Qualifications frameworks in Europe: supporting transparency, mobility and lifelong learning

To support cross-border mobility of learners and workers and make recognition of qualifications and lifelong learning easier across Europe is a major aim of the European Union. This means that qualifications need to be understandable across different countries and systems in Europe. In 2008, a European qualifications framework for lifelong learning (EQF) was adopted to act as a translation grid. It provides a common reference framework that assists in comparing national qualifications levels and qualifications. The EQF covers qualifications at all levels and in all sub-systems of education and... Show more

Authors: Grm, Slava Pevec; Bjornavold, Jens

Published: Seoul, South Korea, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, 2013

Resource type: Conference paper

Physical description: 20 p.

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