The VETMO4TL project completed - all results available now!

The VETMOTL project was selected as an example of "good practice" by the Erasmus + Agency in France. This label designates Erasmus + projects with high quality implementation and results.

VETMO4TL was set up in the context of a growing demand for jobs in the Transport & Logistics (T&L) sector all over Europe, the need to attract new profiles to EQF level 4 qualifications that specifically meet the companies’ needs, and the will to enhance European mobility opportunities. The project lasted 30 months, starting in November 2017 and ending in April 2020, and brought together 11 complementary partner organisations, such as associations, T&L research centres, competent authorities and VET centres from ten EU countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain (Catalonia) and the Netherlands.

The project objective was to develop harmonised standards, tools and methodologies to ensure transparency and recognition of the national qualifications with the purpose to promote structured and recognised mobility in Europe, for learners in vocational education and trainings (VET) at level 4 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) in the T&L sector. The project furthermore aimed to enhance cooperation between VET centres and to create new partnerships.

You can find a short video here which presents the main project results. They are also presented more in detail in the following paragraphs:

Three main activities were implemented, enabling us to reach the following results and impacts:

1/Development of shared references

We developed shared references, which allow mutual understanding and comparison of the existing qualifications and trainings in the ten partner countries. They are composed of 3 resources: job profiles (O2), occupational standards (O3) & qualification standards (O4). The first two resources illustrate the three relevant jobs that we identified at EQF level 4 in T&L: The transport technician who works in an office and participates in organising, coordinating and monitoring transport missions. The warehouse technician who works in a storehouse and receives, stocks and prepares goods for delivery. The Road Freight Advanced Driver who drives the truck and executes the transport of goods. The third document describes these qualifications in terms of units of learning outcomes (based on the ECVET methodology).

2/Design of bilateral mobility patterns

The shared references build a common framework but they do not provide individual propositions for mobility. We therefore provided 17 bilateral mobility patterns (O5) as an additional tool, which assists teachers and trainers in preparing appropriate mobility projects by determining possibilities of structured and recognised mobility between two partner countries: duration, level, type of mobility, learning outcomes to be achieved abroad, evaluation and recognition procedures. It is “ready to use” and facilitates the filling of the Learning Agreement inherent to every quality mobility project.

In addition, we drafted clear guidelines explaining the methodology we used to ensure that it can be applied by other stakeholders to create their own mobility patterns. In this way, this tool is useful for any VET actor, even for countries or economic sectors that have not participated in our project.

3/Elaboration of guidelines and organisation of a training workshop

We organised a workshop to train teachers and trainers in the use of the project resources and tools. This event gave the opportunity to reach stakeholders outside our consortium and supported the creation of new partnerships. To smooth the exploitation of our results and support the implementation of mobility, we furthermore provided guidelines (O6) detailing all our resources and tools and explaining how to use them, in a simple and practical way.

All results are available on the project website: www.vetmo4tl-project.eu/en/page/deliverables.

The VETMO4TL project was conducted in a way to ensure longer-term benefits:

This strategic partnership contributed to strengthening recognition, transparency and comparability of qualifications at EQF level 4 in T&L in Europe. In parallel, the project activities lead to increased transnational cooperation of VET providers and the creation of new partnerships. These conditions are required to promote quality European mobility options for teachers, trainers, employers and learners with a view to contributing towards developing better understanding, knowledge and solidarity within Europe.

To ensure the use of the project results and to continue promoting the implementation of mobility at EQF level 4 in T&L, they were integrated into the NETINVET network. The NETINVET Steering Committee accepted the common job profiles and qualifications standards developed within the VETMO4TL project as new shared references for the network and qualifications at EQF level 4 in transport and logistics.

Thanks to the increased mobility opportunities, learners will enrich and optimise their training pathway and enhance their employability. VETMO4TL favours an improved quality of the training offer thanks to the common job profiles and occupational standards corresponding to sectoral requirements and needs. Competent bodies and social partners dispose of clear transparent qualifications standards.