The recognition and accreditation of training are clearly difficult areas. Three of the seven training unions said that accreditation was essentially voluntary. In Croatia it was voluntary but recognised by employers, and in the Czech Republic and Cyprus, universities were the main accreditation agencies. The complexities of accreditation, certification, qualification and recognition make the responses in this section particularly unreliable, but we can at least conclude that it would be helpful if the issues of accrediting European journalism training courses and harmonising the recognition of qualifications in journalism were considered. This is particular relevant to inherently cross-border media like the Internet.
Conclusions Drawing firm conclusions from so small a sample is risky.
These results will be considered in the preparation of the final report of the Jet Pilot project. This report will produce a set of recommendations based on the survey and on the experiences of our pilot training courses.