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Školski vjesnik : Journal for Pedagogic Theory and Practice, Vol. 62 No. 2-3, 2013.

Review article

Development of the Croatian Qualification Framework

Sonja Kovačević orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-1231 ; Faculty of Philosophy, Split
Marina Tatalović ; Government of the Republic of Croatia

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Abstract

The Croatian Qualification Framework (CQ; Croatian: Hrvatski kvalifikacijski okvir, HKO) is a tool created to establish a stable and comparable qualification system (from qualifications that exist and/or are acquired in Republic of Croatia) and to link it to the European Qualification Framework (EQF), the Qualification Framework of European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA) and further to indirectly link it to the national qualifi cation framework or systems of other nations. On February 8, 2013 the Croatian Parliament wrote a Bill for Croatian Qualification Framework, in order to fulfill this complex and demanding project, which has been pending for almost a decade now. Accomplishing the prerequisites for development and implementation of the CQF ran in parallel with the development of European Qualification Framework for lifelong education (EKO/ EQF) and Qualification Framework of European Higher Education Area (QF EHEA). Besides the international recognition and acceptance of the qualification levels, i.e. education levels, and recognizing the qualifications and related competencies on the European workforce marketplace and vice versa, the task of CQF is for the cooperation between international institutions and Croatian government agencies to assure the realistic and necessary linkage of the workforce marketplace and the education. In addition, the task of CQF is to move toward the development of the occupational standards and qualification standards based upon the educational outcome, as well as to ensure the system of excellence in education and to assign the qualifications, regardless of the manner in which individual competencies are achieved.

Keywords

Croatian Qualification Framework; Qualification Framework of European Higher Education Area; European Qualification Framework; educational outcome; workforce marketplace; competencies; lifelong education; mobility; quality ensurance

Hrčak ID:

105325

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/105325

Publication date:

15.7.2013.

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