In September 2018, the BFUG formally established this Thematic Peer Group A on Qualifications Framework (TPG A on QF). This group specifically focuses on Key Commitment 1: a three-cycle system compatible with the overarching frameworks of the EHEA and first and second cycle degrees scaled by ECTS . The establishment of this group was based on the interests and needs indicated by the BFUG members and Consultative members in a survey conducted during the summer of 2018.

Specific thematic indications include topics such as:

• self-certification of the national qualification frameworks the overarching Qualifications Framework of the EHEA;
• complete implementation of the ECTS User’s Guide;
• short cycle higher education;
• multiple purposes and use of the qualifications frameworks by the stakeholders;
• study programmes outside of the Bologna three-cycle structure;
• relationship between the qualifications frameworks and quality assurance.