Work packages
Work Package 1: Scoping and Mapping Existing Qualifications Practices in Jordanian Higher Education
WP1 will focus on project scoping and mapping of existing qualifications practices in Jordan during which a set of key questions shall be asked which include defining existing qualifications, learning outcomes, and implementation in domains of knowledge, skills and competence.
DEV 1.2 Key Stakeholders Involvement
DEV 1.3 Identification of HE Discipline Experts
DEV 1.4 Study Visits to Europe
DEV 1.6 Expert Groups’ Roundtable
DEV 1.7 Report on Development of NQF
Work Package 2: Development of National Qualification Framework
WP2 will focus on the detailed development and creation of NQF-J. The result will be based on successful cooperation between EU higher education institutions and QA agencies and Jordanian partners.
DEV 2.1 Development of Qualification Descriptors
DEV 2.2 Development of Guidelines for Good Practice Application of the NQF-J.
DEV 2.3 Development of HE Discipline/Sector Statements for Bachelors, Masters and PhD Levels
DEV 2.4 Consultation Process
DEV 2.5 Review of Guidelines and Associated Sector Statements
Work Package 3: Piloting of the Draft NQF
WP3 will focus on the testing and piloting of the draft NQF-J and its associated documents.
DEV 3.2 Piloting of NQF-J in HE
DEV 3.3 Piloting by PWG-S: Sectorial-Employers and Stakeholders
DEV 3.4 Piloting by PWG-VET: Vocational Education and Training
DEV 3.5 Compatibility of NQF-J Documents with Jordanian Legal Requirements
Work Package 4: Compatibility of NQF-J with International NQFs
NQF-J will be designed to support the higher education system in Jordan in clearly demonstrating both the attributes of its graduates and the international comparability of its degrees.
DEV 4.1 Compatibility/Self-Certification Committee
DEV 4.2 Compatibility/Self-Certification Exercises
DEV 4.3 Report on Self-Certification and Compatibility of NQF-J with the FQ-EHEA and with the EQF
Work Package 5: Training Human Resources and Capacity Building
The aim of WP5 is to develop a capacity building and staff development programme in development and administrating NQFs.
DEV 5.1 Development of Capacity Building Programme
DEV 5.2 Training on NQF Management
DEV 5.3 Training in ICT, Virtual Platforms and e-Tools Skills Development
DEV 5.4 NQF Supporting Infrastructures
DEV 5.5 Home Training Sessions
Work Package 6: Quality Control and Monitoring
WP6 focuses on quality control and monitoring of project activities and results.
DEV 6.1 Quality Committee
DEV 6.2 Quality Assurance Plan
DEV 6.3 External Evaluation
DEV 6.4 External Evaluation Reports
Work Package 7: Dissemination and Sustainability
WP7 focuses on both in the general outreach of the project and in generating multiplying effects among the partnership and the partner countries innovation and research communities.
DEV 7.1 Dissemination and Sustainability Committee
DEV 7.2 Dissemination Plan and Sustainability Strategy
DEV 7.3 Project Website, Intranet and Maintenance
Work Package 8: Management
The main assumption is that all partners can work harmoniously together and the partnership can be well organized and that all partners are going to be involved in the project activities. The management of the project has been structured as a collective task while emphasizing, at the same time, individual responsibilities.
DEV 8.2 Project Management Team
DEV 8.3 Financial and Administrative Management
DEV 8.4 Production of Intermediate and Final Reports