ECTEG course development standards

    • Start with analysing feedback from other existing training courses, including non-ECTEG ones.
    • List skills and competencies addressed, describing links with Training Competency Framework (TCF) profiles whenever possible. Relevant certification process materials can be included as a dedicated work package.
    • Use of standards provided by Europol, CEPOL, Eurojust, ENISA and ENFSI and, whenever possible, ECTEG existing materials.
    • Specify technical requirements and students’ prerequisites.
    • Specify course aims, learning outcomes and workload.
    • Deliver trainer manual based on ECTEG template.
    • Deliver student manual with presentations, exercises and their solutions including a suggested roadmap of study.
    • Include as many practicals as possible (whenever possible, e-learning part used for “theory” parts) and include virtual machines and tools used for exercises in the deliverables.
    • Use open-source tools, or the FREETOOL project deliverables, and exclude exercises using commercial tools. However, a reference to commercial tools is acceptable if there is no open-source or FREETOOL alternative (not to be used as marketing for the tool).
    • Build curriculum modules, as much as possible independently, to allow for “agile” updates later.
    • Create e-learning in a modular way, to be reused in other ECTEG projects.
    • Agree to host e-learning on the ECTEG web server and to be shadowed on the Europol and CEPOL web servers.
    • Deliver skill assessment materials, including solutions and marking scheme.
    • Deliver at least one pilot course (on-site, e-learning) – “Agile projects” can be an exception.
    • Agree to invite LEA from EU MS to the pilot(s) and to provide ECTEG with the attendees’ names.
    • Agree to provide experts’ and trainers’ names to ECTEG.
    • Agree that all developed materials may be used in other ECTEG projects.
    • Deliver content in English, ensuring localisation is as easy as possible.
    • Allow involvement of CEPOL, Europol and other ECTEG members in the organisation of pilots.
    • Include the ECTEG logo, ecteg.eu link and “Funded by the European Union” on all materials and deliverables.
    • Provide regular reporting to ECTEG General Assemblies and ECTEG Board during the development.
    • Share Intellectual property (IP) rights with ECTEG and ECTEG members that contributed to the creation of the deliverables.

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