Professional certification

The Interior Ministry this week ordered the shutdown of dozens of playgrounds and amusement parks across the country after concerns emerged about the quality of their safety certifications.

The Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has been certified by the National Authority for Higher Education (NAHE) with the highest score across all seven individual quality criteria.

More than 53,000 applications have been submitted for the skills upgrading program of the Public Employment Service (DYPA, formerly known as OAED), which opened on December 22 and is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Fund with a total budget of 155 million euros.

The goal is to prepare the HiNAS 2.0 system for marketing by next year, after official certification

A single baccalaureate exam focused on minimal competencies, regardless of education form, and the possibility for high schools, where demand exceeds offer, to organize entry exams before the National Evaluation, are among the proposals of the project "Educated Romania", which is in the stage of concluding consultations.

Thousands of facilities and tour and transfer vehicles in Turkey have been granted the "Safe Tourism Certificate" through a program aimed at ensuring the safety of tourists, relevant staff and travelers from COVID-19.

The Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) said the certificates have been granted to a total of 5,216 accommodation facilities.

Bureau Veritas and the Romanian Hotel Industry Federation (FIHR) on Wednesday launched a health safety standard to support the hotel and restaurant industry to show compliance with best practices in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, informs a company statement sent to AGERPRES.

From the very beginning, the new Knauf Insulation Experience Center has been designed in compliance with the DGNB standards. This required a very high level of understanding of sustainable construction requirements by designers and investors. After all, implementation of a building engineering project like this is a major challenge.

An investigation has been launched into a fire that broke out at a hostel for the elderly in the Athens suburb of Kallithea on Saturday, resulting in the death of two women, aged 55 and 68. 

It remained unclear on Tuesday whether the facility, which has been in operation since the 1980s, had a valid fire safety certification. 

The private company that installed a Ferris wheel in Syntagma Square, central Athens, for the holidays - which will now be dismantled because it reportedly violated safety regulations - said in a statement Thursdy that it had asked for an extension to produce all the necessary safety certificates but its request was turned down by the Athens municipal authorities.