This paper has been drafted jointly by Cedefop and ETF: The main authors are Jens Bjornavold and Slava Pevec from Cedefop, and Arjen Deij and Jolien van Uden from ETF with inputs from Koen Nomden (DG EMPL European Commission)
The first qualifications frameworks appeared in the late 1980s , beginning of 1990s, but only after 2008 we see a rapid increase worldwide. While Cedefop has been monitoring the NQFs that are linked with the EQF implementation, ETF has been supporting partner countries t...