The SQFCGF is a meta-framework which eases the recognition of all vocational and academic education and training in the Coast Guard field. While on the one hand it facilitates the comparison of qualifications among EU Coast Guard functions Organisations and Agencies, on the other hand it has positive effects on interoperability and joint initiatives, as well as being a support for MMO operations. Its implementation is a voluntary but desirable process which will facilitate the development of the European Coast Guard Functions Training Network. This tool completes the analysis of the spectrum of the 11 Coast Guard Functions, in complementarity with the one for Border Guarding developed by Frontex (item Frontex 23) .

https://ecgff-trainingportal.efca.europa.eu/

This handbook has been created to develop competencies for national experts involved in designing training programmes in the border guard field. It is a key enabler for course designers in national institutions, which ensures that courses are designed in line with Bologna/Copenhagen (hereinafter referred to as B/C) Principles using the SQF for Border Guarding (hereinafter referred to as SQF for BG). This handbook is aligned with the Frontex aims of ensuring consistency of standards, harmonisation and interoperability across Europe. It also addresses the Frontex educational aim to promote a European Border Guard culture with high standards on fundamental rights, ethics and leadership. 

Contact: HoU.Academy@frontex.europa.eu 

The SQF is a framework of high-level learning outcomes that reflects all of the learning, for all border guard activities, across the EU. As an overarching frame of reference, the SQF encompasses all levels of qualifications acquired in vocational and academic education and training in the border guard field. It’s an instrument for reviewing training and for quality assurance that will lead to the development of ‘accreditable’ courses. The SQF is the platform for a coherent strategy that links all training products, from the common standards for basic, mid-level and high-level border guard training, to specialised and further training courses.

Contact: HoU.Academy@frontex.europa.eu 

Link: https://myfx.frontex.europa.eu/cases/DMS4/DMS-00005/PRRequests/PR-2023-1384/1.Launch/Final%20TD/Appendix%208%20Sectoral%20Qualifications%20Framework%20%20for%20Border%20Guarding%20vol%20I.pdf#search=Sectoral%20Qualifications%20Framework%20for%20Border%20Guarding%2E%20Setting%20standards%20for%20training%20excellence%20%282013%29