Background information FQF

Official texts

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

• Memorie van toelichting bij het decreet VKS (in Dutch)

Brochures

• The Flemish Qualifications Structure - A guide to qualifications
  

Official texts

• EQF: All information (official texts, reports, brochures, etc.) about the European Qualification Framework
• Council Recommendation of 22 May 2017 on the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning 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
• Compare national qualifications frameworks across Europe

International trends preceding EQF

• Bologna Declaration: declaration on the creation of a European higher education area
• EHEA (European Higher Education Area): ensures comparable and coherent systems of higher education
• Copenhagen Declaration: emphasises the importance of effective European cooperation on vocational education and training
• The Bruges Communiqué on enhanced European Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training: 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)
• VET recommendation
• Europass
• Centres of Vocational Excellence
• European Vocational Skills Week
• European Education Area

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

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