- ENIC NETWORK (COUNCIL OF EUROPE/UNESCO)
- NARIC NETWORK (EUROPEAN COMMISSION)
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- ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/12
- DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 17
- DG/EAC/NARIC/03-…..
- Bucharest/Strasbourg/Bruxelles, 1 July 2003
- Orig. Eng.
10th Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks
- Vaduz (Liechtenstein), 18-20 May 2003
- Department of Higher Education - Liechtensteinisches Schulamt
MEETING REPORT
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and
Sport (Directorate of School, Out-of-School and Higher Education -
Higher Education and Research Division) of the Council of Europe, UNESCO
European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES) and Directorate
General for Education and Culture of the European Commission, Unit for
Higher Education
- Distribution: meeting
This report outlines the working sessions of the Joint
Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks. At a special session held on
Sunday, 18 May 2003, the Liechtenstein authorities presented the
education system of their country.
The 10th Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC
Networks was held on 18-20 May 2003, at the Department of Higher
Education, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The meeting was co-chaired by the
outgoing President of the ENIC Network, Mr. Jindra Divis, and the ad
interim Chairman of the NARIC Network, Mr. Peter van der Hijden. The
Agenda of this meeting is presented in Appendix I of this report.
ITEM 1: OPENING OF THE MEETING
The Co-Secretaries of the ENIC Network, Mr. Sjur Bergan
and Mr. Lazăr Vlăsceanu, and the ad interim
Chair of the NARIC Network, Mr. Peter van der Hijden, welcomed the
participants and the local organizers on behalf of the organizations
they represented: the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the European
Commission.
ITEM 2: ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The ad interim Chairman of the NARIC Network,
Mr. Peter van der Hijden, referred to the annotated agenda and proposed
to the participants some changes in the sequence of items to be covered
during the meeting. He also referred to the election of the members of
the NARIC Advisory Board. Mr Van der Hijden informed the participants
that two members, Štĕpánka Skuhrová and Carita Blomqvist, were not
eligible to serve another term and invited the members of the NARIC
Network to nominate candidates under item 13.
The Joint Secretary of the ENIC Network, Sjur Bergan,
provided technical explanations concerning the procedure for the
election of the Bureau of the ENIC Network. These appear as Item 14 of
the Agenda. The President of the Network, Mr. Jindra Divis, who had
completed two terms of office, was no longer eligible for this position.
One Vice-President, Gunnar Vaht, had completed his second term and was
no longer eligible for this position, but the other Vice-President,
Polona Miklavc-Valenčič, having completed only one term, could run
again.
The agenda was then adopted.
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ITEM 3:
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REPORTS BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, THE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, AND UNESCO
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The Co-Secretaries of the Council of Europe, UNESCO,
and the European Commission presented short reports on activities of
interest to the ENIC and NARIC Networks.
Under this item, the UNESCO representative, Ms Stamenka
Uvalić-Trumbić, informed the participants of the forthcoming UNESCO
event, Higher Education Partners' Meeting (WCHE+5), as a
follow-up to the World Conference on Higher Education. The meeting will
be held on 23-25 June 2003 at UNESCO Headquarters.
The members took note of the information supplied by
the secretariats.
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ITEM 4:
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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RECOGNITION
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The discussions under this item reiterated the
fact that quality assurance and recognition are interlinked, as
they are facing the same challenges. Emphasis was also put on
the importance of co-operation between quality assurance and
recognition agencies and networks by the sharing of information
and good practice and by making it easily available to higher
education institutions, public authorities, students and
employers.
The Networks stressed that the co-operation
between quality agencies and recognition agencies should focus
particularly on topics related to joint degrees, transnational
(cross border) higher education, qualification/degree
descriptors, and learning outcomes/competences. In this respect,
the participants emphasized the need to set up a joint Working
Group on Quality Assurance and Recognition to deal with issues
of common concern and their possible interaction.
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ITEM 5:
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CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE ENIC AND
NARIC NETWORKS TO THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
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| ITEM 5.A.
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DRAFT STATEMENT BY THE ENIC AND
NARIC NETWORKS ON THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
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At their 6th Joint Meeting, held in June 1999 in Vilnius, the ENIC and
NARIC Networks - by the adoption of a first joint statement - expressed
their interest in contributing to the Bologna Process aiming at the
creation of the European Higher Education Area by 2010.
Their work related to this purpose, since there,
was outlined in the ENIC Report on Recognition Issues in the
Bologna Process, elaborated in 2001.
In addition, a set of inormative documents was adopted, being
part of the legal framework of the recognition activities.
At this 10th Joint meeting, the ENIC and NARIC
Networks confirmed their intention to continue to contribute to
the Bologna Process. The Council of Europe Co-Secretary of the
ENIC Network presented the Draft Statement to the Networks, and
pointed out that the proposal for such a statement had
originally been made by the German ENIC/NARIC at the NARIC
meeting held in Bruxelles in January 2003. The document shows
that the emphasis on the further contribution of the ENIC and
NARIC Networks should be put on the following: developing
co-operation between recognition and quality assurance networks,
facilitating recognition of qualifications issued within the
framework of the two-tier degree structure, improving
information on the recognition of foreign qualifications, and
also of joint degrees, developing recognition procedures aiming
at the recognition of learning outcomes, improving recognition
of qualifications from other parts of the world, underlining the
need for international co-operation to be based on clear and
transparent quality standards.
The Networks were invited to consider and to adopt the
Draft Statement. The participants appreciated positively the initiative
and the Statement, referred to as the "Vaduz Statement", was adopted.
Given its relevance for the future work of the Networks in the short to
medium term, the Vaduz Statement would be proposed by the Council of
Europe to be included in the agenda of the Bologna Follow Up Group at
its meeting in June.
The Vaduz Statement is reproduced in Appendix II.
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
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Mr Sjur Bergan, the Co-Secretary of the ENIC Network, introduced the
document on "Contribution by the ENIC and NARIC Network to the
European Higher Education Area" pointing out the areas in which
debates related to the Bologna Process are very active. These areas
include degree structures, qualifications frameworks, and mobility
and recognition.
The purpose of the discussions regarding this item was
that of exploring issues of concern specific to these areas and to their
relationships, while also looking at how the Networks may contribute to
the development of the Bologna Process beyond the Berlin Higher
Education Summit. The debate was also considered relevant to the
discussions of the strategy and work plans of the ENIC and NARIC
Networks, presented under Item 12.
The discussions under this item were opened by the
Russian ENIC representative, who, in his intervention mentioned the
great interest of the Russian higher education institutions and
authorities in the implementation of the objectives of the Bologna
Declaration, and also the developments that are convergent with these
objectives. He informed the participants of various past or future
international events organized in Russia on topics related to the
Bologna Process, while also referring to the active participation of
Russian higher education in the implementation of the Lisbon Recognition
Convention. The statement by the Russian ENIC is included in Appendix
III.
Reference was also made to the fact that national
qualifications frameworks need to be defined in each country and that
the ENIC and NARIC Networks should take initiatives and be in the center
of such envisaged developments. The outputs of the Berlin Summit were
envisaged as particularly important in this respect. The participants in
the discussion on this item emphasized also the need to extend the
co-operation and exchange of the Networks with other regions of the
world.
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PRESENTATIONS OF THE PROJECTS,
“JOINT QUALITY INITIATIVE” AND “TUNNING EDUCATION STRUCTURES IN
EUROPE”
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Under Item 6 of the Agenda, two new initiatives
launched within the Bologna Process were presented to the ENIC
and NARIC Networks, namely the Joint Quality Initiative
and Tuning Education Structures in Europe.
Dr. Marlies Leegwater, of the Dutch Ministry of
Education, Culture, and Science, introduced the Joint Quality
Initiative - an informal network set up for developing a bottom-up
form of co-operation regarding quality assurance and accreditation of
Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree programmes in Europe. Given that the
Bologna Declaration emphasizes objectives like transparency, quality,
recognition, and a two-tier system, the tasks of this network focus on
three lines: (i) elaborating concepts of accreditation; (ii)
comparing standards or benchmarks for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees
programmes; (iii) and stimulating cross border peer reviews and
accreditation.
Qualification descriptors are to be compared at the
Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree levels and the general descriptors used
and tested. The Tuning
project developed descriptors for certain subjects. The TEEP
(Trans-National European Evaluation Project), under the auspices of
ENQA, is testing both general and subject-related descriptors.
Reference was further made to the different approaches
to the naming of academic/professional degrees/diplomas, underlining the
need for convergence in naming degrees and stressing the possible role
of the ENICs and NARICs within this process.
In the long run, the project, Joint Quality
Initiative, aims at the internationalization of quality assurance
systems, comparing descriptors as benchmarks, and the use of the Diploma
Supplement to characterize the nature of study programmes and the
expected learning outcomes, while also allowing for in-depth
transparency and recognition.
Activities under the Joint Quality Initiative
demonstrated the need for close co-operation between QA and Recognition
Networks. The ENICs/NARICs may contribute to the inclusion of
qualification descriptors in the Diploma Supplement for in-depth
transparency and recognition as part of the process of implementing the
Bologna Declaration.
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PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT,
"TUNING EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES IN EUROPE"
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The project, Tuning Educational Structures
in Europe, was presented by Professor Robert Wagenaar, of
the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The Tuning project
addresses several of the Bologna action lines, notably the
adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees,
the adoption of a system based on two cycles, and the
establishment of a system of credits. More specifically, the
project aims at identifying points of reference for generic and
subject-specific competences of
first and second cycle graduates in a series of subject
areas: Business Administration, Educational Sciences, Geology, History,
Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
In the context of the project, emphasis is put on the
shift from the process of obtaining the qualification to what to do with
the learning outcomes, i.e. what a learner knows or is able to
demonstrate after the completion of a learning process.
