PROGRESS AND TIMEFRAME

Start of the Project: 1 October 2004
End of the Project: 31 March 2007

Duration: 30 months

Current status: Phase VI (adaptation)

Phase I: Project Start, October to December 2004

• Creation of optimal conditions for project work in the following phases

Phase II: Activation and basic theoretical work / start of model development, January 2005 to April 2005 (4 months)

• Contextualising and focusing of the potential project target groups in all countries involved 
• Creation of a theoretical basis for the model development
• Beginning of model development work 

Phase III: Model and Product Development, May to October 2005 (6 months)

• Creation of job profiles and standards for experts in digital media design and production
• Agreeing the provisional evaluation model for the job and qualification profiles
• Beginning of work on the project curricula

Phase IV: Continuing project development, public relations and interim evaluation, November 2005 to March 2006 (5 months)

• Continuing development of the curricula
• Dissemination of  information on the current stage of the project work
• Public Relations to recruit participants of the pilot events for testing of the materials & models
• Summary of the current project results, evaluation and interim reports

Phase V: Certification Model, Model- and Product Testing/Pilot Events, April to August 2006 (5 months)

• Devising the Certification Model
• Realisation of selected parts of the established materials/models
• Monitoring of the practicability of the established materials/models
• Feedback regarding possible changes 

Phase VI: Adaptation/Expansion of the Models, September to December 2006
(4 months)

• Continuing of the pilot phase
• Inclusion of the results of the trial phase into the final work on the materials and models
• Finalising the model for European job and qualification profiles, and standards for measuring continuing education in the field of digital media design and production

Phase VII: Further transnational dissemination of the project results and products and final evaluation, January to March 2007 (3 months)

• Final sustained dissemination of all project results and products on a regional, national, and transnational basis
• Summary of the project results
• Final evaluation and writing the final report