Improvement of Teaching and Student Competences through Learning Outcomes for Creating Qualification Standards according to the Qualification Croatians Framework

In June, 2015 at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology implementation of project "Development of Qualification Standards and Undergraduate Study Programs of Faculty at Textile Technology ", code HR 3.1.15-0026 has started. The project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund (ESF). The project is at the European level in compliance with the Europe 2020 Strategy, which advocates development of society based on knowledge and innovation and the objectives related to employment and education. The overall objective of the Project is to improve the quality of higher education in the field of the textile technology and engineering, as well as textile and fashion design, through development and implementation of the Croatian Qualifications Framework. This paper describes some of activities, goals and first outcomes of the implemented project activities, such as improving of teaching competences through learning outcomes for creating qualification standards, preliminary activities which were important for development of qualification standards and implementation of measures for improving of the students' success.