Post added by Michael Graham, European Training Foundation
April this year sees the 10th anniversary of the EQF. To celebrate its successes, assess its impacts and look to its future roles, the European Commission is hosting a major international conference in Brussels in mid-March.
On the programme are a range of topics which reflect the scope, influence and impact of the EQF. These include its push forward of learning outcomes in qualifications, standards and curricula in Europe – principally via the setting up of National Qualifications Frameworks; its boost to lifelong learning as the dominant worldview of education; its success in providing an international reference point; and its underpinning of systems for recognition of prior learning through the NQFs developed.
I can say that, speaking from an EU organization concerned with supporting VET system modernization in our Neighbourhood countries, from the Balkans, to Eastern Europe to North Africa, to Central Asia, its impact has been far-reaching. And often deep, especially in shifting countries to an established position that outcomes are the basis of qualifications. It is also the paramount template technical model and the most important international reference system of its type worldwide.
But you’d expect me to say that! I would like to know what you think.
What do you think is the single biggest difference the EQF has made? In one sentence, please!
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