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Enhancing Academic and Professional Recognition in Europe

This workshop focuses on boosting the quality of international credential evaluation and higher education quality assessment in the Social Sciences and Humanities. It covers topics such as academic and professional recognition, international legal instruments, and the role of recognition networks.

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Enhancing Academic and Professional Recognition in Europe

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  1. Academic and professional recognition in EuropeInternational legal framework Workshop: Boosting quality: International Credential Evaluation and Higher Education Quality Assessment in SSH (PHOENIX) Bishkek, 13-14 April 2006 Gunnar Vaht Estonian ENIC/NARIC

  2. Recognition • Academic recognition • the recognition of a qualification for the purpose of further studies. Main task is to assess whether the applicant is capable of continuing studies in the chosen direction and at the chosen level. • Professional recognition • the recognition of a qualification for the purpose of employment in a certain profession. Main task is to found out whether the knowledge and professional skills of the applicant are sufficient to pursue a particular profession. • de jure - regulated professions; de facto - non-regulated

  3. International legal instruments • Conventions • Recommendations • Declarations • EU Directives • Bilateral and multilateral agreements

  4. Convention • Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (The Lisbon Convention), 1997 - Council of Europe and UNESCO • 41 ratifications/accessions (incl. Kyrghyzstan and Kazakhstan)

  5. The Lisbon Convention (outline) • Preamble • Section I - Definitions • Section II - The Competence of authorities • Section III - Basic principles related to the assessment of qualifications • Section IV - Recognition of qualifications giving access to higher education • Section V - Recognition of periods of study • Section VI - Recognition of higher education qualifications • Section VII - Recognition of qualifications held by refugees, displaced persons and persons in a refugee-like situation • Section VIII - Information on the assessment of higher education institutions and programmes • Section IX - Information on recognition matters • Section X - Implementation mechanisms • Section XI - Final clauses

  6. Some key concepts • Applicants are entitled to a fair recognition of their qualifications • Reasonable time limit • Transparent, coherent and reliable procedures • Right to appeal • Recognition unless substantial differences can be shown • Importance of information • Recognition information centres (national ENIC) • Implementation mechanisms

  7. Recognition Networks • ENIC (European Network of Information Centres on Academic Recognition and Mobility) • Council of Europe / UNESCO-CEPES • NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centres) • European Commission • Contact: www.enic-naric.net

  8. Subsidiary documents • Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees (2004) • Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications (2001) • Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education (2001) • Recommendations on International Access Qualifications (1999)

  9. Other international documents • Joint ENIC/NARIC Charter of Activities and Services (2004) • Mutual Recognition of Qualifications: the Russian Federation and the Other European Countries (2000) • Guidelines for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications Between Europe and USA (1994)

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