CAEP is organizing a series of three Peer Learning events on NQF:
- 1st meeting and Kick off in Istanbul, February 20 21, 2017
- 2nd Meeting in Istanbul April 24 25, 2017
- 3rd Meeting Riga September 18 19, 2017
Objective
- to facilitate a policy dialogue and knowledge exchange in the field of education and to support regional collaboration
Results
- Mutual learning and experience exchange on current developments among policy makers and experts of the Central Asia and EU countries on NQF facilitated;
- Learning about policy implementation approaches, challenges and solutions
- Good practices shared and know how on concrete implementation steps of NQFs deepened
- Recommendations drafted to support the process of implementation of qualification frameworks in the respective countries
The first meeting will examine the following topics: 1. Integration of NQFs into the existing systems of qualifications:
- 1.1 Common understanding of concepts and terminology
- 1.2 The “building blocks” of a NQF and possible sequences of steps
- 1.3 How to set up Sectoral Qualifications Bodies
- 1.4 Building coherence between General Education, HE and VET
The 2 and 3 meeting will focus on Recognition and certification of Learning Outcomes from any form of learning (including work based learning, dual learning, part time, e learning, etc.) and Involving the world of work in defining, maintaining and assessing qualifications. The key theme for the 4th meeting will be Alignment and self certification of national qualifications to international Qualification Frameworks. Education experts from Latvia and Poland will share their experiences and discuss practice oriented questions centring around NQF implementation issues, moderated by CAEP experts.