Andorra published the self-certification report between the NQF and the EHEA-QF and the referencing report between the NQF and the EQF-LLL on the 16-7-2025 in the Butlletà Oficial del Principat d’Andorra.
Andorra is progressing in the first key commitment of the EHEA which lies on building a qualifications framework and ECTS as defined in the 2018 Paris Ministerial Conference.
Although Andorra was well informed that the Ministerial Communiqué of Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve of 2009 urged the members to have NQF implemented and prepared for self-certification against the EHA-QF by 2012, it is important to mention that Andorra, from 2010 to 2020 went through a complete transformation of the compulsory educational system. Andorra invested one decade to change the educational approach from content to learning outcomes in primary, secondary and upper secondary level. For the first time, students were placed at the centre of the learning process and assessment was based on competences.
Once this new model was regulated and implemented, efforts turned to drafting a NQF based on learning outcomes. The Andorran National Qualifications Framework was finally published by the Law 20/2021 on the 15 July 2021.
Taking advantage of the BFUG period 2021-2024 and the opportunity of support offered by the TPG-A on qualifications framework, Andorra started the process of self-certification and referencing of the NQF.
The project was piloted by a reduced group of people inside the Ministry of Education and counted with the participation of relevant stakeholders related to education.
It is important to highlight that the project served as an internal process of learning and self-awareness to organise all the regulations, qualifications, training on lifelong learning, continuing professional development, recognition of prior learning, literacy and good practices implemented. The national report contributes to become more transparent and gather in one single document relevant information for learners, staff and foreign evaluators.
When it comes to the higher education, beyond listing and describing the accredited qualifications, special attention was placed in the report to the implementation in Andorra of the three key commitments of the EHEA.
Andorra is honored to have been advised by two international experts who followed-up the process very carefully and who improved the report thanks to their notes. On the one hand, Mrs. Mercè Gisbert, professor of educational sciences at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain) and, on the other hand, Mr. Sjur Bergan, independent expert in education.
As it is stated in the procedures of the main European referent documents, Andorra has informed the relevant competent authorities about the publication of the national report of self-certification and referencing. Specifically, Andorra has notified the president and vice-president of the ENIC Bureau and the Department of Transparency and Recognition of Skills and Qualifications of the European Commission.
The correspondence between the three qualifications frameworks is indicated in the curricula of the accredited programs, in the Diploma Supplement and in the ENIC decisions of the recognition of foreign higher education qualifications.
Please find below the correspondences between the NQF, the EHEA-QF and the EQF-LLL
