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PLOTEUS is an acronym of Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout European Space, meant to connotate πλωτηρ (ploter) which means "navigator" in ancient Greek. It is a European Union web portal that aims to help citizens find out about education and training opportunities,[1] throughout the countries belonging to the European Union, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Turkey.[2]. PLOTEUS has been prioritized as a "project of common interest" by the European Commission (Commission Decision of 23 December 2002, article 8.2.c).[3][4] The European Parliament and the European Council have confirmed in 2006 their "support for transnational web-based services such as PLOTEUS".[5] The portal is managed by the Euroguidance network[6][7] and is interconnected with de [EURES], the European Commision's portal on job mobility information.[8][9] Both PLOTEUS and EURES are considered as examples of "pan-European services".[10]

Genesis of the project (2000-2003)

The project was initiated in 2001,[11] further to the conclusions of the Lisbon and Stockholm European Councils (March 2000 and March 2001),[12][13] with the purpose to put into effect the right to freedom of movement for European citizens by providing the necessary information.[14] It was developed by Atos.[15] The total development cost was € 849,000.[16]

PLOTEUS I (2003-2005)

The portal was launched in 2003[17] by Viviane Reding.[18] According to the European Commissioner, the project "makes it easier to find the necessary information to study and train in another part of Europe"[19] It provided information on education systems, qualifications, grants and tuition fees in the EEC countries.[20] It also provided practical help on matters such as finding a place to stay, living costs, the legal aspects of studying abroad, taxes, and social security.[21] In this first phase, the portal provided access to about 5,000 links available in 11 languages.[22] At this stage, it did not directly provide information about single courses but pointed the user toward websites and/or databases, where the required information could be found.[4] The disadvantage of this solution was that it required the user to access different websites with different user interfaces, and of course different classification systems, languages and educational models.[4] In a report of January 2004, the European Commission stated PLOTEUS I was "only the first step, to be followed by a service which will offer citizens direct access to information on learning opportunities, by making national services inter-operable throughout Europe. After discussion with the competent national authorities, a tender has been launched and the development work will start early in 2004."[23] The number of visits, estimated in June 2003 at between 1,500 and 2,000 per day,[24] reached 60,000 per month in 2005.[25] According to 2004 external evaluation, the PLOTEUS portal was considered by users in 2004 "useful for their work".[26] Nevertheless, according to a paper published in 2006, though "laudable in its aims to help citizens find out information about studying in Europe", the PLOTEUS portal "presents learners with a bewildering assortment of learning opportunities, each leading the enquirer to the vagaries of providers’ websites [and] none of the information offered to learners is standardised or predictable, making it difficult to determine which goals can be reached by which routes".[27]

PLOTEUS II (2006-2008)

The aim of the second phase was to make it possible to query directly the content of national databases through the interface of the European portal, and thus to obtain in PLOTEUS direct answers to specific queries about single courses.[4] In order to interconnect national databases in the European portal, a common protocol was developed by member states.[28] The site provided as of December 2006 more than 7,000 links to existing information resources in 31 countries and was available in 24 languages.[29] As of 2009, it received, depending on sources, between 800,000[30] and over 1,000,000[16] visits per year. In 2010, its promotion was incorporated in the Youth on the Move campaign launched by the European Commission to extend opportunities for learning mobility to all young people in Europe by 2020.[31][32] The EEC council recommendation of June 28, 2011 stated member states should "cooperate with the Commission to further develop and update the PLOTEUS portal on learning opportunities, namely by increasing the number of national information resources that citizens can directly access through the multilingual Ploteus interface".[33] According to a paper by Ignaco Criado in 2011, the PLOTEUS project is "one of the most relevant" example of "pan-European eGovernment services" developed during the last years in the EEC : it "has enabled the retrieval of comparable data from different national data sources, which required a common protocol for categorization approved by the Commission and member states. On the basis of the follow-up study of this program, an interconnection of national databases has been implemented using web services as a technical solution. Thus, data are updated at national level, and the PLOTEUS portal accesses national databases for information required to answer citizen requests".[34]

