On 25 April, IMCO held a hearing on Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive which was organised in two sessions.
Ms Cholewka, the responsible of the Polish Ministry for nurses and midwives, welcomed the proposed update of the minimum training requirements and in particular the required 12 years of general training for nurses. In her presentation, Dr Schoenmaekers elaborated on the added value of the principle of partial access. Dr Zlatko Fras presented his views on the common training principles, and Dr Vera Erdmann highlighted the success of dual education in Germany in combating youth unemployment.
During the second session, representatives of both professional organisations and national administrations elaborated on the practical implications of a European professional card. Mr Buttarelli highlighted potential data protection threats with regard to the professional card and the proposed alert mechanism. Mr Metzler presented to Members the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee, and Mr Dirk Bochar provided Members with concrete evidence of the professional card for engineers.
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