Conference on the European Professional Card

This conference will provide participants with the opportunity to discuss the advantages and challenges of the European Professional Card (EPC). Participants will also be able to learn how the Internal Market Information System (IMI) procedures work and hear about professionals' and authorities' first impressions from using the system.

The introduction of the EPC was one of the major achievements of the modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive. The EPC is an innovative tool and fully electronic recognition procedure which further facilitates the mobility of professionals. The EPC will first be available in early 2016 for general care nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, real estate agents and mountain guides.