The Croatian qualifications framework (CROQF) is an instrument governing the entire system of qualifications awarded at all education levels in the Republic of Croatia.

The CROQF introduces occupational standards and qualification standards that serve as the basis for creating educational programmes at all education levels. The occupational standard includes a list of all key jobs of a specific occupation and a list of competences required for their successful performance; the qualification standard includes all learning outcomes that must be acquired in each programme leading to a specific qualification.

Legal amendments

Following the Law on Amendments to the Croatian qualifications framework Act from 2021 and the Ordinance on CROQF register from the same year, the register proved to be very successful. The CROQF register is a system for the registration and integration of occupational standards with the qualification standards through units of competences and units of learning outcomes. What the Ordinance changed was the evaluation of applications for enrolment in QS (qualification standard) and programmes for evaluating sets of learning outcomes at levels 2 to 5 in the part related to vocational education, which is now under the jurisdiction of the Agency for VET and Adult Education (AVETAE). The evaluation and registration procedures in the register have also been changed and they are described in detail in the rulebook. The legal updates and signed agreements with the Financial Agency (FINA) and Central Registry of Affiliates (REGOS) resulted in better integration of the data provided.

Increasing importance of the Register

In November 2021, there were only 12 qualification standards and 424 sets of learning outcomes indexed in the register. By the end of October 2022, more than 120 qualification standards and 4 632 sets of learning outcomes had become available. AVETAE alone validated 99 qualification standards and 3 183 sets of learning outcomes. Currently, 58 qualification standards and 20 learning outcomes are in the process of validation.

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Please cite this news item as: ReferNet Croatia; Cedefop (2022). Croatia: follow-up on Croatian qualifications framework register. National news on VET