“Towards a common and transparent European learning and working framework through ECVET and EQAVET”

The aim of this project is to raise the standards of education in floristry and to improve the quality of the branch in general throughout Europe. Therefore the project developed international learning units around new and common innovative subjects in floristry. The development of these units make students and workers able to complete a part of their curriculum in floristry abroad.Nine vocational colleges and industry organisations developed international learning units for students, professionals in training and adults. These units will enrich the students, professionals and adults through subject specific knowledge and a meaningful international experience. The target group will be reached by teaching this units at schools, in work-based situations, and through the development of digital classrooms and MOOCs.In total the project was able to achieve al its results and even more. The project developed an European framework for education in floristry consisting of thirteen intellectual outputs. The overall success of the project was that all the different outputs had a clear and common thread. However, the biggest success is the creation of the International Learning Units, the common assessment system and the Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) because these outputs link most directly to the aim of the project. The developed international, transparent system and the a quality certification system contributes greatly to the standards of the education and the quality of the branch. One of the most important points to put forward is that the florist industry has been very inward looking. It has always had a very national and regional approach and barely had a European dimension. This project changed this thinking by focusing on its roots in education.The impact of the project is both on the individual, institutional and European level. The international learning units will allow individual students, professionals in training and adults to educate themselves at a minimum level in floristry throughout Europe. Moreover the project created a transparent assessment system and a quality certification system.