Studies and overviews
OECD
The Emergence of Alternative Credentials (Latvian translation)
UNESCO
Level-setting and recognition of learning outcomes, 2015
International projects
Reports of studies
Special Eurobarometer 417: European area of skills and qualifications, 2014
The use or potential use of QFs by HEIs and other stakeholders linked to mobility, 2014:
Evaluation of the Implementation of the EQF Recommendation, 2013:
Study “State of play of the European Qualifications Framework implementation”, 2012
Study on the (potential) role of qualifications frameworks in supporting mobility of workers and learners. Joint Study of the EU and Australia, 2011
Publications of CEDEFOP |
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National Qualifications Framework developments in Europe, 2017
Overview of National Qualifications Framework developments in Europe, 2017
Global inventory of regional and national qualifications frameworks 2017 LV
Latvia - European inventory on NQF 2016
Validation and open educational resources (OER) LV EN
Monitoring the use of validation of non-formal and informal learning LV EN
Application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe, 2016
European guidelines for validation of non-formal and informal learning, 2015 LV EN
National Qualifications Framework developments in Europe, 2015
Overview of National Qualifications Framework developments in Europe, 2015
Qualifications at level 5: progressing in a career or to higher education, 2014 LV EN
Analysis and overview of NQF level descriptors in European countries, 2013. LV EN
Analysis and overview of NQF developments in European countries, Annual report, 2012
The development of national qualifications frameworks in Europe, August 2010
Changing Qualifications: A review of qualifications policies and practices, 2010
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks in Europe - 2017 Developments
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks in Europe, December 2016
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks in Europe: coming of age, January 2016
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks: expanding influence, persisting obstacles, November 2014
Briefing note: The hidden potential of level 5 qualifications, June 2014
Briefing note: At the interface of learning for employability, January 2014
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks in Europe: forging the right links, November 2013
Briefing note: Quality: a requirement for generating trust in qualifications, March 2013
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks in Europe: an instrument for transparency and change, October 2012
Briefing note: Qualifications frameworks in Europe: modernising education and training, November 2011
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Publications of European Training Foundation |
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Global Inventory of Regional and National Qualifications Frameworks. Volume II National and Regional Cases, 2015
Global national qualifications framework inventory, 2013
Global national qualifications inventory: country cases from EU and ETF partner countries, 2013
Transnational Qualifications Frameworks, 2010
This report of European Training Foundation includes the following topics:
- European Qualifications Framework;
- Regional Qualification Framework in the Southern African Development Community;
- Transnational Qualification Framework for the Virtual University of Small States in the Commonwealth;
- Sectoral Qualification Framework being developed by Caribbean Community for the technical and vocational education and training sector;
- Emerging Regional Qualification Framework for Association of South East Asian Nations.
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