VINEPAC is a Leonardo da Vinci project that intends to develop common criteria and methodology for validation and certification of psycho-pedagogical competencies acquired by adult educators for informal and non-formal learning contexts and settings.

The innovative value of the project is according to the new demands requested by European Union related to:
* area of education and training;
* recognition, validation and certification of non-formal and informal competencies;
* improvement of pedagogical competencies of teachers and trainers of adults for using innovative methods and instruments

Coordinator of VINEPAC is Romanian Institute for Adult Education.
Partners in VINEPAC are:  

• German Institute for Adult Education – DIE
• University of Barcelona - Centre of Research in Theories and Practices that Overcome Inequalities – CREA
• General Worker’s Union – GWU
• Etablissement National d’Enseignement Supérieur Agronomique de Dijon, Le Departement Sciences de la Formation et de la Communication (The Departement Science of the Training and Communication) – ENESAD
• National Adults  Training Board – NATB
• University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences – UB