New CD-ROM Fit for Europe
New CD-ROM Fit for Europe
Keywords:Vocational training, Education, Language skills, Europe
Fit for Europe, the new CD-ROM providing information, among other things, on training, life and work in the Member States of the European Union,is the brainchild of a project partnership involving the employment agencies of Portugal (IEFP), Spain (INEM) and Germany (BA), the Austrian Ministry of Education and the national resource centres for vocational guidance in Denmark(RUE) and Finland (CIMO), with the financial support of the EU vocational training programme Leonardo da Vinci.
The Fit for Europe CD-ROM appears in seven languages (German, English,French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Greek) and includes a language test in 11 official EU languages. EU databases and other Websites can be directly accessed from the CD-ROM via the Internet.
The main menu, "Europe", includes overviews of European education and training programmes and vocational guidance provision, while the country menu provides information on vocational education and training, and the recognition of qualifications.
In Germany, the CD-ROM can be ordered from the Federal Employment Agency's Europe-Hotline. Tel: (49 180) 522 20 23, at a price of EUR 10.22.
