Factsheet ACQF-II Updated - report of all activities (May 2023 - 05/December 2024)
The new Factsheet is available for you on the Webpage Resources
Synthesis on ACQF-II activities and outputs (May 2023-December 2024)
- The ACQF website has been updated regularly, and includes a revamped Home page, new thematic pages on the main menu and wider spaces for New and Publications. News on ACQF-II activities are shared via a new X account (former Twitted) - @acqf - accessible also via the revamped Home page of ACQF website.
- On ACQF News: read the Report 2023, the Planned activities 2024, and the ACQF Factsheets
- Visit the webpage of Webinars and workshops. Access the presentations, and reference documents of the ACQF Capacity development program, especially the 4 ACQF Forums in 2024 (Kinshasa, Luanda, Nairobi and Sechelles), and all other workshops and webinars.
- ACQF website – new webpage “Skills Data Focus”: get acquainted with 3 innovative interactive dashboards: a) Common profiles of occupations; b) Online Job Vacancy analysis for Skills Intelligence – Africa Dashboard; and c) Green Skills Dashboard Africa
- ACQF website – new webpage “Qualifications and Credentials Platform” (QCP) – read and download the QCP leaflet and the report on the Software and data architecture of the QCP and the Report of stakeholders’ baseline analysis. View and download the short Training Handbooks of the 8 QCP Training Units and QCP presentations.
- New webpage “Resources”: where you find the results of ACQF continental surveys 2023-2024: on NQFs, on RPL and on Micro-credentials.
- The two brand new ACQF Handbooks are also accessible on the website: a) ACQF Handbook on RPL for Practitioners; b) ACQF Handbook on Micro-credentials.
2023 Capacity Development Workshops:
Programme of 7 capacity development and policy dialogue multi-country workshops on the wider theme “Making NQFs operational in a time of change”. Agenda and all workshop materials and presentations are accessible at the indicated webpages:
- 08-09/May and 11-12/May: Johannesburg
- 11-13/July: Addis Ababa
- 31/July to 04/August: Bissau national NQF workshop
- 9-11/Oct: Nairobi
- 07-08/Nov: Accra
- 05-06/Dec: Maputo
2024 Forums and Workshops:
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Accra NQF workshop 2024: 26/02 to 01/03/2024
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Kinshasa NQF workshop 2024: 5-6/03/2024
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Seychelles CATS workshops 2024: 11-15/03/2024
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Dakar NQF workshop: 02-04/05/2024
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SADC TCCA meeting 2024: 09-10/05/2024
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Eswatini RPL workshop 2024: 13/05/2024
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Maputo NQF workshop 2024: 15-17/05/2024
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Sierra Leone NQF workshop 2024 (part II): 22-24/05/2024
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Kinshasa First ACQF Forum: 18-20/06/2024
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Luanda 2nd ACQF Forum: 05-06/09/2024
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Nairobi 3rd ACQF Forum (RPL for Practitioners): 01-04/10/2024
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Nairobi – Policy development workshop Somalia (NQF-RPL-CATS): 8-10(11/2024
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Seychelles, 4th ACQF Forum (Micro-credentials for better opportunities): 13-14/11/2024
Qualifications and Credentials Platform
Dedicated webpage on ACQF website: leaflet, all reports, training units, presentations.
The ACQF Qualifications and Credentials Platform (QCP) is a major component of the ACQF as a policy instrument for African qualifications. This comprehensive system of databases aligns with the objectives of the African Union and its member states, contributing to modernize and digitalise management of qualifications at national level, and share information at continental level.
The QCP is being designed to process, classify, compare, and visualise information on various qualifications across education and training sectors. It will consist of interconnected databases, offering at minimum tools for analysis, classification, and visualisation.
QCP is a system of databases at 2 levels: national (managed by the national qualifications authorities) and continental (interoperability. Software architecture and Data Model build on international good practice, notably the EUROPASS, but contextualised and streamlined.
In December 2024 the first version of the QCP will be ready for demonstration and start of data collection.
Training and capacity development of the involved countries:
· QCP Steering Group: ACQF-II coordination, AUC, Technical consortium, countries
· QCP Contact Persons nominated by countries: to implement the QCP at national level, disseminate information, support interoperability.
· 8 main training sessions in 2024 delivered.
· Training for QCP Contact Persons: visit website.
· Data collection training and start of activities.