Professor Wagenaar informed the Networks that, in the
first phase of the Tuning Project - Tuning I (2002-2003),
three lines of approach have been chosen: generic competences,
subject-specific competences, and the role of ECTS as an accumulation
system, while also mentioning that the role of learning, teaching,
assessment, and performance in relation to quality assurance and
evaluation will have a central place in the second phase of the project,
Tuning II (2003-2004). Representatives of recognition agencies are to be
invited to participate in the development of the Tuning II project.
Both projects, the Joint Quality Initiative and
Tuning,
refer to both traditional and recently established higher education
institutions. The descriptors are relevant to both types of institution.
The two projects have introduced new developments into
the ways qualifications are awarded as well as ensuing consequences for
recognition, which will be faced with a shift of paradigms. The need for
the ENICs/NARICs to be active in the activities of these two projects
was asserted. The Networks thanked the two speakers and underline their
continued interest in the two projects as well as their willingness to
contribute to them.
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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ON JOINT DEGREES
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The text of the "Draft Recommendation on the
Recognition of Joint Degrees", including the comments made by the CD-ESR
Bureau of 14 May 2003, was presented by Mr. Andrejs Rauhvargers,
President of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee and author of
the study on joint degrees carried out by the EUA. He underlined the
relevance of the joint degrees to the Bologna Process, by improving
mobility and also by providing opportunities for joint quality
assurance, recognition across the European Higher Education Area,
transparency and convergence of higher education systems and
international employability.
The participants were invited to discuss the text in
view of its approval by the ENIC and NARIC Networks. The Networks
examined thoroughly the contents of the Draft Recommendation.
They stressed the need for special provisions for the recognition of
joint degrees, for legal agreements between higher education
institutions offering joint degrees, while also revising the text so
that it covers qualifications awarded by transnational education
providers.
The suggestions of the participants were incorporated
and the Explanatory Memorandum was also revised. The draft
Recommendation was approved by the ENIC and NARIC Networks as amended
during the debate. The draft Recommendation will be submitted for
adoption to the Intergovernmental Committee of the Council of
Europe/UNESCO Lisbon Recognition Convention at its 3rd session in
Strasbourg in 2004. After its adoption, the Recommendations will
become a subsidiary text to the Lisbon Convention, thus providing the
standard legal basis for the recognition of joint degrees.
The draft Recommendations on Recognition of
Joint Degrees
approved by the ENIC and NARIC Networks is presented in Appendix IV.
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TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION (TNE) IN
THE EUROPE REGION - A PROGRESS REPORT ON TWO PROJECTS
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TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION
(TNE) IN EUROPE
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An extensive report on transnational education in Europe
(including one on the European Union countries and the other on
the European Union accession countries) as introduced by Mr.
Stephen Adam. The report was prepared within the framework of a
NARIC Working Group on the topic of TNE developments in Europe.
Mr Stephen Adam underlined, on the one hand, the increase in the
development of transnational education all over Europe, and, on
the other hand, the need to promote a good legal framework at
national and international levels. In view of a better awareness
of the key players in the provision of transnational education,
the Report made the following recommendations, among others:
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to develop legislation on transnational education;
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to encourage quality assurance agencies to monitor
transnational education providers at national level;
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to raise the level of public responsibility for
higher education;
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to increase co-operation between higher education
institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe;
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to elaborate a new code of good practice for Online
learning;
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to recognize the providers of transnational
education;
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to develop qualification frameworks in order to
help evaluate the providers of transnational education.
The Networks welcomed the Report and once again
stressed the importance of developing appropriate national legal
frameworks for transnational education, particular mention being made of
the role of the subsidiary texts to the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
As information on transnational education is important for the higher
education market, a concluding observation was made that developments in
transnational education, globalization, GATS, and the Bologna Process
are interlinked.
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ITEM 8.2
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UNESCO-CEPES DATABASE ON TRANSNATIONAL
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EDUCATION PROVIDERS IN THE EUROPEAN REGION
The UNESCO-CEPES representative, Mr. Peter Wells,
presented a Report on the latest developments - since the previous
meeting of the Networks - of the UNESCO-CEPES Database on
Transnational Education Providers in the Europe Region. The
presentation was meant, on the one hand, to inform the Networks on the
development of the database, both from the point of view of design and
content, while also referring to certain difficulties encountered in the
piloting stage of the database, mainly with regard to identifying
reliable information on the providers of transnational education, and,
particularly, concerning their accreditation status. On the other hand,
the UNESCO-CEPES representative addressed issues related to the possible
follow-up to this project, underlining the fact that a follow-up would
only be feasible provided that the ENICs and NARICs are ready to
co-operate on the development of the database by providing reliable
data. The issue of setting up a Working Group to address specific issues
related to the construction of the database in view of its further
functional development was also proposed to the Networks.
The debates that followed showed that the need for
systematic information on the providers of transnational education is
very high. The ENICs and NARICs expressed their interest in co-operating
in the construction of the database of recognized providers of
transnational education, if designed and conceived in a different and
simpler way, thus allowing for easier updating. However, some of them
referred to difficulties that they may encounter in terms of time, and
human and financial resources when attempting to collect and provide the
necessary information.
The issues raised by the ENICs and NARICs relate to the
legality, reliability and feasibility of the database on providers of
transnational education, so that it could become a useful information
tool for purposes of recognition. The Networks reiterated the need for
definitions and scope of transnational education, so that the
information included in the database could become useful for the end
users, particularly ENICs/NARICs, though students to be and the public
at large may be also envisaged.
The Networks welcomed the initiative of setting up a
Working Group, bringing together representatives of both transnational
education exporting and importing countries - in Europe and beyond - and
experts in the matter, to improve the design and structure of the
database, while also further identifying key information items about the
providers of transnational education from the perspective of recognition
activities. When deciding on the composition of the Working Group, its
interaction with the Working Group on Information Strategies (cf. item
11) should be considered, since both will be dealing with information
dissemination in support of recognition activities.
The participants also expressed their concerns about
the purpose and the use of the database, and about the feasibility of
restricting the database to this, and also about validating and updating
the information to be contained in the database.
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AND
QUALIFICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
AND THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AREA
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UNESCO-CEPES PROJECT ON DOCTORAL
DEGREES AND QUALIFICATIONS
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The UNESCO-CEPES representative, Ms. Venera Ionita,
informed the participants about this new project that has been launched
by UNESCO-CEPES. The context in which the project was initiated is the
increasing need to create a better overall framework and conditions for
research in view of making Europe the leading knowledge-based economy -
the Europe of Knowledge. For this reason, the presenter referred to the
fact that the issue of doctoral degrees is going to be on the agenda of
the Bologna Process very soon, in the context of the establishment of
the European Innovation and Research Area along with the European Higher
Education Area.
The aim of the project is to survey the challenges,
trends, and needs in the development of doctoral study programmes from
the perspective of the Bologna Process. It will also provide updated
information on doctoral studies in view of the updating of the
UNESCO-CEPES Database on Doctoral Studies in Europe.
The Networks took note of the objectives and expected
outcomes of the project and deemed this initiative to be positive. The
project was regarded as highly relevant for the future development of
the two areas, EHEA and ERIA, and for the design of appropriate
policies.
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PILOT PROJECT ON
JOINT COURSES AT DOCTORAL LEVEL
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The representative of the European University
Association (EUA), Ms. Sylvie Brochu, introduced the EC Project
on Joint Courses at Doctoral Level, as a follow-up to the survey
already undertaken by EUA on joint degrees. Aiming to make an
evaluation of the state of affairs in Europe regarding joint
degrees at doctoral level, the EC project could also make good
use of the UNESCO-CEPES survey results on doctoral studies. At
the Berlin Higher Education Summit, reference will be made to
joint doctoral degrees and their future development.
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TRADE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS: THE GATS PROVISIONS
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The UNESCO representative, Ms. Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić,
informed the Networks of the outcomes of the first meeting of the UNESCO
Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation, and the
Recognition of Qualifications, held at UNESCO Headquarters (Paris) on
17-18 October 2002. She also considered how the ENIC/NARIC Networks
could contribute to the future agendas on trade in higher education,
particularly with regard to quality assurance and accreditation.
With regard to the future development of the Global
Forum, the suggestion was made that it should continue as a platform for
exchange between the various partners and stakeholders in international
and transborder higher education. In addition, it should provide an
inclusive space to the sharing of information between different
partners, networks, and stakeholders in higher education, and also
initiate debate on social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions
underpinning globalization and higher education.
In the discussions about the future activities,
emphasis was put on the following trends:
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Reinforcement, review, and updating of the existing
Regional/Intergovernmental Conventions on the recognition of
qualifications to respond to new needs and to represent
international standards in the GATS framework;
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Research on the Public Good, especially in view of
the rapid growth in private national and transborder higher
education provisions;
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Capacity building at the regional and national
levels for quality assurance and accreditation mechanisms within a
strengthened international framework.
The ENIC and NARIC Networks expressed their interest in
the topics and their willingness to contribute to the further work of
the Global Forum.
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INFORMATION ON RECOGNITION
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The presentation made by Mr. Stephen Adam was intended
to explore the very real problems faced by students, credential
evaluators, student advisors, higher education institutions, citizens,
and employers when dealing with “recognition-related” information.
Reference was also made to the issues of access to, selection, quality
assurance, interpretation and presentation of such information, both
from the point of view of the provider of information and of the
beneficiaries. When dealing with information on recognition and ways of
improving it, measures should be implemented at local, national, and
international level, so that in the long run, the end-users of the
information could benefit from good-quality and well-structured
information, offered in more user-friendly and more user-specific
approaches.
Mr Eric Schwartz (Canadian ENIC) informed the Networks
of the new developments and recent activities undertaken within the
Working Group on Electronic Information - ELCORE, the work of which as
being focused on the creation and development of the joint ENIC/NARIC
Web site. He also referred to upcoming work, in terms of the new design
and updating of the Web site, including aspects related to better
co-ordination and co-operation among the Working Group and the
Secretariats. This increased co-operation is very significant in
avoiding any overlapping of information provision. The need for
increased participation on the part of other national centres in the
development of specific areas of the Web site was also considered, the
later being viewed in the context of expanding the European Community
yearly grant application, thus allowing for improved Web site content.
