Implementation of national qualification framework for higher education in Republic of Macedonia

The development of Qualifications Frameworks has been a major international trend in reforming national education and training systems since the late 1990s. The initiative first started among English-speaking developed countries. Since the late 1990s such frameworks have also been adopted by non-English-speaking and developing countries. In March 2005, following work undertaken by the European Commission, the Europe Union Heads of Government requested the development of a European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning. It is planned that the countries within the European Union, and other states, align their national frameworks of qualifications with the European Qualifications Framework by 2012. Republic of Macedonia joined the process and from May 2009 started with designing and implementation of National Qualifications Framework. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu