NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK – NORTH MACEDONIA

Coordination of the Macedonian Qualifications Framework (MQF) lies with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, while operational management, including approval of qualifications and their allocation to the MQF levels, is the responsibility of the National Board for the NQF. [...] The approval and allocation of qualifications in the NQF are the responsibility of the National Board for the NQF following the opinion of the respective Sectoral Council. [...] It has two representatives from the Ministry of Education and Science and one from each of the following: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, VET Centre, the Centre for Adult Education, the Bureau for Development of Education, the National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility, higher education, the chambers of commerce, the Organisation of Employers, and the Independent Union. [...] The members represent the Ministry of Education and Science, the ministry responsible for the sector, the employers’ association for that sector, the relevant trades unions in the sector, universities, the VET Centre, the Centre for Adult Education, the Bureau for Development of Education, and the relevant body for regulated professions. [...] It will cover the increasing level NQF implementation29 in the country, new developments in the standards for higher education, and the amendments included in the draft of the new NQF law that concern changes in governance arrangements (such as those on the role and status of Sectoral Councils), validation of non-formal and informal learning, and the results of the ongoing works on the qualificati.