The Networks welcomed the two presentations and
reconfirmed the idea that the information is very important for
recognition and for the future activities of the ENIC and NARIC
Networks. Thus more attention should be paid to the means by which
information on recognition reaches those who need it, bearing in mind
that, for instance, at the level of higher education institutions,
student organizations, and employers, too little is still known about
the Council of Europe/UNESCO Lisbon Recognition Convention and about the
ENIC and NARIC Networks and their roles in the recognition of
qualifications. In order to be effective, information should be targeted
to specific target groups.
Taking into account the needs that have been
identified, both with regard to user acknowledgment of the relevance of
information for recognition and to increasing the visibility of the
Networks at institutional level, the Secretariats suggested that a
Working Group on Information Strategies be established, either by
granting a new mandate to ELCORE to extend its work in line with the
above, or by revising its present membership and extending it with new
members.
The Networks greatly appreciated the work carried out
by ELCORE and also agreed that a new orientation should be given to the
envisaged Working Group, taking into account the demands of
beneficiaries. The Networks supported the proposal that the emerging
Working Group will have to carry on the work of ELCORE, learning from
its experiences, while also approaching a wider reflection on
information strategies and developing some marketing techniques, in
order to make recognition agencies and their activities better known
among institutional leaders, academics, student organizations, and
employers.
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STRATEGY AND WORK PLANS FOR THE
ENIC AND NARIC NETWORKS: STATUS AND FOLLOW UP
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To a certain extent, the discussions held under this
item of the Vaduz meeting summarized the proposals put forward earlier,
when the Networks referred to their continuing contribution to the
European Higher Education Area, and then to their priorities with regard
to developing and extending information tools.
Following discussion, the participants identified the
following priorities:
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to continue to improve the information on the
recognition of qualifications;
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to continue the work of the ELCORE group on
electronic information, by extending its mission and also its
composition in the form of a Working Group on Information Strategies
in the field of Recognition;
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to strengthen the co-operation with quality
assurance agencies;
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to continue the examination of key issues relating
to the Bologna Process (recognition, labour market, transnational
education, GATS, learning outcomes/competencies);
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to improve the range of information tools for the
credential evaluators by the development of the UNESCO-CEPES
Database on Transnational Education Providers in the Europe Region;
A Working Group focused on the Database on Transnational Education
should be established;
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to prepare to contribute to the development of the
qualifications framework in order to further address the issue in
the coming meeting of the Networks.
As a result of the proposals made by the Secretariats,
the Networks agreed unanimously with the setting up of the following
Working Groups to address the issues of concern for the future
activities of the ENIC and NARIC Networks in the given context:
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a Working Group on Recognition and Quality
Assurance (continuation of the cooperation with the ENQA - European
Network for Quality Assurance);
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a Working Group on Information Strategies;
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a Working Group for the Development of the Database
on Transnational Education.
The three Working Groups should have a partially
overlapping composition and should prepare proposals for action in time
for the 11th meeting of the Networks (June 2004).
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ELECTION OF THE NARIC ADVISORY BOARD
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After receiving the nominations of the candidates to be
members to the NARIC Advisory Board, the NARIC Network elected, by
acclamation, its following representatives:
- Rolf Lofstad (Norway) - re-elected;
- Jindra Divis (The Netherlands) - elected for the
first time;
- Rossitza Velinova (Bulgaria) - elected for the first
time.
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ELECTION OF THE ENIC BUREAU
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The ENIC Network elected its President and two Vice-Presidents for a
one-year period, starting after this meeting, until next years’ meeting
of the Networks. Following the presentation of candidates and the
carrying out of the voting procedure, the network elected the following
Bureau:
- President: Gunnar Vaht (Estonian ENIC) - elected for
the first time;
- Vice-President: Polona Miklavc Valenčič (Slovenian
ENIC) re-elected;
- Vice-President: Yves Beaudin (Canadian ENIC) -
elected for the first time.
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THE 2004 ENIC/NARIC MEETING
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The Joint Secretary of the ENIC Network, Mr Sjur
Bergan, informed the participants that the 2004 ENIC/NARIC Meeting would
be held in Strasbourg, on the premises of the Council of Europe. The
date of the meeting will be decided later and the Networks will be
informed.
Mr Bergan also underlined the fact that the year 2004
will mean the tenth anniversary of the ENIC Network and the twentieth
anniversary of the NARIC Network.
He reminded the ENICs and NARICs that proposals for
hosting the organization of the Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC
Networks in 2005 must reach the Secretariats by November 2003.
At the close of the meeting, the Head of the
Liechtenstein ENIC addressed the Networks.
The representatives of the three Secretariats expressed
their warm thanks to the Government of Liechtenstein for hosting the
10th Annual Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks, and to the
Department of Higher Education for their excellent organization. They
also thanked Jindra Divis for his work as President of the ENIC Network
and Carita Blomqvist and Štepanká Skuhrová for their work as members of
the NARIC Advisory Board.
APPENDIX I
- ENIC NETWORK (COUNCIL OF EUROPE/UNESCO)
- NARIC NETWORK (EUROPEAN COMMISSION)
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DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) OJ 3 |
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- Strasbourg/Bucharest/Bruxelles, 13 May 2003
- Orig. Eng.
- 10th Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks
Vaduz (Liechtenstein), 18-20 May 2003
Department of Higher Education - Liechtensteinisches Schulamt
DRAFT ANNOTATED AGENDA
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and
Heritage, Youth and Sport (Directorate of School, Out-of-School and
Higher Education - Higher Education and Research Division) of the
Council of Europe, UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education
(UNESCO-CEPES) and Directorate General for Education and Culture of the
European Commission, Unit for Higher Education
ITEM 2
- Distribution: meeting
The 10th Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks
will be held on 18-20 May 2003, at the Department of Higher Education,
Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The meeting will be co-chaired by the President of
the ENIC Network, Mr Jindra Divis and the Chair ad interim of the NARIC
Network, Mr. Peter van der Hijden. The meeting will begin at 09:00
hours.
| ITEM 1:
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OPENING OF THE MEETING
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| ITEM 2:
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ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
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| Document: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) OJ 3 |
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ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/1 |
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- DG EAC/NARIC/03-011
- [the present document]
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- Action: Adoption
| ITEM 3:
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REPORTS BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND UNESCO
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Document: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 1 |
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ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/2 |
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DG EAC/NARIC/03-012
[Secretariat reports/fact sheets]
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The Secretariats will provide brief reports on
activities of relevance to the ENIC and NARIC Networks.
Action: Taking note
| ITEM 4:
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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RECOGNITION
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Documents: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 12 |
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DG EAC/NARIC/03-013 |
Quality assurance and recognition are closely
linked. In Prague (2001), the Education Ministers asked the ENQA
and ENIC-NARIC network to cooperate and propose synergies.
Action: Advice to the ENIC Bureau, the
NARIC Advisory Board and the Secretariats
| ITEM 5:
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CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE ENIC AND NARIC NETWORKS
TO THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
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| Item 5.A.
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Draft Statement by the ENIC and NARIC Networks on
the European Higher Education Area
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| Documents: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 11 |
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ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/10 |
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- DG EAC/NARIC/03-014
- [draft statement]
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Action : Adoption of statement
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Item 5.B
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Other developments
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| Documents: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 2 |
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ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/3 |
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DG EAC/NARIC/03-015
[Secretariat discussion document]
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|
DGIV/EDU/HE (2001) 1 rev.
[Report on Recognition Issues in the
Bologna Process]
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|
CD-ESR-GT1 (2003) 7
[Conclusions and recommendations of Bologna seminars]
(English only). |
|
DGIV/EDU/HE (2002) 9 [Report
on problems concerning recognition issues in the Bologna
Process] |
The Bologna Process toward establishing a
European Higher Education Area by 2010 is the most important
higher education reform process in Europe in our days. Some of
the key concerns of the Bologna Process are related to the
recognition of qualifications, and the ENIC and NARIC Networks -
as well as individual centres - make important contributions to
the Process. However, these are insufficiently visible, and it
is suggested that the Networks adopt a statement outlining their
current contributions as well as their visions for further
contributions. The Secretariats will also provide an update on
developments, including the outcome of the Commission supported
UNESCO-CEPES/EUA conference on The External Dimension of the
Bologna Process: Higher Education in South East Europe and the
European Higher Education Area in a Global World, held in
Bucharest on 6-8 March 2003.
Action: Advice to the ENIC Bureau, the
NARIC Advisory Board and the Secretariats
| ITEM 6.A
|
THE JOINT QUALITY INITIATIVE
|
Document: None
The Joint Quality Initiative is an informal
network consisting mainly of representatives of quality
assurance organizations and ministries, which aims to increase
the transparency of collaboration between quality assurance
systems, and to clarify the bachelor's/master's structures in
Europe. Their activities are very relevant for recognition. A
representative of JQI will present those activities.
Action: Taking note; advice to the ENIC and
NARIC Networks
| ITEM 6.B
|
PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT "TUNING EDUCATIONAL
STRUCTURES IN EUROPE"
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| Document: |
- Final Report of Tuning Phase I
plus summary note
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DG EAC/NARIC/03-016 |
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The Tuning project (135 universities in 9
subject areas), supported by the European Commission, addresses
several of the Bologna action lines and notably the adoption of
a system of easily readable and comparable degrees, the adoption
of a system based on two cycles and the establishment of a
system of credits. More specifically, the project aims at
identifying points of reference for generic and subject-specific
competences of first and second cycle graduates in a series of
subject areas. The links with the work of the ENIC-NARIC centres
are worth exploring.
