Transcript NATIONAL ACTION PLANS FOR RECOGNITION Informal Ministerial conference Strasbourg, November 27 – 28, 2006 BACKGROUND • Commitment in Bergen Communiqué • Proposal by Convention Committee Bureau, ENIC Bureau.

NATIONAL ACTION PLANS
FOR RECOGNITION
Informal Ministerial
conference
Strasbourg, November
27 – 28, 2006
BACKGROUND
• Commitment in Bergen Communiqué
• Proposal by Convention Committee
Bureau, ENIC Bureau and NAB
• Adopted by Bologna Follow Up Group
• Deadline December 15, 2006
• Plans must be followed up once
elaborated
PLANS CONCERN
• Ministries, as the bodies responsible
• Ministries could call upon ENICs to help
with elaboration and implementation
• Higher education institutions
FOUR MAIN AREAS
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Legislation
Recognition practice
Provision of information
Structures
• NB Also consult the explanatory report
LEGISLATION
• The legal framework of the bison
Recognition Convention
• Review of national legislation
• Bilateral or regional recognition
agreements
RECOGNITION PRACTICE
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Criteria and procedures
Joint degrees
Overview of institutional practice
Transparency tools for recognition
Borderless/transnational recognition
INFORMATION PROVISION
• Provision of information on recognition
• Information package for applicants
The Legal Framework of
the Lisbon Recognition
Convention
Lisbon Recognition
Convention principles
• Concerns HE qualifications and access
qualifications
• Right to fair assessment
• Mutual trust between countries
• Recognition if there are no substantial
differences
• the burden of proof is on the competent
authority
STRUCTURES
• National information centers
• Cooperation recognition/quality
assurance bodies
The Legal Framework of
the Lisbon Recognition Convention
• Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures
(2001),
• Code of Good Practice in the Provision of
Transnational Education (2001)
• Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint
Degrees (2004)
• Recommendation on the Recognition of
International Access Qualifications (1999)
“Criteria and Procedures” is a
step
forward from Lisbon Convention
Recommendations
• clarify the issue of substantial differences
• apply Convention principles to "de facto"
recognition for the labour market;
• extend the recognition to Transnational
qualifications;
• emphasis on the output (learning outcomes,
competencies) rather than input (curricula,
course programmes, duration)
• suggest measures for partial or alternative
recognition where full recognition is not possible
Code of Good Practice in the
Provision of Transnational Education
• Responsibility of awarding institution
• Request for transparency
• Quality of staff and requirements for admission
and graduation should be sufficient and at least
comparable to those of the mother institution
• Recognition under the Convention if these
requirements are
Recommendation on the
Recognition of Joint Degrees
• Gives a definition of joint degrees
• Sets requirements for quality
– Each part of joint programmes must be
quality assessed or at least be part of a
national HE system
– Each member of the consortium should be a
trustworthy institution
• Brings joint degrees under the Lisbon
Recognition Convention
CONCLUSION
• The action plan is important in promoting
recognition and hence mobility
• Therefore it is a key part of the
implementation of “Bologna”
• Good follow up of the plan will be important
once it has been adopted.
• Your ENIC could be a key in the follow up