Sharing information on a self-sovereign identity based on blockchains and the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
LegalOpen Source Software+6 topics
Last update: 20/04/2021
Labour Market Interoperability
The Labour Market Interoperability collection provides solutions and specifications to increase semantic and syntactic interoperability in the European Labour Market (ESCO, Europass, and others).
Culture and educationEmployment
Last update: 20/04/2021
Employment and working conditions
Mutual understanding and transposition of professional qualifications and experiences among Member States
Employment
Last update: 02/09/2020
EU Datathon 2020: the open data competition
121 proposals later, discover who our 12 finalists are for EU Datathon 2020! This year’s EU Datathon adventure started in February with the call to data enthusiasts worldwide to propose ideas for applications using open data from the EU institutions, agencies and bodies. The deadline for proposals was early May. The preselection jury had 121 proposals to select, the biggest number of entries since the first EU Datathon took place in 2017. These proposals were aimed to address four Challenges of the European Commission, and invited participants to develop apps to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic…
Statistics and informationEnergy and environment+12 topics
Last update: 02/10/2017
Europass XML Schema v3.0
The Europass XML Schema Definition v3.0 is the final release for describing the domain of infromation for a learner.
Version 3.0 further extends version 2.1, which has been already approved and published by JoinUp. However, v3.0 introduces additional changes to the hierarchy of elements and to the definition of data types.
The purpose of version 3.0 is to define an XML structure for the portfolio of the learner. The portfolio aims to serve as a portable repository of all information relevant to the learner's carreer and development. Then, through the Europass online services the learner will…
Employment
Last update: 02/10/2017
Europass Web Services Client v2.0
Europass (European Union initiative to increase transparency of qualification and mobility of citizens in Europe, a "Life Long Learning Portfolio" of documents), provides a public set of soap web services. These services offer conversion methods between various file formats supported by Europass. The supported file formats are: Europass XML, HR-XML, Adobe PDF with Europass XML attachment, Adobe PDF with HR-XML attachment, Europass JSON, Microsoft Word 97-2003, OpenDocument ver 2 Text and HTML. This tool is a client for the above mentioned services. It includes a command line utility in order…
Employment
Last update: 02/10/2017
Europass Java Tool To Store CVs
Develop a Java standalone application in order to show how the information contained in a Europass document generated using the online tool, can be extracted and imported into a custom database schema (MS SQL, MySQL and Oracle). The technological platform used in this case is: The latest version of the Java Virtual Machine available; The latest version of the Hibernate Object Relational Mapping library in order to support several different database engines and to provide a real object oriented application; The latest version of the Xerces library for the XML parsing; The MS SQL, MySQL…
Employment
Last update: 02/10/2017
Europass PHP Tool To Store CVs
Develop a web-based PHP tool to import Europass PDF+XML into a MySQL database upload Europass PDF+XML CV and fill-in HTML form. The tool depends on : The latest version of the Apache web server available; The "mod_php" module allowing to deploy the web applications written in PHP to an Apache web server; The latest version of PHP available; The MySQL database server as it is the most commonly used database engine in the PHP community
Employment
Last update: 02/10/2017
Europass XML Schema V2.1
The Europass XML Schema V2.1 is a working draft for providing an updated XML schema definition for the Europass XML documents.Its purpose is to define what consitutes a valid XML document for describing a learners personal information, learning and traning achievements, working experiences, competences and skills. The Europass XML Schema V2.1 is a working draft for providing an updated XML schema definition for the Europass XML documents. Its purpose is to define what constitutes a valid XML document for describing a learner's personal information, learning and training achievements, working…
Employment
Last update: 17/06/2024
Digital Skills Training Participation
A recent Science for Policy brief, based on analysis by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) utilizing data from the European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS2), sheds light on the nuances of workers' digital skills and their engagement in digital skills training
Employment
Last update: 17/06/2024
Digital Markets Act: Fair Competition
The European Union has taken a significant step towards promoting fairness and competition in the digital economy by putting into effect the Digital Markets Act (DMA)
Employment
Last update: 23/04/2024
Digital stories: Getting into tech without a technical background
In the rapidly evolving realm of digital policy, Savvina Papadaki stands out as a testament to the diverse paths one can take to become a leader in the field. Currently serving as the Senior Digital Policy Manager at Samsung, Savvina's journey began with a bachelor's degree in translation and interpreting – a background not commonly associated with the tech industry. Savvina's foray into technology was sparked by her early interest in the intersection of translation and digital tools. After working as an interpreter in Brussels, she found herself drawn to regulatory files and the intricacies…