Action: Taking note; advice to the ENIC
Bureau and the NARIC Advisory Board and the Secretariats
| ITEM 7:
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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ON JOINT DEGREES
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| Documents: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 3 |
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- ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/4
- [First draft of a Recommendation]
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DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 4 |
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- ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC10/11
- [Explanatory Memorandum to the Draft
Recommendation]
|
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On the basis of the EUA study on Masters’ and
Joint Degrees, financed by the European Commission, the first
Draft Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees was
presented to the Bureau of the Lisboa Recognition Convention
Committee, at its meeting on 29 January 2003, with a view to its
submission to the next meeting of the Committee, foreseen for
spring 2004. The ENIC Network is a preparatory body for the
Lisboa Recognition Convention Committee, and is invited to
consider the first draft of a Recommendation as well as the
further procedure.
Action: Advice to the ENIC and NARIC
Networks and/or the Secretariats
| ITEM 8:
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TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION (TNE) IN
THE EUROPE REGION - A PROGESS REPORT ON TWO PROJECTS
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| Item 8.1: |
Transnational Education (TNE)
in the Europe Region |
Document: DG EAC/NARIC/03-018
A NARIC working group has updated and extended
the report on TNE in Europe and will present its findings
(Presentation by Mr Stephen Adam)
Action: Advice to the ENIC and NARIC
networks and the secretariats on follow-up measures to the TNE
report.
| Item 8. 2:
|
UNESCO-CEPES Database on
Transnational Education Providers
in the European Region |
Document: ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/5
Following the opening of the database to the
ENICs and NARICs, and taking into account their inputs to the
database’s content and operational aspects, the ENIC and NARIC
Networks are invited to discuss the lessons learned and the
follow-up actions for the development and the use of the
database.
Action: Taking note; advice to UNESCO-CEPES
for further development of the database;
|
ITEM 9:
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AND
QUALIFICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN HIGHER
EDUCATION AREA AND THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AREA
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| Item 9.1
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UNESCO-CEPES Project on Doctoral
Degrees and Qualifications
|
Document: ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/6
UNESCO-CEPES has launched a new project on the
topic mentioned above. One of the objectives of the project is
that of elaborating a glossary on doctoral degrees in the Europe
Region and to examine issues related to the recognition of such
degrees.
Action: Taking note
| Item 9.2
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European Commission Pilot
Project on Joint Courses at Doctoral Level
|
Document: DG EAC/NARIC/03-019
The European Commission is preparing a pilot
project on joint courses at doctoral level along the lines of the
project on Joint Masters organised by the EUA.
Action: Taking note
| ITEM 10:
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TRADE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS: GATS
PROVISIONS
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Documents: |
DG EAC/NARIC/03-020 |
|
ED-2002/HED/AMQ/GF.1/11 Abr. |
While trade in higher education is extending and
the provisions of GATS are taking roots, also as a consequence of
the commitments made by several countries, further reflections on
the ways recognition of qualifications should act as a regulatory
mechanism of the higher education market are needed. The UNESCO
Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and
the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, held at
UNESCO on 17-18 October 2002, formulated a set of recommendations in
this respect. The Higher Education and Research Committee of the
Council of Europe is also addressing the issue of trade in higher
education. The European Commission is preparing its position on
behalf of the EU-Member States and acceding countries.
What is to be done further is the key question
addressed to the ENIC and NARIC Networks.
Action: Advice to the ENIC Bureau and the NARIC
Advisory Board and the Secretariats
| ITEM 11:
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INFORMATION ON RECOGNITION
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|
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| Documents:
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DGIV/EDU/HE (2002) 21
[presentation by Mr. Stephen Adam]
|
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DGIV/EDU/HE (2002) 22
[presentation by Ms. Chantal Kaufmann]
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- DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 13
- [Activities of the ELCORE Working Party]
|
Information on recognition is at the core of
the activities of the ENIC and NARIC Networks, yet little
explicit consideration has been given to this issue over the
past few years. On the background of the presentations to the
Council of Europe Seminar on Recognition Issues in the Bologna
Process, the Networks are invited to consider their role and
activities.
The activities of the ELCORE Working Party will
also be considered under this item.
Action: Advice to the ENIC Bureau, the
NARIC Advisory Board and the Secretariats
| ITEM 12:
|
STRATEGY AND WORK PLANS
FOR THE ENIC AND NARIC NETWORKS: STATUS AND FOLLOW UP
|
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| Documents: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 6 |
|
ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/8
[discussion document for the ENIC
network]
|
|
DG EAC/NARIC/03-021
[discussion document for the NARIC
network]
The Networks are invited to consider
strategies for their further work.
Action:
Advice to the ENIC Bureau, the NARIC Advisory Board
and the Secretariats
|
-
| ITEM 13:
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ELECTION OF THE NARIC ADVISORY
BOARD
|
Document: DG EAC/NARIC/03-022
The NARIC Network is invited to elect the
members of the NARIC Advisory Board.
Action: Election
| ITEM 14:
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ELECTION OF THE ENIC BUREAU
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Document: |
DGIV/EDU/HE (2003) 7 |
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ED-2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/9
[Secretariat background document]
|
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The ENIC Network is invited to elect its
President and two Vice-Presidents for the period June 2003 -
June 2004. The Secretariat background document outlines the
rules and procedures for the election.
Action: Election
| ITEM 15:
|
THE 2004 ENIC/NARIC MEETING
|
Document: none
The 2004 Network meeting will be held in
Strasbourg at the invitation of the Council of Europe. The
meeting will be followed by the 3rd Session of the
Intergovernmental Committee of the Council of Europe/UNESCO
Lisbon Recognition Convention. Brief information on these
meetings shall be provided.
Action: Taking note, if appropriate, advice
to the organisers, the ENIC Bureau, the NARIC Advisory Board and
the Secretariats
| ITEM 16:
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS
|
DRAFT TIMETABLE
The following timetable should be taken as indicative;
specific items may require slightly more or less time than indicated.
| Saturday, May 17
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Arrival of participants
-Vaduz
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| 14.00-18.00
|
Arrival, registration
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|
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| Sunday, May
18 |
Opening of the meeting,
information on Liechtenstein education system |
| 9.00 -13.00 |
Registration of participants |
| 12.00-13.00 |
ENIC Bureau, NARIC Advisory
Board |
| 13.00-14.00 |
Break |
| 14.00-15.00
|
Official opening of the meeting
|
| 15.00-17.00 |
Information on the
Liechtenstein education system
|
| 17.00 |
Reception hosted by the
organisers |
|
|
| Monday, May 19
|
ENIC/NARIC Meeting Agenda
|
| 9.00 |
Registration of (yet
unregistered) participants |
| 9.30-11.00 |
Business session
|
| 11.00-11.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.30-13.00 |
Business session
|
| 13.00-14.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.30-15.45 |
Business session |
| 15.45-16.15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.15-17. 30 |
Business session
|
|
|
| Tuesday, May 20
|
ENIC/NARIC Meeting Agenda
|
| 9.30-11.00
|
Business session
|
| 11.00-11.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.30-13.00
|
Business session
|
| 13.00-14.30 |
Lunch |
| 14.30-15.45
|
Business session
|
| 15.45-16.15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.15-17.30
|
Business session
|
| 17.30-18.00 |
Closing of the meeting |
| 19.00 |
Dinner |
APPENDIX II
- ENIC NETWORK (COUNCIL OF EUROPE/UNESCO)
- NARIC NETWORK (EUROPEAN COMMISSION)
-
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- DG IV/EDU/HE (2003) 11 rev. 2
- ED-2003/UENSCO-CEPES/ENIC.10 rev. 2
- DGEAC/NARIC/03-014 rev. 2
- Vaduz, 20 May 2003
- Orig. Eng.
10th Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC
Networks
Vaduz (Liechtenstein), 18-20 May 2003
STATEMENT BY THE ENIC AND NARIC NETWORKS ON THE
EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
(VADUZ STATEMENT)
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and
Heritage, Youth and Sport (Directorate of School, Out-of-School and
Higher Education - Higher Education and Research Division) of the
Council of Europe, UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education
(UNESCO-CEPES) and Directorate General for Education and Culture of the
European Commission, Unit for Higher Education
- Distribution: Bologna Follow Up Group
- ENIC and NARIC Networks
- General
STATEMENT
-
The ENIC and NARIC Networks, in a declaration
adopted at their annual meeting in Vilnius in June 1999, declared
their willingness and ability to contribute to the Bologna Process.
The Networks outlined the basis for their work to help implement the
European Higher Education Area in the ENIC report on
Recognition Issues in the Bologna Process. Their work to
improve and facilitate recognition of qualifications in Europe rely
on and seek to implement the Council of Europe/UNESCO Convention
on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in
the European Region (Lisbon Recognition Convention) as well as,
for professional recognition, the European Union Directives on
professional recognition.
-
In terms of the legal framework for recognition,
the ENIC and NARIC Networks played an important role in preparing
the UNESCO/Council of Europe Code of Good Practice in the
Provision of Transnational Education and the Recommendation on
Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign
Qualifications, both of which were adopted by the Lisbon Recognition
Convention Committee in 2001. At their 2003 meeting, the Networks
considered a draft Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint
Degrees, to be submitted to the Convention Committee for
adoption in 2004.
-
The ENIC and NARIC Networks, meeting in Vaduz on 18
- 20 May 2003 for their annual joint meeting, hereby confirm their
intention to continue to contribute to the Bologna Process aiming to
establish a European Higher Education Area by 2010.
-
In so doing, they draw on a membership of national
centres representing countries party to the Bologna Process as well
as countries interacting with the European Higher Education Area in
other ways.
-
The ENIC and NARIC Networks fully support the
ultimate goal of the European Higher Education Area: to facilitate
the mobility of students, staff and higher education graduates
within as large a part of Europe as possible. They recognize that
the European Higher Education Area must be built on both national
policies and joint policies in key areas agreed within a European
framework, and that without commitment to and implementation of
these policies at national level, the European Higher Education Area
will not become an effective reality.
