Let M be a smooth closed orientable surface. Let F be the space of Morse functions on M , and F 1 the space of framed Morse functions, both endowed with C ∞ -topology. The space F 0 of special framed Morse functions is defined. We prove that the inclusion mapping F 0 ֒→ F 1 is a homotopy equivalence. In the case when at least χ(M ) + 1 critical points of each function of F are labeled, homotopy equivalences K ∼ M and F ∼ F 0 ∼ D 0 × K are proved, where K is the complex of framed Morse functions, M ≈ F 1 /D 0 is the universal moduli space of framed Morse functions, D 0 is the group of self-diffeomorphisms of M homotopic to the identity.