The EU developed the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) as a translation tool to make national qualifications easier to understand and more comparable. The EQF seeks to support cross-border mobility of learners and workers, promote lifelong learning and professional development across Europe.

Each of the 8 levels of the EQF is defined by a set of descriptors indicating the learning outcomes relevant to qualifications at that level in any qualifications system. Knowledge: in the context of EQF, knowledge is described as theoretical and/or factual.

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) acts as a translation device to make national qualifications more readable across Europe, promoting workers' and learners' mobility between countries and facilitating their lifelong learning.

With the help of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) you can see how National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) and systems relate to one another. Read descriptions of EQF levels. You can select 2 countries from the flag icon below to see what types of qualifications are included in national frameworks referenced to the EQF.

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is a common European reference framework whose purpose is to make qualifications more readable and understandable across different countries and systems. Covering qualifications at all levels and in all sub-systems of education and training, the EQF provides a comprehensive overview over ...

By enhancing transparency and fostering lifelong learning and mobility throughout Europe, the EQF completion is an important development for current EU policy initiatives, such as the European Skills Portability Initiative and the action plan to tackle labour and skills shortages, both crucial for Europe’s competitiveness.

The EQF is an 8-level, learning outcomes-based framework for all types of qualifications that serves as a translation tool between different national qualifications frameworks. This framework helps improve transparency, comparability and portability of people’s qualifications and makes it possible to compare qualifications from different ...

2019年9月10日 · The European qualifications framework for lifelong learning (EQF) aims to improve the transparency, comparability and portability of people’s qualifications. This brochure has been published to mark the 10th anniversary of the EQF and provides an overview of the framework in general, how it can be used and who benefits.

The EQF is a common European reference framework which links countries’ qualifications systems together, acting as a translation device to make qualifications more readable and understandable across diferent countries and systems in Europe.

EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK Main impacts of the EQF • Development of NQFs in Europe (from 3 to 43 in 10 years time!) • Interconnected landscape of EQF and (diverse) European NQFs • Development of a comprehensive "map" of qualifications in Europe • Mutual learning between European NQFs (building trust)