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Portugal
The CNQ qualifications are structured by certification level and training areas.
In October 2020, the CNQ included 390 qualifications in 47 areas of education

and training with 7 427 training units of short duration.
Each qualification standard is composed of:

a) a professional profile, including the work tasks linked to the qualifications
and the necessary knowledge and skills to perform them.

b) a training framework, defining the content and the competences that a
learner should acquire to get the double (education and professional)
certification.
The framework consists of a basic training component (school-based)
and a technological training component structured in autonomously
certifiable units of 25- to 50-hours duration, promoting flexibility and
permeability among different qualifications in the same education and
training field;

c) a framework for RVCC, fostering the recognition of prior formal or informal
learning, easing the acquisition of an education certificate and/or a
vocational qualification.
The Sectorial Councils for Qualification (CSQ) are consultative bodies created
within the SNQ framework, supporting ANQEP in updating the CNQ. They have
as main task the identification of strategic and essential skills and competences
for the different sectors of the economy in response to labour market needs.
They also ensure the active and regular participation of relevant stakeholders
by including representatives of ministries, social partners, enterprise
representatives and training providers. The CSQ responsibilities are to:

• identify the developments in their sector and skill needs;
• suggest specific updates for the CNQ;
• analyse and advise on proposals for updating and revising CNQ received
from third parties;
• support the design of qualifications;
• ease cooperation among the different stakeholders of each economic
sector.

Spain
Spain does not have a comprehensive national strategy for validation due to
the different laws frame validation and the targeting different education
sectors. Spain has started to develop the Spanish Qualification Framework for

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