See also

References

  1. ^ "New web site to help citizens find schools". European Report. March 20, 2003.
  2. ^ "PLOTEUS : a one-stop shop for information online". European Commission. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "2003/8/EC: Commission Decision of 23 December 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 as regards the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment". Official Journal of the European Union. January 10, 2003. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |accessddate= ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b c d "Global Implementation Plan" (PDF). European Commission. 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Official Journal of the European Union". November 24, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  6. ^ Strietska-Ilina, Olga (2007). A Clash of Transitions: Towards a Learning Society. Peter Lang. p. 35. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  7. ^ "PLOTEUS porté par le réseau Euroguidance" (in French). Europe et formation. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  8. ^ Growth and jobs: working together for Europe's future : a new start for the Lisbon strategy. European Commission. 2005.
  9. ^ "Q and A on the new employment package : towards a job-rich recovery". States News Service. April 18, 2012.
  10. ^ "Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions : The Role of eGovernment for Europe's Future" (PDF). European Commission. Septemeber 26, 2003. Retrieved June 16, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "End term evaluation of the IDA II Programme" (PDF). European Commission. 2004. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  12. ^ Goncalves, Jorge (August 19, 2007). "PLOTEUS – Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout Europe". Learning Online Info. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  13. ^ "La Comisión Europea lanza un portal para estudiar en 30 países europeos". El Pais (in Spanish). March 4, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  14. ^ "Lifelong Learning Program". European Union Programs Agency. Retrieved June 1(, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ "The European Commission Chooses Atos Origin to Design, Build and Run European Internet Portal". Instranet. 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  16. ^ a b "PLOTEUS: A Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout the European Space". IDABC. July 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  17. ^ The History of European cooperation in education and training: Europe in the making, an example. Office for Official Publications of European Communities. 2006. p. 231. ISBN 978-9289489867.
  18. ^ "L'Europa dell'istruzione a portata di mouse". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). March 7, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
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  20. ^ Krechowiecka, Irene (March 11, 2003). "Soundbytes". Guardian. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  21. ^ "Rise Masters Class: Flying the flag for Euro courses: Erasmus exchange scheme offers postgraduates a passport to studying abroad". Guardian. June 18, 2005.
  22. ^ "La Comisión Europea inaugura el primer portal comunitario de información para estudiar en 30 países europeos". El Pais (in Spanish). March 4, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  23. ^ "Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Report on the follow-up to the Recommendation of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 July 2001 on mobility within the Community of students, persons undergoing training, volunteers and teachers and trainers". EUR-Lex. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  24. ^ "PLOTEUS : The A to Z of educational opportunities in Europe". IDABC. June 2003. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accesssdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Frischknecht, Eric (February 5, 2011). "Die Datenbank « PLOTEUS » : WAB-Datenbank mit 30 europäischen Ländern «verlinkt»" (PDF). Panorama (in German). Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  26. ^ Spangar, Timo; Arnkil, Robert; Rissanen, Pekka; Teppo, Teresa (2004). "External Evaluation of the Euroguidance Network" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2012. {{cite web}}: |first5= missing |last5= (help)
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  28. ^ Guijarro, Luis (September 2007). "Frameworks for fostering cross-agency interoperability in eGovernment initiatives" (PDF). Epractice. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  29. ^ Moorney, Brian (December 5, 2006). "Questions Answers &". Irish Times.
  30. ^ Martin, Cătălin; Strunga, Alexandru. "Flexicurity Dynamics and the Lisbon Strategy in Romania". Journal of Educational Sciences. 11 (2): 109–115.
  31. ^ Official website
  32. ^ "Youth on the Move - Strengthening Support to Europe's Young People". States News Service. September 15, 2010.
  33. ^ "Council Recommendation of 28 June 2011 : 'Youth on the move' — promoting the learning mobility of young people". Official Journal of the European Union. July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  34. ^ Criado, Ignacio. "Interoperability of eGovernment for Building Intergovernmental Integration in the European Union". Social Science Computer Review. 30 (1). doi:10.1177/0894439310392189.
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