The International Project on Competences in Psychology (IPCP) has worked for three years to achieve an international agreement on which core competences shall be included in what is now being called the “International Declaration on Core Competences in Professional Psychologyâ€. The project started with a working conference in July 2013, with representation from major international and regional psychology associations, and from some national associations. The project has since then been discussed at several open meetings held in various sites globally, and been reviewed in three rounds of consultations in a Reference Group consisting of 275 colleagues from all over the world.

After the last round of hearing during the autumn of 2015, the IPCP Work Group has developed a Final Draft (v. 2.0) of the Declaration. This will be presented. The possible use and utility of the declaration at national levels will be presented and discussed.

Convener/chair: Sverre L. Nielsen, Chair of IPCP. Norwegian Psychological Association.

Participants: Dave Bartram, UK, Dragos Iliescu, Romania, Kurt Geisinger, USA.