The referencing process of qualifications to EQF should cover all education stages and forms, and all levels of professional qualifications, all types and forms of education (formal, non-formal). In order to elaborate the Latvian Qualifications Framework and perform the referencing process in a successive and meaningful way, in Latvia it is planned in two phases.
Phase I (2009-2011)
The LQF comprising formal Latvian qualifications was established and it was referenced to the EQF. The revised and updated Latvian Self-Assessment Report “Referencing of the Latvian Education System to the EQF for Lifelong Learning and the QF-EHEA” ( LV EN) was officially presented during the meeting of the EQF Advisory Group in October 2011 in Brussels.
Phase II (2013-2019)
The established framework was revised and reinforced with amendments to the Education Law and to the Vocational Education Law.
LQF / EQF level reference in higher education certificates was launched in 2013, but in vocational education certificates - from 2017.
In 2016 the Academic Information Centre carried out a study on the development of the LQF. In 2017 a new Self-Assessment Report was prepared. ( LV EN )
In 2018, the Academic Information Centre - Latvian NCP prepared a self-assessment report on the Implementation of Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning Outcomes in Latvia as well as led a discussion on ways to improve the system for monitoring the recognition of non-formal and informal learning outcomes. Self-assessment report. ( LV EN )
On April 30, 2019, the EQF conference was held, where the updated self-assessment report on the LQF referencing to the EQF will be presented.
