1. ASB – Association of Serbian Banks 30th September, 2010
EBTN
European Projects
ASB – Association of Serbian Banks
30th September, 2010
Mario Spatafora
EBTN President

2. Established on November 4, 1991
European Banking and Financial Services Training Association A.s.b.l. (EBTN)
No profit Association
Established on November 4, 1991
in Luxembourg

3. Prof. Mario SPATAFORA President EBTN – European Banking & Financial Services Training Association Asbl General Secretary FINANCE & BANKING – Organizational and HR Development Association (Rome - Italy) Professor in “Organizational Development and Long-life Learning” FACULTY OF TRAINING SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF “ROMA TRE”

4. No profit Associations & Institutions involved
EBTN MEMBERS
No profit Associations & Institutions involved
in Banking and Financial Services Education and Training related to the Banking and Financial Sectors
FULL MEMBERS n.36
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS n.11
AFFILIATE MEMBERS n.2

5. FULL MEMBERS Associations, Institution or Companies
having established relationship with:
Representative National FSS Associations OR
The majority of the National FSS Institutions
providing banking & financial education or training
whose objectives are related to FSS education & training

6. EBTN STRUCTURE EBTN MEMBERS Banking Associations GENERAL MEETING
Definition of Strategies
European
Commission
EBF
&
BCESA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Strategies Implementation
EXEC.COMM.
Manag Activities
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
Composed by External Experts
ACCREDITATION and/or
CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE
Final Technical Decision
EBTN CONSULTIVE
COMMITTEES
Conferences
&
Workshops
Surveys &
Studies
Financial
Education /
Literacy
Technical
Expert
Group
EFCB
T.E.G
EDBM
T.E.G.
COMPL.
T.E.G.
…..
National
Expert
National
Expert
National
Expert

7. EBTN: a bridge between the world of education, training and work
VISION
CREATING A COMMON European Education & Training Culture within the BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR.
the main European Association for Accreditation & Certification of knowledge, skills & competencies in the BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR.
MISSION

8. EBTN PURPOSES To liaise with EU Authorities Wide approach to
Education & Training
Exchange
Best Practice
Enhance the Professionalism
Accreditation
& Certification
Harmonization & Professional Standards

9. EBTN EUROPEAN PROJECTS
CERTIFIED
QUADULTRAINERS
LOBSTER
EUROBANQUA
Learning
Organization
Quality
Assurance
Certification
system based on
Competences
EQF
Levelling
Quality Ass.
in L.O.
Adult Trainers
Certificates
VEBS
European Foundation
Certificate in Banking
B.I.F. Network
FIRST
EC VET
Application
Virtual European
Banking School
EFCB
Translator
QUALOBSTER
€QUALIFISE
EFEP
Financial Literacy

10. CERTIfication & Accreditation System for FInancial Services Sector EDucation and Training
October 2006 – December 2008

11. Objectives
To facilitate the increasing macro-level regulation process in FSS Market.
To build a comprehensive, transparent and self-sustaining certification system.
To extend the range and scope of the sector-based certification and accreditation system.

12. WITNESSES of CANDIDATES
The Assessment
Tool
ASSESSMENT
SELF ASSESSMENT
PORTFOLIO
APPLICATION
VALIDATION
REGISTRATION
CERTIFICATE
WITNESSES of CANDIDATES
EXAMINATION

13. The Competence MAP Career development paths Self diagnosis
Accreditation Prior Learning
Design of courses programmes and assessment
Design of Professional Profile

14. ACCREDITATION and/or CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE Final Technical Decision
Structure of A&C System
EBTN
ACCREDITATION and/or CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE
5 External Experts
Chairman + 4 Members
Final Technical Decision
EBTN Secretary
T.E.G.’s Coordinator
Technical Proposal
Technical
Experts
Group
EFCB
T.E.G.
EFCB
2° Level
T.E.G.
C.R.M.
T.E.G.
COMPL.
T.E.G.
B.M.
T.E.G. ….
National
Expert
National
Expert
National
Expert

15. ECBM – European Certificate in Bank Management
EFCB
European Foundation Certificate in Banking
Uniform European Certificate in Banking
Business-oriented qualification
15 Accredited Institutes
More than certificates issued in Europe
Compliance
ECBM – European Certificate in Bank Management

16. “Towards a European Qualification Prototype for
Adults Trainers"
November 2008 – October 2010

17. OBJECTIVES…
1st
Collect and review existing Adult Education System in Europe
Mobilize Professional Associations and create a European Network
2nd
3rd
Develop a new conceptual
Competences Framework
Build consensus in order to create a European Qualification Prototype of Adult Trainer
4th

18. …OBJECTIVES
5th
Achieve transferability of outputs in other contexts
Assess the feasibility of Associative Technical Coordination Mechanism
6th
7th
Disseminate and increase visibility of outcomes

19. The Expert Adult Trainer (EAT)
A competent “EXPERT ADULT TRAINER” is able to:
1 - Adapt the content/knowledge and expertise
to the different organisational contexts and target groups.
2 - Plan and prepare specific training activities/events/processes/sessions/courses.
3 - Establish a pedagogical relation with each group of trainees
by providing support, facilitating the learning process.
4 - Align the learning processes/activities
to individual learning path.
5 - Evaluate the training efficiency and efficacy
at a specific training event.

20. The Adult Learning professional
(ALP)
A competent “Adult Learning Professional” is able to:
Plan, implement and coordinate learning Programmes
in a training organizational context
2. Design – working in teams - adult training and learning processes, through blending and integration of different methods, techniques and tools
Support and facilitate ICT and new media experts in the construction of effective learning processes and environment for adult learners
Monitor and Evaluate the adult training activities and learning process and assess results with respect to the pre-defined objectives
Manage and Improve the quality of training and learning processes

21. European Qualification Assurance League in Financial Services

22. Key Aim to promote the Copenhagen process
to ensure that the EQF levels assigned to financial qualifications by national organisations are reliable and consistent throughout Europe,
taking account of the differences between knowledge based and professional competence based qualifications.                                                      

23. February July 2011

24. Translators identifying key EQF levels for qualifications
The Project aims at defining practical and meaningful
Translators
for the EQF Descriptors
in FSS
identifying key EQF levels for qualifications
selecting existing qualifications best fitted for each of the key EQF level
developing new EQF levels descriptors – the Translators

25. November October 2011

26. ECVET An instrument for Mobility and Recognition
The European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)
is based on concepts and processes
to establish a common language
for transparency, transfer and recognition of learning outcomes.
For attractiveness of VET
For lifelong learning
For valorising mobility

27. METHODOLOGY for assigning ECVET points to existing qualifications
USERS GUIDE for orientation of
potential users in the ECVET system
VADEMECUM for ECVET points
attribution for training professional and expert

28. European Banking Network for Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance in Learning Organization in the Banking and Financial SecTor in EuRope
European Banking Network for Quality Assurance

29. The Quality Assurance Framework
Planning
Procedures for change
Methodology
Implementation
Assessment/
Evaluation
The Quality Assurance Framework

30. Learning Organization
Quality Assurance
to promote
transparency of VET policy,
mutual trust,
mobility of workers and learners,
lifelong learning.
How to link Q.A.
&
L.O.?
Learning Organization
“a company that facilitates the learning of all of its members and that continuously transforms itself”.

31. L.O. Criteria: 1. Learning approach to strategy Learning Organisation
2. Participative policy making
3. Access and transparency information
4. Formative approach to planning objectives and monitoring results
5. Internal exchange and dialogue
6. Reward flexibility
7. Inter-organisational learning
8. Professional development opportunities

32. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION