Background information FQF

Official texts

• Decreet betreffende de Vlaamse Kwalificatiestructuur van 30/04/09 (in Dutch)(opens in new window)

• Memorie van toelichting bij het decreet VKS (in Dutch)(PDF file opens in new window)

Brochures

• The Flemish Qualifications Structure - A guide to qualifications(PDF file opens in new window)
  

Official texts

• EQF: All information(opens in new window) (official texts, reports, brochures, etc.) about the European Qualification Framework
• Council Recommendation of 22 May 2017 on the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning(opens in new window) and repealing the Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on the establishment of the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (2017/C 189/03)
• EQF referencing reports(opens in new window)
• Compare national qualifications frameworks across Europe(opens in new window)

International trends preceding EQF

• Bologna Declaration(opens in new window): declaration on the creation of a European higher education area
• EHEA (European Higher Education Area)(opens in new window): ensures comparable and coherent systems of higher education
• Copenhagen Declaration(PDF file opens in new window): emphasises the importance of effective European cooperation on vocational education and training
• The Bruges Communiqué on enhanced European Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training(opens in new window): priorities and objectives for improving cooperation in the field of vocational education and training

European policy on EQF and vocational education and training (VET)

• European Skills Agenda (2020)(opens in new window)
• VET recommendation(opens in new window)
• Europass(opens in new window)
• Centres of Vocational Excellence(opens in new window)
• European Vocational Skills Week (opens in new window)
• European Education Area(opens in new window)

European support for EQF and vocational education and training (VET)

• Cedefop(opens in new window): European agency conducting research on vocational education and training
• European Training Foundation(opens in new window): European agency that supports the EU’s neighbouring countries in reforming their education and training systems
• Eqavet(opens in new window): network that supports quality assurance in vocational education and training