EUROPSY AND THE ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN W&O PSYCHOLOGY

Aiming at greater mobility of work and organizational (W&O) psychologists and raising the quality of their professional services in Europe, the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) has created a Task Force to define minimum standards that European psychologists should meet in order to qualify for independent practice in the field of W&O psychology. The Task Force was asked to generate specific proposals regarding the European Certificate in Psychology (EuroPsy), which represents the first level of professional development, and the Advanced European Certificate in W&O Psychology, which represents the second level. The Task Force oriented itself at existing norms, such as the ENOP Reference Model and Minimum Standards for W&O Psychology and EuroPsy. In collaboration with ENOP the Reference Model was updated and expanded. Moreover, building on EuroPsy, a detailed description of Competences for W&O psychologists was developed. On the basis of this, a Competence Survey among European W&O psychologists was conducted. New trends and innovative practices have also been explored. The Task Force has reported on its activities at the XIII European Congresses of Work and Organizational Psychology and in several meetings of EAWOP Constituents where the proposals have been analyzed and discussed. Using these and other sources of information the Task Force drafted a set of proposals that are laid down in the report. As requested by EAWOP, the proposals aim to improve the application of EuroPsy in the W&O psychology field and to complement EuroPsy with an Advanced European Certificate in W&O Psychology that can serve as a means to develop the profession and to guarantee expertise and competence vis-à-vis clients and employers (EuroPsy and Advanced Certificate Report).

The EAWOP Task Force on the Future Professional Qualifications of European W&O Psychologists is composed by Marco Depolo, Lourdes Munduate, José-Maria Peiró, Robert A. Roe, Branimir Sverko,  and Matti Vartiainen

For further information, please contact Lourdes Munduate (munduate@us.es)