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PLA on passporting

Qualifications Frameworks for trust, transparency and diversity – TPG A 2
(QUATRA – TPG A 2)
01.09.2025 – 31.08.2028

Peer Learning Activity

Qualifications Frameworks – Uniformity and Disparities in Passporting Qualifications

Agenda

27 October 2026

Sliema, Malta

Hosted by: Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA), Malta

Keynote Speech – Passporting of the EQF & NQF
Stefan Sant, MFHEA

Recognition of Qualifications Across the EHEA
Jon Vercellono, MFHEA

Substantial Difference Principle
Allan B. Pedersen, President of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee

International Institutions: Experience of IMLI and its students with the NQF & EQF regime
Dr. Murat Sumer, Nippon Foundation Assistant in International Maritime Law and Coordinator of Academic Affairs, International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI)

EQF’s standing with the Europass Documents
Clifford Debattista, European Union Programmes Agency (EUPA)

Employers’ perspective – is the EQF and NQF working transnationally?
Ilaria Spiteri Axiak, Senior Advisor, MISCO

Is NQF Sufficient for Local Skills?
Glorianne Cachia, National Skills Council (NSC), Malta

Legal and Governance Considerations
Stefan Sant, MFHEA

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