Progress and Development
At QQI, part of our work involves developing and implementing policies, procedures and guidelines on a range of issues that affect qualifications and quality assurance in Irish education and training.
Our policies can be downloaded - with supporting documents and links to relevant QQI processes - through our
QSearch facility.
Here, you will also see progress reports on policy development which include feedback from our extensive consultations.
How QQI Policy is Developed
The approach we take is comprehensive and takes account of a range of factors.
It also links to our goal of maintaining the
NFQ (National Framework of Qualifications) as a central organising feature of the qualifications and quality assurance systems.
QQI’s Comprehensive Policy Development Programme aims to:
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Unify and rationalise the policies of QQI’s predecessor agencies
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Develop policy to meet emerging needs
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Provide a sound policy basis for the functions of QQI
QQI policy development goes through five steps:
Identification and prioritisation of policy areas
Planning
Green Paper development
White Paper development
Policy publication
The most recent snapshot of QQI policy development can be found here.
