NoBoMa- No Borders Manual in elderly care to promote mobility, international lifelong learning and the transfer of competences in Eastern, Central and Southeastern Europe

The NoBoMa project aims to transfer the VQTS model which was developed in the Leonardo da Vinci project „VQTS – Vocational Qualification Transfer System“ and further elaborated in the Lifelong Learning project „VQTSII– Vocational Qualification Transfer System II“, both coordinated by 3s research laboratory, to the occupational field „elderly care“, to the countries Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and to different languages. The projects background is that qualifications acquired in elderly care vary greatly across countries and that it thus, is difficult to mutually understand and recognise these qualifications within Europe.

The development of competence standards in the vocational education and training in elderly care is a prerequisite for more quality in vocational education as well as for more European mobility. In the NoBoMa project the VQTS model is used for developing a Competence Matrix, Competence Profiles (in accordance with the „ECVET – European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training“ recommendation) and a Future Competence Matrix by using new ideas, new methods and by adding future skill needs, in order to meet future challenges in the field „elderly care“. Furthermore, on the basis of the NoBoMa Future Competence Matrix of Success, a Self-Assessment Tool will be developed to be used by elderly caregivers, learners and HR-departments in order to evaluate the quality of individual skills and competences. Furthermore, multilingual database providing useful information about how to compensate deficits identified by the Self-Assessment Tool will be developed in the frame of the project.

For further information visit the project website: www.noboma.at