1. X-AGON - EUROPEACTIVE - EQF

X-AGON FITNESS provides a comprehensive Pilates training program, internationally recognized and accredited by EUROPEACTIVE. The PILATES TEACHER EQF-4 certification is provided to trainees after evaluation (examinations) and entitles them to directly enter in the relevant European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS). EuropeActive is a pioneering non-profit organisation based in Brussels, representing the European health and exercise industry. In addition, it defines the models of standardization, the rules that promote best practices in professional training. The ultimate goal of EuropeActive is to improve the quality of the services provided, the experience and the exercise results of the clients/trainees. This work is implemented by the Standards Council, an independent body of EuropeActive, which provides strategic guidance for creating standards on people, programs and spaces. The main activity of the Standards Council in recent years has been the development of standards in education and professional training to determine the required qualifications and the necessary knowledge-skills for employees in the wider fitness industry. The work of the Standards Council is part of the process of developing a sectoral framework, which, in turn, is based on the eight (8) levels of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). The EQF links the qualifications systems of individual countries together, acting as an 'interpretation tool' that makes qualifications more understandable. This helps both trainees and existing workers who wish to move from one country to another to change jobs or move from one training institution in their home country to another. EuropeActive fully supports the strategic principles and objectives of the European Union's Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme. Training on these standards is based on EuropeActive's Code of Ethical Practice (Code of Conduct), which outlines the principles of ethical conduct in teaching exercise, including rights, relationships, personal responsibilities as well as professional standards. In addition, EuropeActive systematically informs the general public and trainee clients about how to use the services provided by professionals in the sport (exercise) industry.