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• Applicants

  Organisations interested in applying to have a qualification included in the IQS, or that have already submitted an application.

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• Relevant ministers

  Ministers decide whether to include qualifications in the IQS and authorise organisations to award them.

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• Expert panels

  Review applications for the inclusion of market, sectoral or craft qualifications in the IQS.

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• Awarding bodies

  Organisations seeking authorisation to award qualifications or already authorised to do so.

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• Quality assurance entities

  Organisations interested in providing external quality assurance of validation, or already performing this role.

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• IQS Stakeholder Council

  Supports the Ministry of National Education in ensuring the coherence of the IQS and in setting out the directions for its development.

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• Sector Skills Council

  Provide opinions on qualifications proposed for inclusion in the IQS.

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• Sector Skills Centres

  They can act as applicants and awarding bodies for sectoral qualifications.

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• Higher education institutions

  Include qualifications awarded on completion of postgraduate programmes in the IQS.

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