Authorised minister

According to the IQS Act, a minister in charge of a department of government administration has authority:

• over issues relating to the inclusion in the IQS of regulated and market qualifications whose field relates to the department he/she directs,
• over issues concerning the functioning of these qualifications in the IQS, including the supervision of validation, certification and quality assurance.

Only one minister shall have authority over a given qualification. The minister coordinator of the IQS supports the determination of the relevant authorised minister for a qualification, which could, because of its nature, function in several departments of government administration.