| Structure |
EQF – 2008 |
EQF - 2017 |
| Rationale and background |
Separate section on the importance and structure of the EQF, types of descriptors, legislative basis, etc. |
The reference framework does not benefit from an autonomous section; The design and structure elements are presented along with other items on the implementation of the EQF system |
| Recommen-dationssequences |
- Recommendations for Member States; - Approval of the European Commission's initiatives |
Several users are nominated and therefore there are more frequent sequences: recommendations for Member States, relations with national contexts, recommendations for the Council of Europe in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders in the EQF advisory group, recommendations to the Commission |
| Annexes |
3 Annexes: definitions, EQF levels descriptors, common principles for quality assurance in higher education and in vocational training |
6 Annexes: definitions, EQF levels descriptors, criteria and procedures for referencing NQFs to the EQF, quality assurance principles for qualifications, principles for credit systems, elements for data fields for the electronic publication of information with an EQF level. |