-
The ENIC and NARIC Networks consider the Bologna
Process to be the most important reform of higher education in
Europe in the present generation and see their contribution to it as
helping build bridges between education systems and
qualifications and as fora for the further development of
recognition policies in Europe and beyond.
The recognition of qualifications is of key importance
to the realization of several key goals of the Bologna process:
· increased academic and professional mobility
· transparency
· increased employability of higher education
graduates
· the European dimension
and is also important to the “external
dimension” of the Bologna Process, i.e. the interaction between
the European Higher Education Area and other parts of the world,
some of which participate in the ENIC network on an equal
footing. The outcomes of transparent quality assurance
procedures are also of key importance to the recognition of
qualifications, and the ENIC and NARIC Networks declare their
intention to continue their cooperation with the European
Network for Quality Assurance in higher education (ENQA). Last,
but not least, the ENIC and NARIC Networks see higher education
as part and parcel of a comprehensive system of Lifelong
Learning. Improved recognition of higher education
qualifications as well as of access qualifications will
therefore help implement this important goal of the Bologna
Process, as outlined in the Prague Communiqué.
-
The role of the ENIC and NARIC Networks in
developing the legal framework for the recognition of qualifications
in Europe also points to their key role in implementing this
framework
and in developing recognition policies at European level as
well as of the mission of each member of the Networks at national
level.
On this background, in their further contribution to
the European Higher Education Area, the ENIC and NARIC Networks will in
particular seek to:
-
facilitate recognition of qualifications issued
within the framework of the two tier degree structure being
adopted by the countries participating in the Bologna Process, with
a view to reducing the time, effort and cost required for the
recognition of qualifications within the European Higher Education
Area. They will continue to develop and improve methods for
recognition of qualifications based on their level, quality and
profile;
-
develop cooperation between the recognition and
quality assurance networks, in keeping with the request by
Ministers in their Prague Communiqué. In this, they refer to the
ongoing discussions between the ENIC and NARIC Networks and
representatives of the European Network on Quality Assurance in
higher education (ENQA). While they consider that clear and
transparent quality assurance procedures, as well as publication of
their outcomes, will greatly facilitate the recognition of
qualifications, the ENIC and NARIC Networks also underline that,
while quality assurance is essential for recognition, it cannot
substitute the individual assessment needed to place a qualification
into another education or employment systemimprove information
on the recognition of foreign qualifications. In this, they will
continue to promote the European Credit Transfer System, the Diploma
Supplement and other tools to improve transparency as well as to
develop improved guidelines and systems for information exchange. In
the latter, they refer in particular to the conclusions of the
Bologna Seminar on Recognition Issues in the Bologna Process,
organized jointly by the Council of Europe and the Portuguese
authorities in Lisbon on 11 - 12 April 2002;
-
improve recognition of joint degrees and other
possible innovative initiatives aiming at increasing student
mobility and bridging the gaps between national education systems.
In this, they will build on the study and pilot on joint degrees at
masters level carried out by the European University Association and
supported by the European Commission and they will contribute to the
implementation of the draft Recommendation on the Recognition of
Joint Degrees referred to above once it shall have been adopted by
the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee;
-
develop recognition procedures aiming
at the recognition of learning outcomes rather than the formal
paths that have led to these outcomes. In this, they will in
particular build on the results of the Joint Quality Initiative and
the TUNING project supported by the European Commission as well as
on the work carried out on the recognition of prior learning and
non-traditional qualifications. Recognition based on learning
outcomes is important also with regard to facilitating lifelong
learning;
-
contribute to the development of transparent
qualifications frameworks at national level as well as in
the context of the European Higher Education Area;
-
improve recognition of qualifications from other
parts of the world as well as improved recognition of
qualifications from the European Region elsewhere. In this, they
will in particular build on and contribute to the work of the UNESCO
Global Forum on Quality Assurance, Accreditation and the Recognition
of Qualifications;
-
underline the need for international cooperation to
be based on clear and transparent quality standards and work for
the implementation of the Council of Europe/UNESCO Recognition
Convention and its subsidiary texts as well as, as appropriate, the
European Directives on professional recognition;
(i) develop model terms of reference for
national information centres.
-
The goals set by the ENIC and NARIC Networks, as
well as by their individual members are ambitious and of key
importance to the success of the Bologna Process. The Networks, as
well as their individual member centres, are prepared to meet the
challenges of the Bologna process and contribute to realizing the
opportunities the European Higher Education Area holds forth. They
invite national authorities as well as other actors, such as
international organizations, higher education institutions,
professional associations, student organizations, employers and
NGOs, to make greater use of the experience and expertise of the
Networks and their members. The ENIC and NARIC centres will seek
close cooperation with other information centres in their countries,
notably the National Reference Points active in the framework of the
Bruges-Copenhagen process for vocational education and training,
-
Reaching these goals will depend on the efforts,
experience, knowledge and skills of the Networks, their members and
the Organizations serving the Networks, but also of the resources
put at their disposal. The ENIC and NARIC Networks take this
opportunity to underline the need for each country to maintain an
adequately staffed and equipped national information centre, in
keeping with the requirements Article IX.2 of the Council of
Europe/UNESCO Recognition Convention as well as contributing to the
running of both Networks.
APPENDIX III
The Statement by the Russian ENIC
In Russia the process of integration and reformation of
higher education, based on principles of the Bologna Declaration is
being observed with great interest.
In the past years Russian education has gained high
dynamics of development in the course of global and European trends. The
following new developments are a serious evidence of these trends: the
introduction of state leaving examinations, steady strive for providing
equal opportunity in obtaining higher education by any individual,
highly increased independency of the education institutions.
Russian education is at the doors of new important
developments. Some of them are still in the discussion process, whereas,
at the same time, some new specific methods are already being chosen to
be implemented. Let me list some of them: the new system of knowledge
and workload assessment based on the ECTS; strong reinforcement of
quality assurance in education; modern types of state financial support,
including student loans; 12-years schooling. Earlier in the past decade
implementation of two-tier degree structure in HE has been launched.
The goals outlined by Russia for the year 2010 in terms
of the Concept of Education Modernization were determined in 2001,
independently from the Bologna Declaration. They were formulated in the
way that their actualization would allow Russian education to become
even more modern. These goals have either coincided in several main
points with objectives of the Bologna process or resulted to be close to
them. The coincidence in terms and timing of the Russian education
modernization and formation of the European HE Area and the similarities
in contents - are serious reasons for rapid movement of Russian
education towards the Bologna process.
Let me note that Russian education, by its nature, is
one of the most sensitive areas of our culture to the improvements and
new ideas. Besides that, in our society European values are dominant and
the youth is treasuring them in accordance with its inner orientations.
Based on these grounds, further integration with Europe in education
area is a realistic goal.
Quite an important step in integration of Russian
education with other European education systems became joining to the
Lisbon Recognition Convention, the creation of the Russian ENIC and its
active participation in the ENIC/NARIC Networks.
At the mean time, the parameters of development,
outlined by the Bologna process, are being carefully studied in Russia.
Practical applications of their implementation in our education are
being carefully examined. In order to achieve these goals an
International Seminar was held in St. Petersburg State University last
year. Representatives of the UNESCO-CEPES, the Council of Europe,
European student organizations, members of the Bologna Preparatory Group
and international experts were presented at the Seminar. From the
Russian side there were following present: rectors of the top
universities, the Minister of Education V. Filippov, as well as the
leaders of Committees on Culture, Education and Science of both Chambers
of the Parliament, and various Russian experts.
First, the idea of Russia’s integration to the Bologna
process has been discussed. The main question addressed was “whether
integration responds to the interests and needs of the Russian
education?” After hours of debates and discussions an important
conclusion has been made: “Yes”. Another important result of the Seminar
was the proposal to the Ministry to organize a Working Group for
analysis of the Bologna process. Shortly after the Seminar the Working
Group has started its work. The head of the Russian ENIC is a member of
the Group.
During the last years Russian mass media has been
widely covering the meaning and the content of the Bologna process. A
number of national seminars devoted to the Bologna process were held,
followed by publication of documents and materials explaining the
concepts of the process. Other publications on this issue are currently
in releasing stage. Members of the Working Grope are making important
contributions to this activity, which reflects high interest of our
academic community towards the Bologna process.
The next International seminar on this issue is
scheduled to be held in St. Petersburg State University on October 31 of
this year. New possibilities for Russian education - the Bologna process
relationships in view of Berlin Conference decisions will be observed.
The dates of another International seminar in Moscow aiming to present
Russian education and to discuss recognition issues of the Bologna
process are under consideration.
Russian ENIC is hoping that Russian education will get
support from individual ENICs and NARICs in its urge for joining the
Bologna process. We also hope to get support from the Intergovernmental
Committee for the Lisbon Convention, Co-Secretariats for the ENIC and
NARIC Networks: UNESCO-CEPES, the Council of Europe and the HE unit of
the European Commission, and also from the part of the European
University Association and other European organizations.
