Seminar on European Qualifications Framework within financial services

The application of the European Qualifications Framework within the financial services sector was the focus of a seminar organised by the Institute of Financial Services Malta and the Malta Union of Bank Employees.

The seminar was held inconjunction with the MaltaQualifications Council.

It sought to apply and promote the EQF as a valuable framework to redesign and create competence-based qualifications in the financial services sector. Specific EQF translators and a recommended methodological approach in their application were presented.

EQF acts as a translation device that makes national qualifications more readable and transparent across Europe, promoting employee and learner’s mobility and flexibility, and facilitatinglifelong learning.

Speakers included Education Ministry Permanent Secretary James Calleja, European Banking and Financial Services Training Association vice-president Mario Spatafora, and Warsaw Institute of Banking vice-president Mariola Szymanska-Koszczyc.

The seminar was held as part of the communication process of the ‘Financial Services EQF Translators in EU’ (First) project which is financed by the EU through the Lifelong Learning Programme.