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acknowledgements.
This Cedefop report covers the development of national
qualifications frameworks (NQFs) in the 27 members of the European
Union, in two candidate countries to the EU (Croatia and Turkey)
and in Iceland and Norway. It confirms the importance and priority
attributed to NQFs across Europe. While this can be explained
partly by the EQF and set deadlines, countries increasingly tend to
see NQFs as key instruments influencing national policies and
reforms in education, training and employment.
All the 31 countries covered by the report aim to develop and
introduce a national qualifications framework for lifelong leaing
responding to the EQF. The majority of these countries aim for
comprehensive frameworks covering all levels and types of
qualifications and seeking a stronger integration between them.
This is a significant result as it shows an increased attention to
the overall coherence and permeability of education and training
systems and their ability to promote lifelong and lifewide
leaing.