Examples of using Qualification frameworks in English and their translations into German
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Such developments need to be further encouraged and be appropriately integrated into the qualification frameworks and systems.
National qualification frameworks and systems change over time and their referencing to the EQF should be regularly updated.
The EQF is a reference framework to which national qualification frameworks and qualifications can be linked.
The work done on qualification frameworks has resulted in a renewed debate on the profile and status of vocational education and training- on how to define and understand VET.
Study programmes are linked to a certain level of proficiency for which criteria are stated in qualification frameworks or occupational standards.
An in-depth elaboration on the topic‘reference levels, qualification frameworks and their linkages to a system of ECVET' was undertaken by Mike Coles and Tim Oates 2004, op. cit.
The EQF encouraged actors from different national educational sectors towork together to design coherent national qualification frameworks based on'learning outcomes.
The work undertaken on qualification frameworks has resulted in a renewed debate on the profile and status of vocational education and training- on how to define and understand VET.
To enhance the openness and relevance of education systems by building national qualification frameworks and better gearing learning outcomes towards labour market needs.
However the survey brought evidence of difficulties in using the notion of learning density or notional learning time for all countries,even if they are in use in some existing credit and/or qualification frameworks.
While this approach is enshrined within the European Qualifications Framework andnational qualification frameworks, the EESC recognises that more could be done to facilitate this.
The emergence of quality assured qualification frameworks for lifelong learning, strongly promoted by the EQF, calls for reflections on a sector-based approach to quality assurance and on whether it is possible to identify some basic principles and guidelines valid across sectors and applicable to all qualifications. .
Member States should work with the social partners to further develop andimplement national qualification frameworks, based on learning outcomes and linked with the European Qualifications Framework. .
The review of existing credit systems and qualification frameworks for HE and VET(including the Northern Ireland credit and accumulation system, the Irish national framework of qualifications(2004), the principles for a credit framework for England(2004), the principles stated in the Spanish Organic Law(2002), the principles for ECTS along with the principles for validation of nonformal and informal learning(2004)) allows identification of three categories of principles linked to ECVET in terms of its functioning and implementation.
These are of particular interest for the work under way in the framework of the“Education& Training 2010” programme(see Part I) and the Copenhagen process(see Part II),especially on key issues like the development of qualification frameworks, the validation of non-formal and informal learning or the strengthening of information and guidance services.
Work together to link national qualifications frameworks to the EQF, establish comprehensive national arrangements to validate learning outcomes;create links between qualification frameworks, validation arrangements, quality assurance and systems for credit accumulation and transfer(ECVET, ECTS); cooperate in projecting demand for skills and better matching of such demand and the provision of learning opportunities(Skills Panorama, European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations-ESCO); improve the visibility, dissemination and use of European reference tools in order to accelerate their implementation.
The proposal is compatible with the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area QF-EHEA.
This is used in the Scottish credit and qualifications framework see SCQF, 2003.
Proposal for European qualifications framework.
An eight-level European qualification framework, put into practice by the year 2010, is intended to bring more transparency to the issue.
Our students acquire IT skills required by the qualification framework of ECDL European Computer Driving License.
However, Member States should step up the pace of reform andimplement national qualifications frameworks based on learning outcomes, as indicated in the European Qualifications Framework Recommendation.
Member States have developed national qualifications frameworks based on learning outcomes and related these to the EQF through a process called‘referencing.
Tools such as ECVET, Europass or the European and National Qualifications Frameworks are to support European-wide mobility of learners and improve the comparability of educational offers in Europe.
Summary of responses received to the Commission's consultation onthe EQF[European qualification framework] during the 2nd half of 2005.
Simplifying and rationalising the transparency, documentation, validation and recognition tools that involve direct outreach to learners,workers and employers and promoting the use of qualifications frameworks.
A Qualifications Framework, however, enables their description in terms of the qualifications which graduates should have acquired once they have successfully completed the degree.
The EQF is compatible with the qualifications framework for the European Higher Education Area and its cycle descriptors.
Within the Scottish credit and qualifications framework(2003) one credit equals the outcomes of a notional 10 hours of learning time.
Conformance with the qualifications framework is a prerequisite for accreditation of a degree course within Germany.