COMINTER : Creation and implementation of a common European qualification in International Trade

The objective of the project COMINTER is to capitalize on the work already carried out by eight countries to create a common professional profile in international trade, using the sustainable professionalisation methodology (a common method for constructing vocational certificates, developed by 8 countries) to create and implement a common vocational European qualification in this area.

The general objective of the project is the creation and implementation, in each partner country, of a common European vocational diploma, in the international trade field. Considering the determining role of each partner in the vocational training system and the experience gained, the COMINTER project will contribute significantly to the transparency of qualifications on a European level.

The project gives a concrete expression to the commitment of major institutions, in each of the partner countries, to the process of creating qualifications on a European level (using the Sustainable Professionalization Methodology) and the putting into practice of a system of credit transfer (ECVET)

It relies, in each country, on national institutions able to create qualifications and implement them in each national vocational training system.

The Cominter objectives are :

1. To create a common vocational profile

2. To integrate this training programme in international trade (non academic post secondary) in the vocational training systems in each country and implementation in training centres

  3. To integrate the ECVET (credit transfer system for vocational training) principles to encourage mobility

4.creation of a European quality network of training centres and companies

5. Sustainability and possibilities for transferability to other contexts

There are three main types of target for the project. - Final targets :

   Trainees at upper secondary level in vocational education in the field of commerce, people involved in an initial education and training or in a continuous education and training process or in a validation of prior learning process.

   Social partners in the sectors involved in international trade, in particular SME’s who need qualified personal at this level Actors in vocational training in each country involved

   Trainers of vocational training who will implement the diploma

   Institutions in each country who will inform employers and learners on the training offered, will assure trainer training and will control the implementation of the training programmes

   Ministries and official institutions in charge of vocational training

Institutions and work groups in charge of vocational training at European level : -
  DGVET
  ECVET working groups
  EUROPASS
  EVTA
  REFERNET (Cedefop)

The objective of this project is to implement a qualification recognised on a European level. The existing training programmes will be adapted to the European « standard » qualification profile and thus will influence directly national VET systems and practices. The modular approach allows each country to adapt the common qualification profile to its national training system. This project will make a real contribution to the process of modernization of the European VET system. It is inherent to the project outcomes. Until now, harmonizing qualifications is based on a system of equivalences between countries where different organisation intervened to credit them. The idea was to build bridges between different training systems. In this project the aim is to create a common training framework, built in common between participating countries.