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Fourteen countries adopted a Joint Declaration on building trust and promoting genuine qualifications on the African continent:
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Swaziland
- Ghana
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Malawi
- Tanzania
- Gabon
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
The public launching of the AQVN facilitates broader visibility, so that the network can be strengthened and expanded. AQVN essentially provides a platform to explore innovative ways
-- including digital and other time-effective and cost-effective means -- to verify foreign qualifications.
One primary objective of AQVN is to find effective ways of educating the public about the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and its functions.
The NQF is a comprehensive system, approved by South Africa's Minister of Higher Education and Training, for the classification, registration and publication of articulated and quality-assured national qualifications and
part-qualifications.
The long-term vision of the AQVN is to drive sustainable cooperation among African nations and cement relationships. Through these partnerships and increased capacity to verify qualifications --
as well as the establishment of the necessary infrastructure, skills and the sharing of knowledge -- the AQVN will be used to concretely contribute to building an Africa-wide network that will support the objectives of the
Addis Convention, signed in December 2014. A key objective of the Addis Convention is promoting mobility of
learners and professionals across the African continent.
As part of its plans for expansion, AQVN has invited organisations from the Southern African Development Community region
as well as other countries such as Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Nigeria. The launch will furthermore focus on setting up the necessary governance structures to ensure a well-run and a well-functioning organization.
Partnerships with like-minded organizations will be sought through the Groningen Declaration Network, as well as the establishment of joint projects including pilot projects on digitization, sharing of expertise and information,
funding, and other issues.
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