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All accredited learning for post-14 year olds in Wales is being gradually brought into a single structure - the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW). The CQFW embraces all post-14 learning and higher education in Wales and allows learners to explain to others the relative value of their award and to transfer their knowledge and skills between career paths, providers and countries. Miller Research was commissioned in October 2007 to undertake an evaluation of the effectiveness, impact and value for money of the CQFW project to date. The stated aims for this research were to evaluate the effectiveness, impact and value for money of the CQFW project to date, and the [European Social Fund] ESF Capacity Building Project with awarding bodies. In March 2003 the CQFW team submitted an application to the European Commission for funding from the ESF. The aim of the ESF project was to support the capacity building of a credit framework with the main awarding bodies. The ESF funding was used to develop the CQFW by enabling these bodies to ascribe credit values to total qualifications and individual units. In addition, the funding was used to amend their internal systems to include awarding credit values onto their student transcript and internal records. This report seeks to evaluate the ESF Capacity Building Project that has been undertaken by CQFW. A report into the effectiveness and impact of the CQFW to date is presented separately [indexed at TD/IRD 88.417].