Action Plan on mobility endorsed by the European Council held in Nice on 7 to 9 December 2000; Recommendation 2001/613/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 July on mobility within the Community for students, persons undergoing training, volunteers, teachers and trainers (5), recommended the generalisation of the use of documents for the transparency of qualifications and competences, with a view to creating a European area of qualifications; The Commission's Action Plan for skills and mobility called for instruments supporting the transparency and transferability of qualifications to be developed and strengthened to facilitate mobility within and between sectors; Further action to introduce instruments improving the transparency of diplomas and qualifications was also demanded by the European Council held in Barcelona on 15 and 16 March 2002; The Council's Resolutions of 3 June 2002 on skills and mobility and of 27 June 2002 on lifelong learning call for increased cooperation, with a view inter alia to creating a framework for transparency and recognition based on the existing instruments;
The Council Resolution of 19 December 2002 on the promotion of enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training (8) called for action to increase transparency in vocational education and training, through the implementation and rationalization of information tools and networks, including the integration of existing instruments into one single framework.
This framework should consist in a portfolio of documents with a common brand name and a common logo, supported by adequate information systems and promoted through sustained promotional action at European and national level.
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