The development and monitoring of the functioning of the framework plan for primary, secondary and high school education is a current issue and falls within the strategy of updating the National Curriculum. The article is built according to the following logic: (•) defining and characterizing the Education Framework Plan as a curricular product; (•) comparative analysis of the Framework Plan from the Republic of Moldova with the Education Plans from different countries; (•) establishing the place of key competencies in the structure of the National Curriculum; (•) establishing strong relationships of school subjects in relation to key competencies; (•) presentation of the logic of capitalizing on key skills and the guidelines for the development of the Education Framework Plan.
