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Developing a National Qualifications Framework in Austria
April 16, 2010 BMWF - Florian Pecenka/Elisabeth Frank 2
The National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
2006
– Government’s decision to implement an NQF in Austria– Working groups were set up to prepare an NQF
2007– National steering group was established– First „fact-finding phase“– Information and public awareness work– Analysis by ordering diverse studies– Preparing a consultation paper
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The National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
2008
– Public consultation process until 11/2008, all stakeholders have been involved
– Commentaries‘ evaluation by experts: The report identified a number of open questions and challenges for the further NQF development.
– Report to the national steering group which presented the conclusions and recommendations end 2008
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The National Qualifications Framework
2009
Preparation of a policy paper of the both ministries involved to devise the strategy for the Austrian NQF implementation in October 2009.
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The National Qualifications Framework
until end 2010
- Decision about a general framework
- Classification of all formal qualifications to the NQF
- First steps to present informal and non formal qualifications
- Establishing a national contact point
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NQF presentation
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Level 6
Level 7
Level 8
Higher education Vocational education
EQF 1
EQF 2
EQF 3
EQF 4
EQF 5
EQF 6
EQF 7
EQF 8
EQF 1
EQF 2
EQF 3
EQF 4
EQF 5
EQF 6
EQF 7
EQF 8
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Organisation
National steering group
– Representatives of all ministries and social partners and the Länder
– Defines general framework and guidelines
– A subgroup of the national steering group is established
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Organisation
Advisory board in the BMWF
– Representatives of the tertiary education sector
– Exchange of information
– Defining general strategy to follow
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Aims of the NQF (1)
- Easier transparent allocation to the EQF levels
- Instrument to support the qualifications system
- Sustainable enhancement through learning outputs on national level
- Neutral benchmark, who makes transparency and comparability of qualifications possible, which were gained in different systems and at different levels
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Aims of the NQF (2)
- Strong position for Austrian qualifications through the NQF and EQF in the national and European labour market
- Exploratory function for better qualifications comparability
- Qualifications are allocated not competences or persons
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Aims of the NQF (3)
- Neither NQF nor EQF are models to present individual competence profiles
- Implementation in cooperation with all stakeholders on basis of a broad consensus
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Thank you for
your attention!
For more information: http://www.bmwf.gv.at/wissenschaft/national/nqr/ Mag. Elisabeth Frank Federal Ministry of Science and ResearchGeneral Directorate [email protected] ++43 1 53120-2546
Mag. Florian Pecenka M.A.S.Federal Ministry of Science and ResearchSection I/6c [email protected] ++43 1 53120-5812
