EN EN international qualifications 4116 EN An increasing number of qualifications – certificates and diplomas – are awarded at international level, outside the – TI-31-12-754-EN-C jurisdiction of national authorities. These ‘non-State’ qualifications have been developed and are awarded by a wide range of bodies, organisations and companies addressing various purposes. What unites this extreme variety of qualifications is that they are not restricted to a particular national system or territory. They are all qualifications whose exchange value is defined outside traditional national qualifications systems. This raises some key questions and challenges for policy-makers as well as users – be they individual citizens or employers. This report is a first effort to increase transparency in this field, notably by pointing to existing sources and clarifying the concepts to be used for mapping and analysis. European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Europe 123, 570 01 Thessaloniki (Pylea), GREECE PO Box 22427, 551 02 Thessaloniki, GREECE Tel. +30 2310490111, Fax +30 2310490020, E-mail:
[email protected] international ISBN 978-92-896-1117-6 qualifications International qualifications Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2012 A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2012 ISBN 978-92-896-1117-6 doi: 10.2801/8721 Copyright @ European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), 2012. All rights reserved. Designed by
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