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The development of the ACQF is a policy initiative of the African Union. It was launched in 2019 at the headquarters of the AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The objectives of the envisioned ACQF are:

• Contribute to comparability, quality and transparency of qualifications and support people´s lifelong learning;
• Facilitate recognition of diplomas and certificates, and support mobility (learners, workers, services);
• Work in cooperation and complementarity with NQFs and RQFs and support the creation of an African education and qualifications space;
• Promote cooperation, referencing between qualifications frameworks (national and regional) in Africa and worldwide.

"The ACQF will be the largest of the regional qualifications frameworks (RQFs), as it cooperates with 55 countries and 8 regional economic communities (RECs). ACQF will be the only RQF interacting with two different levels – national and regional qualifications frameworks." (ACQF Website, February 2023) 

View also: Overview of Regional Qualifications Frameworks