Lessons Learned for ECQA LLP-LdV Projects’ Management

Cooperation at European level in the education and training areas is supported by different types of projects that contribute to countries’ educational reforms, but also, to knowledge and practices enrichment. According to the a Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020) through adequate projects of trans-national partnerships, there have to be developed key competencies needed for personal fulfillment, active citizenship, social inclusion and employability in the knowledge base society (communication in the mother tongue and in foreign languages; mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology; digital competence; learning to learn; social and civic competences; sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; cultural awareness and expression). In this context, the article will present some lessons learned from the Lifelong Learning Program – Leonardo da Vinci projects (LLP-LdV). After a brief introduction related to European education objectives and strategies retrieved from the official documents of the Commission, there is described the context of the research by presenting the European Certification and Qualification Association (ECQA, www.ecqa.org) and the related LLP-LdV projects that were built using the ECQA schema in order to support the key competencies development. Finally, there are summarized the conclusions and lessons learned from these type of projects together with the prototype of the successful manager.