundtable-at-the-efvet-annual-conference-2025-advancing-well-being-and-skills-through-quality-assured-microcredentials\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:46:39","slug":"microidea-roundtable-at-the-efvet-annual-conference-2025-advancing-well-being-and-skills-through-quality-assured-microcredentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/microidea-roundtable-at-the-efvet-annual-conference-2025-advancing-well-being-and-skills-through-quality-assured-microcredentials\/","title":{"rendered":"MICROIDEA Roundtable at the EfVET Annual Conference 2025: Advancing Well-being and Skills Through Quality-Assured Microcredentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The MICROIDEA project took an active role in the EfVET Annual Conference 2025, held in F\u00e1tima, Portugal, where this year\u2019s theme, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWellbeing in a Digitalised World \u2013 Crafting the Future of VET 2035,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> brought together VET providers, policymakers, researchers, and labour market stakeholders from across Europe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As part of the conference programme, MICROIDEA hosted a dedicated roundtable session on 23 October, presenting its innovative framework for implementing and certifying microcredentials using the ISO\/IEC 17024 standard. The session highlighted how high-quality, impartial, and measurable certification systems can reinforce trust in skills recognition, support well-being in the workforce, and connect education more closely to real labour market needs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing from the project\u2019s work in Cyprus, Greece, and Spain, the roundtable introduced the Occupational Profile of Waiter\/Waitress, developed using labour market analysis and aligned with European standards such as ESCO. Participants were guided through the project\u2019s structure of:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a core curriculum organised around key professional functions<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">30 targeted courses covering specific tasks<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">24 modular microcredentials across four domains:<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">green skills, soft skills, technical skills, and digital skills<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">standalone microcredentials, including country-specific units such as <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Detecting Drug Abuse<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The MICROIDEA team explained how this modular and stackable system enables flexible upskilling, supports emerging occupational needs, and offers clear pathways from individual microcredentials to full qualifications at EQF\/NQF levels 2\u20135.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A key focus of the session was the project\u2019s use of ISO\/IEC 17024 to certify both core modules and microcredentials. This approach ensures impartiality, transparency, and comparability across countries and sectors, promoting confidence among learners, employers, and VET institutions. The methodology strengthens the link between education and employment and contributes to a more inclusive, adaptable, and resilient European workforce.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Participants expressed strong interest in the project\u2019s focus on highlighting how trusted, high-quality microcredentials can empower workers, support career mobility, and enable continuous reskilling in a fast-changing labour market.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through its participation in the EfVET Conference, MICROIDEA demonstrated how structured microcredential systems can open new pathways to professional growth and reinforce the future direction of VET in Europe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MICROIDEA project took an active role in the EfVET Annual Conference 2025, held in F\u00e1tima, Portugal, where this year\u2019s theme, \u201cWellbeing in a Digitalised World \u2013 Crafting the Future of VET 2035,\u201d brought together VET providers, policymakers, researchers, and labour market stakeholders from across Europe.\u00a0 As part of the conference programme, MICROIDEA hosted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro-idea.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}