Art. 2 of Legal Statutes: Aims of the Association

(1) Activities of the Association will provide the organisation for certification and accreditation of new job roles (professions), training organisations, trainers and examination bodies and the co-operation of those entities on a regional, national, and transnational level, in order to

a) foster the accreditation, update and release of new job roles (professions) to be accepted into the job pool to achieve a higher qualification in the international labour market using an accreditation, test and certification system.

b) support regional and/or transnational skills assessment and testing by using an accreditation portal for Europe.

c) provide the backbone for the accreditation of training organisations, trainers, examination bodies and certificate issuance for all members.

(2) The Association will, through its activities, in general promote and support the certification and accreditation process of job roles for businesses and higher education institutions on a regional, national, and transnational level.

(3) The Association will support and validate new developments within the member network and beyond.

(4) The running of the skills assessment, test and accreditation portal for certification and examination bodies will lead to a higher level of trainings and trainers and better qualification of participants in Europe.

(5) The experiences will also be disseminated amongst other European partners(hips). Especially individual trainees will benefit from the outcome of the activities.