Knowledge, skills, and competences: an Italian standard to design the archivist’s profile within the European Qualifications Framework

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning is a reference model established by the European Parliament and Council to support the improvement of education and training systems. Based on a multi-dimensional matrix where knowledge, skills and competences should be identified as learning outcomes and assigned their proper level of qualification, such a model may serve not only as a translation device between different education systems, but also as a tool for assessing a professional profile in a transparent and efficient way. Building upon the results of an Italian initiative aimed at developing a national standard, this paper will show how the model may be applied to the archival domain, hence helping to identify the relevant features of the archivist's profile and consistently re-design archival curricula