Project title
EU-OBP European Open Badges Platform
Funder
Funding Program
ERASMUS + Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Erasmus
Award URL
http://eu-obp.eu/
Funding code
2019-1-RO01-KA204-063793
Start date
October 1, 2019
Expected Completion
2021-09-30
Description
"Project EU-OBP: European Open Badges Platform wants to assess, develop and promote the common EU platform for digital badges, targeted at adult education organizations, adult educators and adult learners that also represent the main target groups. Open badge is a file of the shape of an icon or medal issued to prove skills or achievements of people. The file contains metadata: name of the issuer, the criteria it was issued under, evidence verifying the credential and expiry date. Open badges are available as open standard any organization can use to create, issue and verify digital badges. Main advantage of open badges is their availability and representational opportunities. They present innovative tools for recognition of achieved soft skills to employers or educators, and could be included into EU-based Europass CV system. Common EU open badges platform will allow a) adult education organizations to offer digital badges to local and EU-wide public, b) adult educators to gain new IT competence and innovative tool for recognition of soft skills and key competences and c) learners in adult education possibility to be awarded with badges on EU level and use them for future job seeking or further educational needs. "