The National Agency for Qualifications Development (NARK) was established by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)  in 2006.

Its goals:

• promotion to development of quality of workforce and long life learning;
• promotion to development of a national qualifications system in the Russian Federation;
• coordination of actions of organizations representing business community, and also interaction of business and state bodies during formation of national system of qualifications;
• distribution of the information and knowledge, consultation and organization of learning in the field of the making of the national qualifications system, development of workforce quality;
• promotion to making the organizations taking part in the , development of workforce quality, assessment of education results, training and labour skills.