Development Phases

1st Phase (2009- 2010): Design, Public Consultation and Legal Establishment.

Activities:

• Establishment of the National Committee for Lifelong Learning.
• Working Paper on basic principles, suggested levels, general descriptors.
• A six-month public consultation on the Working Paper put forward by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong learning and Religious Affairs.
• Legal basis for the development of the Hellenic Qualifications Framework: Law 3879/2010 on the “Development of Lifelong Learning and other provisions”.
• Ten meetings, six informative events and four seminars about EQF and NQF were held in various Greek cities.

2nd Phase (2010-2013):Developing and referencing process of the HQF to the EQF.

Activities:

• Establishment of the National Body for the certification of qualifications (E.O.P.P.).
• National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (E.O.P.P.E.P.) was created by the integration of three national bodies: the National Centre for the Accreditation of Lifelong Learning Providers (E.KE.PIS.), the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications (E.O.P.P.), the National Centre for Vocational Guidance (E.K.E.P.) and Establishment of the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (E.O.P.P.E.P.).
• Initial phase of registration of qualifications awarded in formal and non-formal education.
• Establishment of the Advisory Committee, which supports E.O.P.P.E.P. in the development procedure of the HQF.
• E.O.P.P.E.P. designs the architectural structure of the HQF.
• E.O.P.P.E.P. proposal on the HQF was submitted in March 2013 to the Advisory Committee, a Committee with a consultative status, involving representatives from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, the educational and academic community, social partners and expert consultants.
• The Advisory Committee submitted its opinion on EOPPEP. Then a decision was taken by the Board of E.O.P.P.E.P., submitted to the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.
• On July 10, 2013, the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs announced the HQF.
• Identification and analysing of “older” and existing qualifications.
• Design and implement methodological tools for classifying qualifications of formal education in the levels of the HQF.
• Classification of qualifications awarded by the Greek formal educational system in the levels of the HQF. Design of the referencing process.
• Establishment of the Referencing Committee.
• Referencing the levels of the National Qualifications Framework to the levels of the European Qualifications Framework.
• Composition of the Referencing Report.

3rd Phase (2014-2016): Referencing of the HQF to the EQF. Updating of the Referencing Report.

The aim of the third phase is to enhance the presence and functionality of the HQF within education and training in Greece, ensuring its dynamic and prospective. For the realization of this goal by the targeted date of December 2015, a range of policies and measures has been decided. These policies took into account the European debate and international developments regarding the reorganization of educational systems and their relation to the needs of the labour market.

4th Phase (2019 - today)

The Hellenic Qualifications Register is updated and enriched with new qualifications content.