{"id":6897,"date":"2015-05-20T10:36:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T08:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?page_id=6897"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:56:05","slug":"efn-competency-framework-for-mutual-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-directive-200536ec-amended-by-directive-201355eu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=6897","title":{"rendered":"EFN Competency Framework for Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive 2005\/36\/EC, amended by Directive 2013\/55\/EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6897\" class=\"elementor elementor-6897\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd4f3e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd4f3e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-552e37f\" data-id=\"552e37f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17fbaa2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17fbaa2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em>EFN Guideline to implement Article 31<br \/>into national nurses\u2019 education programmes<\/em><\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the review of the Directive on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (<a title=\"DIR36\" href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32005L0036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2005\/36\/EC<\/a>) an amended version (<a title=\"DIR55\" href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/ALL\/?uri=CELEX:32013L0055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directive 2013\/55\/EU<\/a>) was adopted in 2013, including in article 31 a set of 8 competences that set the minimum educational requirements for nurses responsible for general care. These are mandatory, legally speaking! As such, the 28 EU Member States need to ensure they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">implemented at national level by 18 January 2016<\/span>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking that into account, the EFN members adopted in April 2015 the EFN Competency Framework which describes the competences required to nurses responsible for general care, aiming at being used by the National Nurses Associations to encourage and guide the nursing schools at national level to implement the competences listed under Article 31 of the Directive.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To read the EFN Competency Framework, click <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/EFN-Competency-Framework-19-05-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also available in:<\/p><ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competency-Framework-19-05-2015-Albanian.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albanian<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/R-mec-kompetenc-v-eobecn-sestry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech<\/a> <em>(Summary)<\/em><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competency-Framework-19-05-2015-NL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competency-Framework-19-05-2015-version-FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competency-Framework-German-29-09-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/GR-EFN-Competency-Framework-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greek<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN_Competenze_Italian_15_Dec_2015-with-ISBN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competency-Framework-Dyr36_55_EFN-2015_PL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polish<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/GHID-EFN-PENTRU-MPLEMENTAREA-ARTICOLULUI-31-A-DIRECTIVEI-2005-Romanian.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romanian<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competency-Framework-19-05-2015-SK.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovakian<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/efn_smernice_za_objavo_na_spletni_strani_17_7_2015-Slovenian.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovenian<\/a><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Competences-Framework-ES.compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>For information:<\/em><\/p><ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Letter-from-ADEE-to-EFN-June-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter of support ADEE<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/li><\/ul><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFN Guideline to implement Article 31into national nurses\u2019 education programmes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6897","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11168,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=11168","url_meta":{"origin":6897,"position":0},"title":"Delegated Act","author":"efn efn","date":"April 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The revised Directive 2005\/36\/EC gives the European Commission the power to adopt delegated acts. 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