- Gennady LUKICHEV
- DIRECTOR of Russian ENIC
APPENDIX IV
- ENIC NETWORK (COUNCIL OF EUROPE/UNESCO)
- NARIC NETWORK (EUROPEAN COMMISSION)
- GIV/EDU/HE (2003) 3 rev. 2
- E2003/UNESCO-CEPES/ENIC.10/4 rev. 2
Vaduz, 20 May 2003
- 10th Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks
- Vaduz (Liechtenstein), 18-20 May 2003
- Department of Higher Education - Liechtensteinisches Schulamt
DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ON THE RECOGNITION OF JOINT
DEGREES
Version as approved by the ENIC Network on 20 May 2003
for submission to the Lisboa Recognition Convention Committee for
adoption
Directorate General IV: Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
(Directorate of School, Out-of-School and Higher Education - Higher
Education and Research Division) of the Council of Europe and UNESCO
European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES)
Preamble
The Committee of the Convention on the Recognition of
Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region,
Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe
and UNESCO is to achieve greater unity between their members, and that
this aim can be pursued notably by common action in cultural matters;
Having regard to the Council of Europe/UNESCO
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher
Education in the European Region;
Having regard to the European Cultural Convention;
Having regard to the process towards the
establishment of a European higher Education Area, and in particular to
the Declaration of the European Ministers of Education adopted in
Bologna on 19 June 1999 as well as to their Communiqué adopted in Prague
on 19 May 2001;
Having regard to the Diploma Supplement elaborated
jointly by the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO, to
the UNESCO/Council of Europe Code of Good Practice in the provision of
transnational education, to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
and to the Council of Europe/UNESCO Recommendation on Criteria and
Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications;
Having regard to the practical action in favour of
improving the recognition of qualifications concerning higher education
carried out by the Council of Europe/UNESCO European Network of national
information centres on academic recognition and mobility ("the ENIC
Network");
Considering that the Council of Europe and UNESCO
have always encouraged academic mobility as a means for better
understanding of the various cultures and languages, and without any
form of racial, religious, political or sexual discrimination;
Considering that studying or working in a foreign
country is likely to contribute to an individual's cultural and academic
enrichment, as well as to improve the individual's career prospects;
Considering that the recognition of qualifications
is an essential precondition for both academic and professional
mobility;
Convinced that the joint development of curricula
between higher education institutions in different countries and the
award of joint degrees contribute to academic and professional mobility
and to the creation of a European Higher Education Area;
Aware that the recognition of qualifications
originating in such joint arrangements is currently encountering
difficulties of a legal as well as of a practical nature;
Conscious of the need to facilitate the recognition
of joint degrees;
Recommends the governments of States party to the
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher
Education in the European Region:
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to take into account, in the establishment of their
recognition policies, the principles set out in the appendix hereto;
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to draw these principles to the attention of the
competent bodies concerned, so that they can be considered and taken
into account;
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to promote implementation of these principles by
government agencies and local and regional authorities, and by
higher education institutions within the limits imposed by the
autonomy of higher education institutions;
to ensure that this Recommendation is distributed as
widely as possible among all persons and bodies concerned with the
recognition of qualifications concerning higher education;
Invites the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
and the Director-General of UNESCO, as appropriate, to transmit this
Recommendation to the governments of those States which were invited to
the Diplomatic Conference entrusted with the adoption of the Lisbon
Recognition Convention but which have not become parties to that
Convention.
PPENDIX TO THE [DRAFT] RECOMMENDATION ON THE
RECOGNITION OF JOINT DEGREES
General consideration
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The present Recommendation is adopted within the
framework of the Lisbon Recognition Convention and applies to the
Parties to this Convention. The principles and practices described
in this Recommendation can, however, equally well be applied to the
recognition of qualifications in countries other than those party to
the Lisbon Recognition Convention or to qualifications issued
between or among national education systems.
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The purpose of the present Recommendation is to
improve the recognition of joint degrees. While degrees that are
considered as belonging to the education system of a party to the Lisbon
Recognition Convention even where parts of the degree have been earned
in other education systems fall under the provisions of the Convention,
the present Recommendation also concerns joint degrees.
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While the scope of the Lisbon Recognition Convention
as well as of subsidiary texts adopted under the provisions of Article
X.2.5 of the Convention concern the recognition of qualifications in
countries other than that in which they have been earned, the provisions
of the present recommendation may equally well be applied, mutatis
mutandis, to joint degrees issued by two or more institutions
belonging to the same national higher education system.
Definitions
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Terms defined in the Lisbon Recognition Convention
are used in the same sense in the present Recommendation, and
reference is made to the definition of these terms in Section I of
the Convention.
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A joint degree shall, for the purposes of this
Recommendation, be understood as referring to a higher education
qualification issued jointly by at least two higher education
institutions on the basis of a study programme developed and/or
provided jointly by these institutions, possibly also in cooperation
with other institutions. A joint degree may be issued as
a) a joint diploma in addition to national diplomas,
b) a joint diploma issued by the institutions offering
the study programme in question without being accompanied by a national
diploma
c) (a) national diploma(s) issued officially as the
only attestation of the joint qualification in question.
General principles
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Holders of joint degrees shall have adequate
access, upon request, to a fair assessment of their qualifications
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Competent recognition authorities should recognize
foreign joint degrees unless they can demonstrate that there is a
substantial difference between the joint degree for which
recognition is sought and the comparable qualification within their
own national higher education system.
Competent recognition authorities of Parties whose higher education
institutions confer joint degrees should recognize these degrees
with the greatest flexibility possible.
Legislation
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Governments of States party to the Lisbon
Recognition Convention should therefore review their legislation
with a view to removing any legal obstacles to the recognition of
joint degrees and, where appropriate, introduce legal provisions
that would facilitate such recognition.
Quality assurance and institutional recognition
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Competent recognition authorities may make the
recognition of joint degrees conditional on all parts of the study
programme leading to the degree and/or the institutions providing
the programme being subject to transparent quality assessment or
being considered as belonging to the education system of one or more
Parties to the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
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Where the joint degree is issued on the basis of a
curriculum developed by a group or consortium consisting of a number
of recognized higher education institutions, recognition of the
degree may be made contingent on all member institutions or
programmes of the group or consortium being subject to transparent
quality assessment, or being considered as belonging to the
education system of one or more Parties to the Lisbon Recognition
Convention, even if only some of these institutions provide courses
for any given degree.
Information
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Institutions providing joint degrees should be
encouraged to inform the competent recognition authorities of
programmes giving rise to such degrees.
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In order to facilitate recognition, candidates
earning joint degrees should be provided with a Diploma Supplement,
and study programmes leading to joint degrees should make use of the
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
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The Diploma Supplement issued with a joint degree
should clearly describe all parts of the degree, and it should
clearly indicate the institutions and/or study programmes at which
the different parts of the degree have been earned.
APPENDIX V
- 10th JOINT MEETING OF THE ENIC AND NARIC NETWORKS
- VADUZ, LIECHTENSTEIN
- 18 - 20 May 2003
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
PARTICIPANTS
ALBANIA
Dr. Miti KOÇI, Responsible for Post-Graduate
qualification, Recognition of diplomas Scientific research, Ministry of
Education and Sciences of Albania, Rruga e Durresit Nr. 23, TIRANA
E tel: +355 68 21 63 210 (mobile) fax : +355 4 23 20 02
mkoci©mash.gov.al <mailto:mkoci©mash.gov.al>
ANDORRA / ANDORRE
- Mme Esther RABASA GRAU, Responsable de l’Enseignement Supérieur,
Ministeri d’Educació, Joventut i Esports, C/ Bonaventura Armengol,
6-8, Andorra la Vella, 9999, PRINCIPAT D’ANDORRA
- F tel. +376 866 585 fax: +376 861 229
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- M. Miquel NICOLAU VILA, Delegat del Rector (Rector Delegate),
Universitat d’Andorra, Plaça de la Germandat, Sant Julià de la
Lòria, 9999, PRINCIPAT D’ANDORRA
- F tel. +376 841 806 fax: +376 843 538
ARMENIA/ARMENIE - apologized/excusé
AUSTRALIA / AUSTRALIE
- Ms Rhonda HENRY, Branch Manager, Australian Department of
Education, Science and Training, GPO Box 9880, Canberra ACT, 2601,
AU
- E tel: +61 2 6240 5119 fax: + 61 2 6240 7636
AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE
- Dr.iur. Christoph DEMAND, Deputy Director, ENIC-NARIC Austria,
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Teinfaltstr. 8,
A - 1014 WIEN
- E tel: +43 1 531 20 5922 fax: +43 1 531 20 7890
Mag. Ingrid WADSACK, BMBWK, Teinfaltstraße 8, A-1130 WIEN
E tel: +43 1 531 20/5855 fax: +43 1 53120/81/5855
Privat: + 43 1 879 8003
AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAÏDJAN
- Mr Azad AKHUNDOV, Senior Expert, Ministry of Education, Khatai Av.
