Communication concerning the Commission Recommendation of 11 March 2002 on a common European format for curricula vitae (CVs)
Date: 2002-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dissemination of EU information, document, information medium, job application, professional qualifications, vocational training

C 73/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.3.2002

Communication concerning the Commission Recommendation of 11 March 2002 on a common
European format for curricula vitae (CVs)

(2002/C 73/02)

common format
for CVs is a resource which should help
jobseekers and applicants for education and training courses
to secure fair treatment.

4. While outlining the general principles on how to present
qualifications and competences, the European CV format must
be capable of being used flexibly and must be adapted and
tailored to the individual needs of users.

is one element

The European CV format

5.
in a more
comprehensive strategy on the transparency of qualifications.
It will, when used in its electronic version, provide direct links
to other (cid:145)transparency tools(cid:146) at European and national level, like
the Europass, European Credit Transfer System, Diploma
supplements, Certificate supplements etc. The CV could be
envisaged as the first page in a (cid:145)portfolio(cid:146) bringing together
various other resources.

6.
To ensure a consistent approach, the same basic prin-
ciples have been applied to the European CV format and to
the electronic CV ((cid:145)EURES CV-search(cid:146)) developed by the EURES
network.

The CV format

7.
a
Commission Recommendation has been designed according
to the objectives and requirements outlined above.

appended to this proposal

for

1.
European citizens enjoy the right to live and work freely
within the EU. This means, however, that they must be able to
make use of existing qualifications and competences in new
education and employment environments, be this at national
level or abroad. One way of facilitating the transfer of qualifi-
cations and competences is to avoid the kind of misunder-
standings and misinterpretations which may be caused by
for a
format and style of presentation. The draft proposal
(CVs) (1)
common European format
addresses this need.

curricula

vitae

for

that

2.
The need for a common European format for CVs was
expressed by the Lisbon European Council in March 2000, to
(cid:145). . . a common European format should be
the effect
developed for curricula vitae,
to be used on a voluntary
basis, in order to facilitate mobility by helping the assessment
of knowledge acquired, both by education and training estab-
lishments and by employers(cid:146). This need was reiterated on 10
July 2001 in the Recommendation of the European Parliament
and Council on mobility within the Community (for students,
persons undergoing training, young volunteers, teachers and
trainers).

The main purpose of

the European CV format

is,
3.
therefore,
to help individuals in communicating details of
their qualifications, competences and experience to employers
and to education and training establishments. By emphasising
the
the content and profile of

individuals’ competences,

(1) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002.