ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities
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ENIC/NARIC networks: networks cooperating on recognition of
foreign educational qualifications
ENIC network: established by the council of Europe and UNESCO
/Cepes (UNESCO now)
Purpose: To implement the Lisbon Recognition Convention in
member countries and, in general, to develop policy and practice
for the recognition of qualifications.
Ministry of Science, Innovation
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ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities
Enic centres provide information on - the recognition of
foreign diplomas, degrees and other qualifications;
- education systems in both foreign countries and the ENIC’s
own country;
- opportunities for studying abroad as well as advice on
practical questions related to mobility and equivalence.
55 centres – a board consisting of a Bureau with an elected
president and two vice presidents – Council of Europe and
UNESCO function as secretariat
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Ministry of Science, Innovation
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NARIC network: recognition centres in EU and EEA
countries
 Purpose: improving academic recognition of diplomas
and periods of study in the Member States of the European
Union (EU) countries, the European Economic Area (EEA)
countries and Turkey.
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Initiated by the European commission – part of the LLP programme
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NAB: NARIC Advisory Board – three elected members of NARIC centres
giving advice to the Commission – important task is to give advice on
selection of LLP projects concerning recognition
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Ministry of Science, Innovation
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Core tasks: specific recognition decisions: legally binding
decisions or advisory statements on recognition
Information on degree structures in other countries
Information on status of foreign educational institutions
Main stakeholders: mobile individuals with foreign degrees, HEI’s
for academic recognition and admission purposes, employers for
professional recognition.
Ministry of Science, Innovation
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Core tasks cont.: Improving fair recognition policy at a European
level – promoting recognition based on the Lisbon recognition
Convention and it’s subsidiary texts
Participation in BFUG working groups – in development and
design of NQF’s and referencing NQF to EQF + self-certification
process of NQF to the EHEA framework
Promoting and designing the Diploma Supplement
Promoting fair recognition policy at a national level - promoting
recognition based on the Lisbon recognition Convention and it’s
subsidiary texts
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ENIC/NARIC centres: designated nationally – very differently structured:
Big vs. smal centres – linked to policy level (ministerial attachment) or
arm’s lenght from policy levels
Very tight woven cooperation – daily exchange of information among
centres through listserver
Recognition projects – the EAR manual as a prominent example
www.enic-naric.net
Ministry of Science, Innovation
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HEI’s can: get info from ENIC/NARIC centres on foreign degree
structures and valid information on status of foreign HEIs + for
admission and credit transfer purposes
Valid information on recognition of joint degrees and national legislation
on joint degrees
Use the EAR manual for recognition purposes, including chapter on
recognition of joint degrees – to be found at www.eurorecognition.eu +
next year a new EAR manual targeted for HEI’s
Many other relevant questions on recognition + degree structures
Ministry of Science, Innovation
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