5. The National Qualifications Authority
The National Qualifications Authority (NQA) was set up
in 2011 through the re-organisation of UECNCFPA
and of the National Qualifications and Adult Training
Council (CNCFPA), according to the National
Education Law no. 1/ 2011.
According to the Government Decision no.556/ 2011,
NQA is a public legal entity, a specialized body under
the coordination of the Ministry of National
Education.
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6. NQA shall fulfill the following missions according to National Education
Law no.1/2011 and Govermental Decision no.556/2011
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8. NCP EQF - National Coordination Point for the
European
Qualifications Framework
NQA has the task to make the referencing of the
NQF to EQF and also the comparability of the
national system of qualifications with the other
similar systems existing in other countries.
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9. REFERENCING TO EQF
The Referencing is a process that results in the
establishment of a relationship between the 8 levels of the
European meta-framework (EQF) and the national
qualifications framework (NQF) or system.
This process represents one of the European Parliament and
European Council’s recommendations (23.04.2008) which
should has been finalized until 2010. In Romania this
process is still a target that have to be done until the middle
of 2013.
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10. REFERENCING TO EQF
This process will lead to respect the recommendation that
all new qualification certificates, diplomas and ‘Europass’
documents issued by the competent authorities contain a
clear reference, by way of national qualifications systems,
to the appropriate European Qualifications Framework
level
The Referencing of NQF to EQF must be presented in a
referencing report following the 10 criteria and
procedures adopted by the EQF Advisory Group in
March 2009.
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11. Criteria and procedures
for referencing
national qualifications
levels to the EQF
http://ec.europa.eu/education
/lifelong-learning-
policy/doc/eqf/criteria_en.pd
f
1.
2.1.
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12. Countries that finalized the referencing process
The first countries that succeeded to finalize the referencing process
and to represent a model of good practice for the elaboration of the 10
criteria and procedures of the referencing are:
France,
Ireland,
Malta
United Kingdom that encompasses the referencing of three
qualifications frameworks: England and Northern Ireland, Scotland
and Wales.
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14. The GD project’s aims
The assurance of the coherence of the qualifications and of the certified
titles.
The evaluation, the link and the recognition of all learning outcomes.
The correlation of the qualifications with the diplomas titles, certificates
and other study documents issued by the authorised
institutions/organisations;
The assurance of the NQF compatibility with the EQF, by the
transparent correlation of the own levels of qualifications with the
European ones, in accordance with the legislation and the national
practices in force.
The construction of the National Qualifications Register where will be
introduced all qualifications obtained through the national qualifications
system in correlation with the EQF recommendations.
The establishment of the NQF as a support for the employability and the
social and professional integration.
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15. The referencing report
The referencing report of the
Romanian NQF to the EQF will
not have as a good practice
examples only the reports
already elaborated by the
European countries, but also
the results obtained at the
national level, more precisely
the Self-certification report
of the NQFHE, November
2011.
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16. NQF - NQFHE
The NQFHE is a constituent part of the National Qualifications
Framework in Romania
The qualification levels of the 3 cycles of the Romanian higher
education from the European perspective look as follows:
National Qualifications
Framework for Higher
Education in Romania
Framework for
Qualifications of the
European
Higher
Education Area
Romania’s
National
Qualifications
Framework
European Qualifications
Framework for Lifelong
Learning
Higher
Education
Doctorate Third cycle Level 8 Level 8
Master Second cycle Level 7 Level 7
Bachelor First cycle Level 6 Level 6
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17. The NQFHE and the NQRHE
The Romanian NQFHE is linked to the NQRHE which
represents a tool and a mirror of the higher education
qualifications.
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19. NQRHE - NQF
NQA is managing the function of NQRHE
NQR will encompass information about the
competent body for the description and the
certification of the qualifications, the title of
qualification, the level of qualification within
NQF, the units of learning outcomes, the
referenced level within EQF, the availability in
time of the qualification, numbers of credits the
access to the qualification and the cod of the
occupation/occupations that can be practiced.
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20. NQF
NQF is an instrument for the classification and the
description of the qualifications in accordance with a
set of criteria which are corresponding to some
specific levels of education and professional training.
The NQF’s aim is to integrate and to coordinate the
national sub-systems of qualifications, improving the
transparency, to support the access to the life long
learning, the assurance of the progress and the quality
of the qualifications in accordance with the labour
market and the civil society.
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21. Conclusions
Romania intends to present the Referencing
report in 2013, thanks to the EQF-NCP 3
project.
The building of the NQF is a long term
process which is claiming for time to
understand and to use the key-concepts, for
the promotion of the educational and the
institutional shifts.
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22. Thank you for your attention!
National Qualifications AuthorityNational Qualifications Authority
1-3, Valter Maracineanu Square,1-3, Valter Maracineanu Square,
Entry B, 2nd floor, room 164-166,Entry B, 2nd floor, room 164-166,
Bucharest, Romania , 010155
Tel.: +40 21 313 00 50/51/52
Fax: +40 21 313 00 53
E-mail: office@anc.gov.ro
Web: www.anc.gov.ro
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