49, BAKU 370008
- E tel: +99 412 963 414 fax: +99412 963 490
BELARUS
- Dr Siarhei VETOKHIN, Head of the Belarussian ENIC, Vice-Rector,
National Institute for Higher Education, 15 Moskovskaya Ulitca,
220001 MINSK
- E tel: +375 17 224 4554 fax: +375 17 222 8315
BELGIUM / BELGIQUE
- Mr Erwin MALFROY, Assistant Director, NARIC-Vlaanderen, Higher
Education Administration, Ministry of Education of the Flemish
Community, Koning Albert II-Laan 15,
- B - 1210 BRUSSEL
- E tel: +32 2 553 9819 fax: +32 2 553 98 05
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Mme Chantal KAUFMANN, Directrice générale adjointe, Ministère de
la Communauté française de Belgique, Direction générale de
l’Enseignement non obligatoire et de la Recherche scientifique,
Service général de l’Enseignement universitaire et de la Recherche
scientifique, 204 Rue Royale, B-1000 BRUXELLES
F/E tel: +32 2 210 55 77 fax : +32 2 210 59 92
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/BOSNIE ET HERZEGOVINE
- Prof. Nenad TANOVIC, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Sciences,
Department Physic, Zmaja od Bosne 35, SARAJEVO, 71000
- E tel: +387 33 279 868
BULGARIA / BULGARIE
- Dr. Rossitza VELINOVA, (Member of the NARIC Advisory
Board/Membre du Conseil Consultatif NARIC), Head of
ENIC/NARIC, Ministry of Education and Science, European Integration
Division, 2a Kniaz Dondukov, BG - 1000 SOFIA
- E tel: +359 2 988 49 74 fax: +359 2 988 49 74
CANADA
- Mr Yves BEAUDIN, (Vice-President of the ENIC
Network/Vice-Président du Réseau ENIC), National
Co-ordinator, Canadian Information Centre for International
Credentials (CICIC), 95 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 1106, Toronto,
ONTARIO M4V 1N6,
- Post Office Box 37, Aylmer, Québec, J9H 5 E4
- E/F tel: +001 416 962 8100 ext. 242 fax: +001 416 962 2800 / 819
682 9874
- Mr Eric SCHVARTZ, Database Officer, Canadian Information Centre
for International Credentials, MRCI, 800, de Maisonneuve Est, Bureau
200, Montréal, H2L 4L8, CA
- E/F tel : 1 514 864 8636 fax: 1 514 873 8701
CROATIA / CROATIE
- Ms Loredana MARAVIC, Head of Department, Ministry of Science and
Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Strossmayerov trg 4, 10 000
ZAGREB
- E tel: +385 1 459 44 55 fax: +385 1 48 19 331
- Privat: +385 91 560 6927
CZECH REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
- Ing. Štĕpánka SKUHROVÁ, Head of Centre for Equivalence of
Documents about Education, Centre of Higher Education Studies, U
Lužického Semináře 13/90, CZ-11800 PRAHA 1 - Malá Strana
- E tel. +420 2 5753 0500/5701 1335 fax:
+420 2 5753 1672
CYPRUS/CHYPRE - apologized/excusé
DENMARK / DANEMARK
- Ms Helle OTTE, Director, Danish Centre for Assessment of Foreign
Qualifications (CVUU), H.C. Andersen Boulevard 43, DK - 1553,
KØBENHAVN V
- E tel: +45 33 925431 fax: +45 33 951801
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- Ms Birgitte BOVIN, Credential Evaluator, Danish NARIC - CVUU,
H.C. Andersen Boulevard 43, DK -1553, KØBENHAVN V
- E tel: +45 33 954611 fax:+45 33 951801
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- Ms Anne-Kathrine MANDRUP, Special Adviser, Danish NARIC - CVUU,
H.C. Andersen Boulevard 43, DK -1553, KØBENHAVN V
- E tel: +45 33 925434 fax: +45 33 9518 01
ESTONIA / ESTONIE
- Mr Gunnar VAHT (President of the ENIC Network/ Président
du Réseau ENIC), Head, Estonian ENIC/NARIC, Foundation
Archimedes, Kohtu 6, 10130 TALLINN
- E tel: +372 6 96 2 415 fax: +372 6 96 2 419
FINLAND / FINLANDE
- Mr Timo LÄHDESMÄKI, Head of UNIC, National Board of Education,
Hakaniemenkatu 2, FIN- 00531 HELSINKI
- E tel: +358 9 7 74 775 fax: +358 9 7747 7201
- Dr. Marketta SAARINEN, Head of Unit, National Board of
Education, Hakaniemenkatu 2, FIN- 00531 HELSINKI
- E tel: +358 9 7747 7636 fax: +358 9 7747 7201
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- Ms. Carita BLOMQVIST, Counsellor of Education, National Board of
Education, PO Box 380, FIN-00531 HELSINKI
- E tel: +358 9 7747 7128 fax: +358 9 7747 7201
FRANCE - apologized/excusé
GEORGIA / GEORGIE
- Mr Irakli MACHABELI, Head of the Department of Science and
Academic Recognition and Mobility, Ministry of Education, 52 Uznadze
St, 380002 TBILISI
- E tel: +995 32 95 79 47 / 61 30 62 fax: +995 32 94 30 69
GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE
- Ms Barbara BUCHAL-HÖVER, Zentralstelle f. ausländisches
Bildungswesen, Lennéstr. 6, DE- 53113, BONN
- E tel: +49 228 501 241 fax: +49 228 501 229
- privat: + 49 228 362 424
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- Ms Antje DENKER, KMK - Zentralstelle f. ausländisches
Bildungswesen, Lennéstr. 6,
- DE - 53113, BONN
- E tel: + 49 228 501 214 fax: +49 228 501 229
GREECE / GRECE
- Prof. George ELIOPOULOS, Scientific Collaborator, Institute of
Technological Education, Syngrou Ave. 56, GR - 11742 ATHENS
- E tel: +302 10 922 1000 fax: +302 10 922 7716
HOLY SEE/SAINT SIEGE - apologized/excusé
HUNGARY / HONGRIE
- Dr. Gabor MESZAROS, General Director, Hungarian Equivalence and
Information Centre, Ministry of Education, Szalay u. 10-14, H - 1055
BUDAPEST
- E tel: +36 1 473 7321 / 473 7325 fax: +36 1 332 1932
- Dr. Júlia JUHÁSZ, Senior Adviser, Hungarian Equivalence and
Information Centre, Ministry of Education, Szalay u. 10-14, H - 1055
BUDAPEST
- E tel: +361 473 7321 fax: +36 1 332 1932
ICELAND / ISLANDE
- Mr Thórdur KRISTINSSON, Director of Academic Affairs, University
of Iceland, V/Sudurgata, 101 REYKJAVÍK
- E tel: +354 525 4360 fax: +354 515 4317
IRELAND / IRLANDE
- Ms Valerie BEATTY, National Qualifications Authority of Ireland,
Jervis Street, Jervis House, 5th Floor, IE - DUBLIN
- E tel: + 3531 887 1500 fax: +3531 8871 595
ISRAEL / ISRAËL
- Mr Naftali WEITMAN, Secretary, Council For Higher Education, Po
Box 4037,
- Il - JERUSALAM 91040
- E tel: +972 2 567 99 03 / 02 fax: +972 2 567 99 55
ITALY / ITALIE
- Prof. Silvia CAPUCCI, Deputy Director, CIMEA della Fondazione Rui,
Viale Ventuno Aprile 36, IT- 00162, ROMA
- F tel: + 39 06 86321281 fax: +39 0686322 845
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- Ms Valentina TESTUZZA, CIMEA, Italian ENIC-NARIC, Viale XXI Aprile
36, IT- 00151 ROME
- F tel: +39 06 863 21 281 fax: +39 06 863 22 845
- Mr Gabriel VIGNOLI, CIMEA, Italian ENIC-NARIC, Viale XXI Aprile
36, IT- 00151, ROMA
- F tel: +39 0) 6 863 21 291 fax: +39 06 863 22 845
LATVIA / LETTONIE
- Prof. Andrejs RAUHVARGERS, Secretary General, Latvian Rectors’
Conference, Programme Adviser, Latvian ENIC/NARIC, Inkukalna 3,
LV-1014, RIGA
- E tel.:+371 7 224 175 fax: +371 7 244
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- Ms Baiba RAMINA, Director, Head of ENIC/NARIC, Academic
Information Centre, Valnu 2, LV 1050, RIGA
- E tel: + 371 7 212 317 fax: +371 7 221 006
LIECHTENSTEIN
- Mr Helmut KONRAD, Head of ENIC/NARIC, Head of Department for
Higher Education, Department of Education, Liechtensteinisches
Schulamt, Im Fetzer 46, Schaan, 9494, VADUZ
- E tel: +423 2 36 67 58 fax: +423 2 36 67 71
LITHUANIA / LITUANIE
- Mr Darius TAMOSIUNAS, Deputy Director, Lithuanian Centre for
Quality Assessment in Higher Education (ENIC/NARIC), Suvalkų str. 1,
LT - 2600 VILNIUS
- E tel: +370 5 213 2555 fax: +370 25 213 2553
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- Ms. Rima ZILINSKAITĖ, Chief Officer, Lithuanian Centre for Quality
Assessment in Higher Education, Suvalkų str. 1, LT - 2600 VILNIUS
- E tel : + 370 5 213 2555 fax: +370 2 23 25 53
LUXEMBOURG - apologized/excusé
MALTA / MALTE
- Mr John FERNANDEZ, Chairperson - Academic Credentials Evaluation
Board, Malta Qualification Recognition Information Centre, Great
Seige Road, Floriana, CMR 02
- E tel : +356 2123 4290 fax : +356 2124 6383
MOLDOVA - apologized/excusé
MONACO - apologized/excusé
THE NETHERLANDS / PAYS BAS
- Mr Jindra DIVIS, (Member of the NARIC Advisory
Board/Membre du Conseil Consultatif NARIC), Netherlands
NARIC/ENIC, NUFFIC, Kortenaerkade 11, NL 2518 AX, DEN HAAG
- E tel: +31 704 260 270 fax: +31 704 260 395
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- Ms Lucie DE BRUIN, Senior Consultant, NUFFIC, Kortenaerkade 11,
P.O.Box 29 777, NL-2502 LT DEN HAAG
- E tel : +31 70 4260 276 fax: +31 70 4260 276
NORWAY / NORVEGE
- Ms Anne Marie HESZLEIN, Head of Section, Norwegian Agency for
Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT),1708 Vika, N - 01210 OSLO
- E tel: +47 21 02 1825 fax: +47 21 02 1802
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- Mr Rolf LOFSTAD (Member of the NARIC Advisory Board/Membre
du Conseil Consultatif NARIC), Adviser, Norwegian Agency for
Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), 1708 Vika, N - 01210 OSLO
- E tel: +47 21 02 1863 fax: +47 21 02 1802
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- Ms Katarina G. WITEK, Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Quality
Assurance in Education (NOKUT), 1708 Vika, N- 01210, OSLO
- E tel : + 47 21 02 18 62 fax :+ 47 21 02 18 02
- Privat : +47 932 01 467
POLAND / POLOGNE
- Ms Eva MAJDOWSKA, Head of the Polish NARIC, Deputy Director,
Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange, ul.
