Duration: 1 October 2006 – 30 September 2008 (postponed to 31 December 2008). This project was officially disseminated in Brussels on 12 December 2008.

The aim of CERTIFIED was:

• the creation of a new system for the certification of competences and the accreditation of training providers in the EU Financial Services Sector.

The objectives of CERTIFIED were:

• to accompany and facilitate the increasing macro-level regulation process occurring within the
  European Financial Services Sector;
• to build a comprehensive, transparent and self-sustaining system for the certification of employees’ competences;
• to carry out a carefully designed validation process through piloting, research and dissemination activities;
• to extend the the range of the scope of the sector-based certification and accreditation system by creating a wide and active
  community of practice in certification and accreditation within the EU.

The main output of CERTIFIED was:

• European Certificates for competences corresponding to EQF Levels 4 and 5.

Project Partners:

• Applicant: EBTN
• Friedrich Alexander University (Germany)
• The National Accreditation Centre for Continuing Vocational Training – EKEPIS (Greece)
• Hellenic Bank Association (Greece)
• SCIENTER (Italy)
• Autonomous Federation of Italian Bankers (Italy)
• Foundation Warsaw Institute of Banking (Poland)
• The Portuguese Bank Training Institute (Portugal)
• Chartered Banker Institute (UK)

Relay Points:

• Febelfin Academy (Belgium)
• International Banking Institute (Bulgaria)
• Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire- CFPB (France)
• Frankfurt School (Germany)
• The Institute of Bankers (Ireland)
• The Luxembourg Institute for Training in Banking (Luxembourg)

Kindly contact the EBTN Secretariat ([email protected]) for further inquiries

or visit www.certifiedebtn.eu for more information.