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European Digital Credentials
A credential the European Union verifies through its own infrastructure.
Qualifying programmes of the Associazione Italiana Professionisti dell’Intelligenza Artificiale (AIPIA) issue a European Digital Credential, the European Commission's official format, sealed under the eIDAS Regulation (EU) 910/2014 and held in the Europass wallet.
- Base course
- €249
- Advanced course
- €399
- Complete pathway
- €548
- Credential renewal
- €19 / year
- Languages
- 3
- Delivery
- Online, live
Section I Why the format matters
A verifier checks the seal, not the issuer’s reputation.
Most professional credentials are worth what the person reading them knows about the body that issued them. A hiring manager who has not heard of an issuer has to research it, take it on trust, or discount it.
A European Digital Credential works differently. It is issued in the European Commission’s own format, sealed under the eIDAS Regulation (EU) 910/2014, and held in the holder’s Europass wallet. Verification is a technical check against European Union infrastructure: the seal is either valid or it is not.
For a practitioner in the United Kingdom selling into the European Union, that is the difference between a credential that has to be explained and one that resolves.
The credential is verifiable across the European Union through Europass. Membership status is verifiable separately, in real time, through the association’s own verification page.
Section II The pathway
Two courses, or one pathway.
Taken together the combined fee falls by €100. Both courses are delivered live and online, and both end in an examination.
- 01€249
Base
Eight hours across four live online sessions, with a final examination.
Issues the European AI Professional Credential at Base level, eIDAS-sealed and storable in Europass.
- 02€399
Advanced
Twelve hours across five live sessions, with a practical session led by a member of the Scientific-Technical Committee and a final examination.
For practitioners who already hold the fundamentals. Covers advanced computer vision, artificial intelligence agents, application programming interfaces, server administration and marketing automation.
- 03€548
Complete pathway
Both courses taken together, with the combined fee reduced by €100 against €648 paid separately.
Section III Before enrolling
A free test establishes where to start.
The artificial intelligence level test runs 20 questions drawn from an expert pool and takes about five minutes. There is no time limit, and the question set differs each time it is taken.
An explanation by email and a shareable badge. It costs nothing and does not require membership.
- Credential renewal
- €19 / year
- Requirement
- Update module and test
- Membership
- €24 / year
Membership can be taken out at the same time as a course purchase.
Section IV Corporate training
Organisations train teams at a reserved rate.
Corporate members enrol staff at €229 a course rather than €249, on orders of 3 or more enrolments. Corporate membership itself runs across 3 plans, from €490 to €12,000 a year, covering organisations from 3–300 people.