Smolna 13, 00-375 WARSZAWA
- E tel: +48 22 828 7434 fax: +48 22 826 2823
PORTUGAL - apologized/excusé
ROMANIA / ROUMANIE
- Mme Daniela GÎRBEA, Directeur, Centre National de Reconnaissance
des Diplômes, ENIC/NARIC, Ministère de l’Education et de la Science,
28-30 G-Ral Berthelot St,
- RO-70738 BUCUREŞTI
- F tel : +40 21 313 2677 fax : +40 21 313 2677
RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
- Dr. Gennady LUKICHEV, Director, National Information Center on
Academic Recognition and Mobility, Ministry of Education of the
Russian Federation, Mikluho-Maklaya 6,
- RU - 117198 MOSKVA
- E tel: +7 095 425 9234/ 955 0818 fax: +7 095 4331511
SAN MARINO/SAINT-MARIN - apologized/excusé
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO/SERBIE ET MONTENEGRO
- Ms Olga JOVANOVIC, Ministry of Education and Sports of the
Republic of Serbia and Montenegro, Nemanjina 24, YU- 11000,
BELGRADE
- E tel: +381 11 363 14 57 fax: + 381 11 36 16 515
- Privat: +381 64 12 75 658
SLOVAK REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
- PhDr Maria HRABINSKA, Head of the Centre for Equivalence of
Diplomas (Slovak ENIC/NARIC), Institute of Information and
Prognoses of Education, Stare grunty 52, SK - 842 44 BRATISLAVA
- E tel: +421 2 654 26521 fax: +421 2 654 26521
SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE
- Ms Polona MIKLAVC VALENČIČ, Recognition Office, Ministry of
Education, Science and Sport, TRG OF 13, 1000 LJUBLJANA
- E tel: +386 1 4785 390 fax: +386 1 4785 669
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- Ms Anita JESENKO, Senior Counsellor, Ministry of Education,
Science and Sport, Zupanciceva 6, 1000 LJUBLJANA
- E tel : + 386 1 4785 759 fax : +386 1 4785 669
SPAIN / ESPAGNE
- Ms Nieves TRELLES GOMEZ, NARIC-Spain, Ministerío de
Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Paseo del Prado, 28, ES - 28014
MADRID
- E tel.+34 91 506 5593 fax:+34 91 506 5706
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- Ms M. Isabel BARRIOS, Ministerio de Educación, Paseo del
Prado, 28, ES - 28014 MADRID
- E tel :+ 34 91 506 55 93 fax : +34 91 506 57 06
- Privat : 34 91 534 59 95
SWEDEN / SUEDE
- Mr Ulf ÖHLUND, Head of Department, National Agency for
Higher Education, Swedish NARIC/ENIC, Box 7851, SE - 103 99
STOCKHOLM
- E tel: +46 8 56 30 88 29 fax: +45 8 56 30 86 50
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- Ms Karin DAHL BERGENDORFF, Senior Officer, National Agency
for Higher Education, Swedish NARIC/ENIC, Box 7851, SE - 103 99
STOCKHOLM
- E tel: +46 8 56 30 866 fax: +45 8 56 30 86 50
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- Ms Nina KOWALEWSKA, Senior Officer, National Agency for
Higher Education, Box 7851, SE-103 99 STOCKHOLM
- E tel: +46 8 5630 8667 fax: +46 8 5630 8650
Mr Niklas TRANÆUS, The Swedish Institute, SE
SWITZERLAND / SUISSE
- Ms Christine GEHRIG, Head of the Swiss ENIC, Rectors’
Conference of the Swiss Universities, Recognition Information
Centre / Swiss ENIC, Senweg 2, CH - 3012 BERN
- E tel : +41 31 306 60 32 fax : +41 31 302 68 11
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- Ms Eva GROB, Swiss ENIC, Rektorenkonferenz der Schweizer
Universitaten CRUS, Senweg 2, CH-3012 BERN
- E tel: +41 31 306 60 38 fax: +41 31 301 68 11
“THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” / “L'EX-REPUBLIQUE
YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE"
- Ms Nadežda UZELAC, Head of the Recognition / ENIC Division,
Ministry of Education, Ul. Dimitrije Cuposki Br. 9, MK - 1000
SKOPJE
- E tel : +389 91 106 516 fax : +389 91 117 361
TURKEY / TURQUIE
- Prof. Dr Tugmac SAYRAC, Executive Board Member, Council of
Higher Education of Turkey (Y.Ö.K.), Bilkent, TR - 06539 ANKARA
- E tel: +90 312 298 70 83 fax: +90 312 266 4759
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- Mr Mehmet ŞAHIN, Expert, Turkish National Agency, Necatibey
CAD. 108, DPT., TR- 06100 ANKARA
- E tel: +312 294 6434 fax: +312 2946 477
UKRAINE
- Prof. Volodymyr DOMNICH, Head of Department of Licensing
and Accreditation, Ministry of Education, 10 Peremoga
Avenue, 01135 KYIV
- E tel : +380 44 216 15 35 fax: +380 44 1049 / 216 1535
UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME UNI
- Dr Cloud BAI-YUN, Head of UK National Academic Recognition
Information Centre, UK NARIC, ECCTIS Ltd., Oriel House,
Oriel Road, Cheltenham, GB - GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL50 1XP
- E tel: +44 242 260 010 fax: +44 242 258 611
-
- Mr Richard BUDD, UK NARIC, Oriel House, Oriel Road,
Cheltenham, GL 50 1 XP, UK
- E tel: +44 1242 258 620 fax: +44 1242 260 010
-
- Mr Nick BRENNAN, UK NARIC, Oriel House, Oriel Road,
Cheltenham, GL50 1XP, UK
- E tel : +44 1242 258 620 fax : +44 1242 258 611
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ETATS-UNIS D’AMERIQUE
- Dr. Earl Stephen HUNT, Senior International Education
Specialist and Manager, USNEI, Head of US ENIC, US
Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary,
International Affairs Staff, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Rm.
6W242, WASHINGTON D.C. 20202-8401
- E tel: +1 202 401 3710 fax: +1 202 401 25 08
-
- Mr Timothy S. THOMPSON, Assistant Director for Admissions,
University of Pittsburgh, Office of International Services,
708 William Pitt Union, PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, 15260.
- E tel: +412 624 7129 fax: +412 624 7105
OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS
- Prof. Stephen ADAM, University of Westminster, Bidwell
Farmhouse, Bedford Road, Near Dunstable, LU56JS, UNITED
KINGDOM
- E tel: + 44 207 911 5000/ext 2322 fax: +44 1582 8610 50
-
- Ms Sylvie BROCHU, Programme Officer, European University
Association (EUA), 42 rue de la Loi, B-1040 BRUSSELS,
BELGIUM
- E/F tel : +32 2 230 5544 fax : +32 2 230 5751
-
- Dr. Leegwater MARLIES, Ministry of Education, Culture and
Science, P.O. Box 25000, ZOETERMEER, 2700 LZ, THE
NETHERLANDS
- E tel :+31 79 323 2904 fax : +31 79 323 2098
-
- Mr Robert WAGENAAR, Secretary general of the Faculty of
Arts, University of Groningen, Oude Kijk in ‘t jatsraat 26,
P.O. Box 716, 9700 AS GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
- Tel: +31 50 363 51 76 fax: +31 50 363 49 00
SECRETARIATS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
- Mr. Sjur BERGAN, Head of Higher Education and Research
Division, Directorate of School, Out-of-School and Higher
Education, F - 67075 STRASBOURG Cedex, FRANCE
- E tel : +33 3 88 41 26 43 fax: +33 3 88 41 27 88 / 06
-
- Ms. Can KAFTANCI, Administrator, Higher Education and
Research Division, Directorate of School, Out-of-School and
Higher Education, F - 67075 STRASBOURG Cedex, FRANCE
- F/E tel : +33 3 88 41 25 59 fax: +33 3 88 41 27 88 / 06
EUROPEAN COMMISSION /
COMMISSION EUROPEENNE
- Mr Peter van-der-HIJDEN, Deputy Head of Unit, European
Commission, B7 08/20, B-1049 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- F tel: + 32 2 296 5229/29 528 74 fax: +32 2 29 94153
- Privat: + 32 2 513 21 85
- Ms Dimitra VALAKA, Administrator, European Commission,
B7 8-23, BE-1049, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- F tel : + 32 2 298 46 52 fax : +32 2 299 41 53
UNESCO-CEPES
- Mr Lazar VLASCEANU, Deputy Director, UNESCO-CEPES, 39
Ştirbei Vodă Street, RO - 010102 BUCUREŞTI, ROMANIA
- E/F tel: +40 21 315 99 57 fax: +40 21 312 35 67
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- Mr Peter James WELLS, Programme Specialist,
UNESCO-CEPES, 39 Ştirbei Vodă Street, RO - 010102 BUCUREŞTI,
ROMANIA
- E/F tel: +40 21 313 08 39 fax: +40 21 312 35 67
- Ms Elena-Venera IONITA, Programme Assistant,
UNESCO-CEPES, 39 Ştirbei Vodă Street, RO - 010102
BUCUREŞTI, ROMANIA
- E/F tel: +40 1 315 99 56 fax: +40 1 312 35 67
UNESCO
- Ms Stamenka UVALIC-TRUMBIC, Chief of Section for
Access, Mobility and Quality Assurance, Division of
Higher Education, UNESCO, 7, place de Fontenoy, F -
75007 PARIS, FRANCE
- E tel: +33 1 45681551 fax: +33 1 45685628
LIECHTENSTEIN STAFF
- Ms Nadine BATLINER, Office for Education, Austrasse 79, 9490 VADUZ
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- Ms Helga KRANZ, Office of Education, Austrasse 79, 9494 VADUZ
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- Mr Andreas OESCH, Office for Education, Pflugstrasse 30, 9490
VADUZ
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- Mr Hanspeter WALCH, Office of Immigration, Heuweg 6, 9490 VADUZ
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- Mr Fritz WOHLWEND, Office for Education, Austrasse 79, 9490 VADUZ
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- Ms Martina MICHEL-HOCH, Liechtenstein Tourism, Städtle 37, 9490
VADUZ
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- Mr Thomas ERHART, Office for Education, Austrasse 79, 9490 VADUZ
INTERPRETERS
Mr Thomas MUSYL
Ms Andrea BURZIWAL
Ms Isolde SCHMITT
Mr Alix SEHR-STEWART
