The KITE project was established in the context of the creation and dissemination of the electronic version of Europass, the European Community Framework for the transparency of qualifications and competencies. The contribution of the KITE project to this strategic initiative is to put an emphasis on the person, the control over personal data, and the use of mass-endorsed publication tools as vectors of the Europass-CV.

To do so, KITE offers an implementation of the Europass-CV, as a plugin of three open source existing weblogs: WordPress, ELGG and Dotclear. With KITE, everybody will be entitled to add to his personal weblog page (blog) a smart extension, based on open standards, to make his own professional profile more accessible, more browsable, searchable through the web. Above all, KITE made everybody's profile compliant with today's HR standards (HR XML) for easy, fast and convenient European-scale comparison and inclusion in public databases. Click here to register and create your Europass CV.

The electronic version or Europass could be implemented in several ways i.e. with several technologies allowing to have a Europass pluged into several platforms. The key is the interoperability of the Europass documents. One of the possibilities is the use of blogs as a support for the two personal documents of Europass i.e. the CV and the European Language Portfolio. The other three instruments of the Europass Portfolio, i.e. Mobilipass, Diploma Supplement and Certificate Supplement could be digital keys or electronic certificates stored in institutional databases. The core element of the Europass, i.e. the CV, will be open standard compliant (HR-XML and FOAF) and interoperable. So that the data interchange between the instruments will be possible and the storage of data will be independent. Allowing to this approach, the e-Citizen will have total control of his personal data: Europass-CV and ELP (storage, access, manipulation and transmission). On the basis of this unique CV, controlled by the owner, eCitizens can build their digital self and exchange data with eLearning services, HR services and Social networks according to a human resource life long perspective. This initiative has the potential to complete the digital identity management tools that allow to verify the user identity in the field of electronic exchanges, claim user related information and control digital reputation.




Amongst the deliverable that you can already download are:

• Research report titled “Internet Job Search: uses, services, needs, trends and future challenges”. This is a paper-based and online publication that offers an overview of today's employment electronic transactions, tools and services and the three major strategies that job seekers and also students adopt to search for a job, a placement or a study opportunity via the Internet. The report also presents the KITE framework for interoperability with eLearning, employment and HR services and several scenarios on the use of the Europass-CV plugin for blogs to support the building of online professional profiles. This report also includes a prospective analysis of employment electronic transactions, tools and services based on an analysis of interviews with international experts from the eLearning, employment and HR industry;
• Europass-CV plugin for DotClear 2.0 and WordPress 2.0 blogging systems that is compliant with HR-XML Staffing Exchange Protocol specifications and a detailed user guide. Download it now!