1. INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENTS
GREENLAND
ALASKA (USA)
ICELAND
SWEDEN
FINLAND
RUSSIA
CANADA
NORWAY
ESTONIA
DENMARK
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
REPULIC OF IRELAND
UNITED KINGDOM
NETHERLANDS
BELARUS
BELGIUM
GERMANY
POLAND
CZECH REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
UKRAINE
FRANCE
SWITZ.
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
KAZAKHSTAN
ITALY
ROMANIA
MONGOLIA
BULGARIA
UZBEKISTAN
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
PORTUGAL
SPAIN
GEORGIA
KYRGYZSTAN
GREECE
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TAHKISTAN
NORTH KOREA
SYRIA
CHINA
SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN
MOROCCO
TUNISIA
IRAQ
IRAN
AFGHANISTAN
ALGERIA
PAKISTAN
WESTERN SAHARA
LIBYA
EGYPT
NEPAL
MEXICO
SAUDI ARABIA
UAE
CUBA
MAURITANIA
OMAN
INDIA
TAIWAN
MALI
MYANMAR
VIETNAM
NIGER
LAOS
GUATEMALA
CHAD
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
SENEGAL
SUDAN
YEMEN
THAILAND
GUINEA
BURKINA
CAMBODIA
PHILIPPINES
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
VENEZUELA
LIBERIA
COTE D’IVOIRE
GHANA
NIGERIA
ETHIOPIA
COLOMBIA
GUYANA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
SRI LANKA
SURINAME
FRENCH GUIANA
CAMEROON
SOMALIA
MALAYSIA
UGANDA
ECUADOR
GABON
CONGO
KENYA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
TANZANIA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
BRAZIL
INDONESIA
PERU
ANGOLA
BOLIVIA
ZAMBIA
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
ZIMBABWE
MADAGASCAR
PARAGUAY
BOTSWANA
AUSTRALIA
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
CHILE
URUGUAY
ARGENTINA
NEW ZEALAND
INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENTS
Regional, Transnational & National Qualifications Frameworks countries

2. LIST OF 155 COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES PLANNING, DEVELOPING OR IMPLEMENTING QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS
Albania; Angola; Andorra; Antigua & Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Brazil; Belarus; Belgium; Benin; Belize; Bhutan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi, Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Côte d’Ivoire; Croatia; Cyprus (and Northern Part of Cyprus); Czech Republic; Denmark; Dominica; Egypt; El Salvador; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; Guinée; Guinée Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Hong Kong; Hungary; Honduras; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liechtenstein; Liberia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta; Mauritius; Mexico; Montenegro; Montserrat; Palestine; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Netherlands; Nepal; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palestine; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peoples Republic of China; Philippines; Paraguay; Poland; Portugal; Republic of Moldova; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saint Lucia; Samoa; Serbia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Somalia (Somaliland); South Africa; Spain; St. Kitts & Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Swaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Thailand; The Bahamas; The Comoros; the Democratic Republic of Congo; The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; The Gambia; The Holy See, Timor-Leste; Togolese Republic; Tonga; Trinidad & Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Tuvalu and Vanuatu; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United Republic of Tanzania; Uruguay; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
In pink OECD member states, More info:

3. The international drivers for NQFs have become stronger
The drivers for developing frameworks have changed
The international drivers for NQFs have become stronger
Institutional isomorphism?
Are policy option for NQFs evidence based?

4. DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTS 2010-2050
38% MORE WORLD CITIZENS, BUT WORLD WIDE AGING
SHRINKING POPULATIONS IN EUROPE
SHRINKING LABOUR FORCE WORLD WIDE
Development of the labour force (15-64) as % of the population

5. The use of the EQF outside the 36 EQF countries in the AG EQF
EQF becomes a tool in international HE policy All the partner countries that are in the Bologna Process are aiming at a QF for LLL. (NQF correspondents meeting Baku), CoE uses EQF as a reference in the Explanatory memorandum to the subsidiary text to the Lisbon convention, EQF mentioned as a reference in ERASMUS+
EQF influences national level descriptors (ETF analysis of level descriptors of partner countries)
EQF used as a common reference tool between third countries
EQF is mentioned as reference in EU policy documents with third countries (Statut Avancé Morocco, annexes to association agreements Georgia, qualification related conditionality for budget support Georgia, Moldova)
EQF is reference in EU funded projects implemented outside the 36 countries (India EU Skills Development project, Indonesian Qualifications Framework, Azerbaijan Twinning Project for TVET in Agriculture, Eurosocial project Latin America)
EQF mentioned in national policy documents in third countries

6. “Quality - Recognition…”
Association Agreements EU - Countries (European Neighbourhood policy)
Morocco 2008
33 mill popul.
“Rapprochement CEC”
Georgia
2014
4.5 mill popul.
“Quality - Recognition…”
“Approximation…”; “Georgia will conduct policy consistent with the Annex: EQF Recomm”
Ukraine
44.3 mill popul
NQF…”EU experiences”
Annex: EQF Recommendation
Moldova
3.6 mill popul
Develop NQF…
Annex: no mention EQF

7. Association Agreements - sources
EU-Georgia
EU-Moldova
EU-Ukraine
EU-Morocco

8. Transnational QFs (ETF study, 2010)
SADCQF
VUSSC TQF
CVQF
ASEAN QF
Type Transn QF; started
Meta
2005
2007
F Common Q, 2003
F Common Q, 2007
Geogr proximity
Btw NQFs
NOT
Was limited to a sector
Levels
10 (TCCA, 2011)
10 (TQF, 2010)
5 VET; 8 (2012)
MS in + than 1 QF
40%
66%
80% --
Nr MS; % MS developing NQFs 15
87% 32
81%
67% 10
60%
Governance
TCCA
TQF MC
CANTA

9. Regional QFs - some cases
SADC (Southern African Development Coop)
ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework