The second meeting for the MiCreS project was held
On September 25 and 26, in Barcelona, Spain, organized by the Instituto de Estudios Financieros (IEF), a second working meeting for the MiCreS project was held, attended by Jovana Lozanovska from the Macedonian Banking Association, responsible person of the Department for Education.
The MiCreS project is coordinated by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, with the participation of 13 partners from European and other countries.
MiCreS is an innovative project funded by the Erasmus program that aims to develop the first European ecosystem for micro-credentials based on blockchain. The aim of the project is to revolutionize professional qualifications in financial services and align with the European Commission’s educational initiatives to foster a more skilled and adaptable workforce in the field of ESG: an area that is receiving significant attention and focus in the financial services industry given the increasingly critical role of this industry in environmental issues.
The meeting focused on further phases of the project, specifically Work Packages 2 and 3.
Work package 2 refers to the design and development of an infrastructure for the creation of a professional label, validation and recognition of trans-European micro-credentials for the financial sector, and work package 3 is intended for the development of a prototype of the so-called “green” micro-credential that will be tested within three pilot countries.
In this three-year project, in addition to the MBA, as partners of the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, participate institutions from Belgium – European Banking and Financial Services Training Association (EBTN), Romania – Institutul Bancar Roman (IBR), Malta – Institute of Financial Services (IFS Malta) and Malta Union of Bank Employees (MUBE), Spain – FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA INSTITUT D’ESTUDIS FINANCERS (BFS-IEF), Serbia – Udrženje banaka Srbije ASSOCIATION OF SERBIAN BANKS (ASB), Turkey – IFE Istanbul Finans Enstitusu Egitim ve Danismanlik Hizme (IFE ), Italy – Finance & Banking, Associazione per lo Sviluppo Organizzativo e delle Risorse UMANE (EFFEBI), Ireland – Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) and The Institute of Bankers in Ireland (IOB).
