13th Peer Learning Webinar - focus on Recognition of Prior Learning
The project “Developing the African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF)” continues the series of peer learning webinars in 2022. This new series focuses on developments and practices in the domain of Recognition of Prior Learning / Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience / Reconhecimento validação e certificação de competências (Reconhecimento de competências adquiridas). Cases shared: a) ACQF Guideline of Validation of Learning; b) European Union - 10 years of experience of Validation of Non-Formal and Non-Formal Learning; c) African country experience: Cape Verde - new developments and practical application.
14th Peer Learning Webinar - RPL / VAE / RVCC (RCA)
Recognition of prior learning is not limited to lower levels of qualifications. Three different country cases show a wide and diverse scope of RPL / VAE in Africa and Europe.
2nd NQF Forum - 2ème Fórum CNC - 2º Fórum QNQ - LUANDA, Angola (5-6 September 2024)
The 2nd NQF Forum addresses 5 themes: innovation of new NQFs; kick-off referencing to ACQF; quality assurance of NQFs; policy instruments for mobility, recognition and portability - RPL, CATS, micro-credentials; greening NQFs; Qualifications and Credentials Platform (QCP) in progress.
2nd Training Week 5-9 September 2022: Skills, Qualifications and Frameworks for Mutual Trust in a Changing World
The second ACQF training week takes place in Johannesburg - South Africa, as a hybrid event. Participants will interact with world class speakers, share their experiences, and engage in practical and hands-on sessions to develop and strengthen their knowledge and skills on a range of issues related with the conditions and enablers of transparency of qualifications and mutual trust between qualifications frameworks in a changing world. Themes of the training programme: national and regional qualifications frameworks, quality assurance, digitalisation and development of qualifications, recognition of learning and qualifications, online registers of qualifications, novel approaches to labour market intelligence, monitoring and evaluation, and referencing to ACQF.
3rd ACQF Forum: RPL for Practitioners
The 3rd continental “Forum of the institutions of National Qualifications Frameworks", is organised in partnership with the African Union, African countries, Regional Economic Communities. This workshop is co-organised with Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA), and will take place in Nairobi, from 1 to 4 October 2024, at the Hotel Fairview. The workshop languages are English, French, and Portuguese. Streaming is available to ensure wider participation.
4th ACQF Forum: Micro-credentials for better opportunities
Final ACQF Forum in 2024 - in Victoria, Seychelles.
5th ACQF Continental Forum
Theme: Transparency, comparability, and mobility across national and regional qualifications systems.
6th ACQF Continental Forum
Theme: Building Future-Ready Qualifications Systems for Africa
Accra: Making Qualifications Frameworks operational in a changing world (Part II)
Accra Workshop: Part II of the ACQF-II training programme 2023. Focus on NQF components, instruments, governance. Green skills. Digitalisation of NQFs. Lifelong learning. Credit systems. Articulation. Recognition of qualifications.
ACQF 10th Peer Learning Webinar
Cases discussed at this webinar: African experiences of National Qualifications Databases and NQF Information Systems (cases of South Africa and Kenya); and 2 cases of Recognition of qualifications (AQVN; INAAREES - Angola).
ACQF 11th Peer Learning Webinar
Thematic discussion on newest developments concerning: a) Learning outcomes approach in different contexts of learning and qualifications; b) regional qualifications frameworks: objectives, referencing, levels and descriptors; c) ACQF development: towards the conceptual and technical design – levels and descriptors.
ACQF 12th Peer Learning Webinar
1) African experiences and debates: (a) TVET reforms work better with an NQF: case of Mozambique (ANEP); (b) Recognition of degrees and diplomas in higher education: the experience of Cape Verde (ARES); c) African School Curriculum Mapping Study – main findings of the survey (African Curriculum Association, JET Education Services). 2) Micro-credentials: a new opportunity for LLL and NQF – findings of new research in Europe (Cedefop). Debate.
ACQF 1st Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: Kenyan National Qualifications Framework, European Qualifications Framework (EQF), Slovenian National Qualifications.
ACQF 2024: Celebrating Progress
ACQF 2024 is the year of many important developments for the sustainability of the ACQF working with the countries and regions. Referencing, ACQF Network, Qualifications and Credentials Platform (QCP)
ACQF 2nd Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: Mozambique National Qualifications Framework, ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework, Ireland: National Framework of Qualifications
ACQF 3rd Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: National qualifications frameworks of Mauritius, France and Portugal.
ACQF 4th Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: National qualifications frameworks of Lesotho and Bahrain; Arab Qualifications Framework The presentation on the Arab Qualifications Framework illustrated how regional integration and mobility benefit from a regional (referencing) framework.
ACQF 5th Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: the National Qualifications Framework of Angola, Egypt, Ghana and Zimbabwe. Countries discussed as well how they are adapting to the "new normal" during and beyond Covid-19.
ACQF 6th Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: the evolution of NQFs of two countries with significant experience (Zambia and Cabo Verde), and engaged with two regional qualifications frameworks in Africa (Southern African Development Community and East African Community).
ACQF 7th Peer Learning Webinar
Discussed cases: South African NQF (in implementation for over two decades) and Sierra Leone NQF (in development and consultation). We learned about Europass Digital Credentials. Final experts panel gathered representatives of Mozambique, Seychelles, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, and East African Community.
ACQF 8th Peer Learning Webinar
African experiences - National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) of Seychelles and Namibia. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) of Kenya.
ACQF 9th Peer Learning Webinar
Cases discussed at this webinar: African experiences of Quality Assurance in higher education – the cases of CAMES and of the ANAQ-Sup (Senegal). In addition, the Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN) presented the work towards a continental framework for Early childhood education and development.
ACQF Mission to Cameroon: Launch of a Pilot on Validation of Prior Learning (VAE)
As part of ACQF Phase II, the African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF) is supporting Cameroon in the design and implementation of a pilot system for the Validation of Prior Learning (VAE). The initiative aims to recognise skills and competences acquired through work and life experience, with particular attention to informal workers, women, and adults without formal qualifications.
ACQF QCP: Automated publication webinar
This ACQF-QCP workshop is focused on the automated import and publication methods of qualifications. The session is particularly targeted at countries that have an already existing database of qualifications.
ACQF Webinar on Recognition and Exchange of Microcredentials
The African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF) Network is pleased to invite you to a webinar to be held on 11 December 2025 at 3pm - 4h30pm CET with panelists Simone Ravaioli, Merel Eimers, Oonagh McGirr, and Anastasia Pouliou.