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Authorship and attribution

Using iEQF in your own work

iEQF is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Please use it, adapt it, and share it, with credit to EANE.

The origin statement

The iEQF (indicative European Qualifications Framework) was developed by the European Academy for Nano Education (EANE) as an editorial framework for indicating the approximate level of stackable micro-credentials issued by non-formal providers. It is aligned with the descriptors set out in Council Recommendation 2017/C 189/03 and follows the "indicate an EQF level" pattern explicitly permitted for stackable micro-credentials under Council Recommendation 2022/C 243/02.

iEQF is openly published so that other non-formal providers can adopt it, adapt it, and contribute to a shared vocabulary for provider-declared credential levels. EANE claims no monopoly. All we ask is that the framework and its rubric are credited when reused.

The licence in one paragraph

The iEQF framework (its name, three-axis method, level descriptors, and editorial rubric) is © 2026 European Academy for Nano Education (EANE), licensed under CC BY 4.0 . You may share, adapt, and use it commercially, including inside paid training products, provided you credit EANE, link to the licence, and indicate any changes. You may not imply that EANE endorses your specific use.

You may
  • Reuse the rubric verbatim
  • Adapt it for your own institution
  • Translate it
  • Publish it inside commercial training products
  • Assign iEQF levels to your own credentials
You must
  • Credit EANE as the originator
  • Link to the CC BY 4.0 licence
  • Indicate any modifications
  • Not imply endorsement by EANE

Copy-paste attribution snippets

Short form — for marketing copy, footers, one-liners
iEQF is a framework developed by the European Academy for Nano Education (EANE), licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://eane.eu/iEQF
Long form — for methodology sections, prospectuses, whitepapers
The iEQF (indicative European Qualifications Framework) was developed by the European Academy for Nano Education (EANE) as an editorial framework for indicating the approximate level of stackable micro-credentials, aligned with Council Recommendation 2017/C 189/03.

iEQF and the accompanying editorial rubric are © 2026 EANE, licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Full framework and rubric: https://eane.eu/iEQF
Footnote form — for individual certificate PDFs
iEQF level assigned per the EANE iEQF editorial rubric (https://eane.eu/iEQF/rubric), CC BY 4.0.

Three ways to use iEQF

1

On your course cards or catalogue pages

Show an iEQF level badge next to each of your credentials. In the tooltip or footnote, include the short attribution snippet.

2

Inside your own methodology or quality manual

Cite iEQF as your reference framework. Reproduce the level descriptor table if useful, with the long-form attribution snippet at the top of the section.

3

On the credential itself (PDF or digital badge)

Print the iEQF level and, in the footer, add the footnote-form attribution snippet. This is the pattern EANE uses on its own certificates.

Questions about attribution? Email hello@eane.eu.

© 2026 European Academy for Nano Education. iEQF and the editorial rubric are licensed under CC BY 4.0.