A European Framework for Psychologists' Training

THE PROJECT

This EU funded project was set up to develop a Common Framework for European Psychologists' Training. The project life was over two years 1999-2001. Although the Directive 48/89/EEC concerning the mutual recognition of qualifications applies to psychologists, the education and training routes for psychologists in the European countries vary considerably, as do their requirements for registration and practice. EFPPA (the European Federation of Professional Psychologists Associations) has organised Task Forces to develop common standards of education, and a general optimal standards framework was agreed by 25 EFPPA Member Associations in 1990. This project built on work carried out within EFPPA, and aimed to develop a common European framework for Psychologists training.

The current project aimed to:

• develop a framework of knowledge, skills and competences for training psychologists across Europe which may in future provide the basis for a future European Diploma for Psychologists. The level of focus is the level at which psychologists are deemed qualified to practise as psychologists, in our case, the level of Chartered Psychologist.
• produce a detailed comparison of university training curricula and professional patterns of training from individual member states,
• carry out wide consultation with a range of stakeholders,
• facilitate mobility of psychologists across member states through the creation of a common framework,
• develop new models of professional training based on competences and underpinning knowledge,
• make more transparent systems for mutual recognition.

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