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National action plan for recognition Task Force for Recognition of Qualifications

National action plan for recognition Task Force for Recognition of Qualifications. 28 – 29 June 2006 Sarajevo Carita Blomqvist. Outline. Commitment Aim and outline: legislation, recognition practice, information provision, structure Action plan in Bosnia-Herzegovina Further information.

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National action plan for recognition Task Force for Recognition of Qualifications

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  1. National action plan for recognitionTask Force for Recognition of Qualifications 28 – 29 June 2006 Sarajevo Carita Blomqvist

  2. Outline • Commitment • Aim and outline: legislation, recognition practice, information provision, structure • Action plan in Bosnia-Herzegovina • Further information

  3. Bergen communiqué • “..to draw up national action plans to improve the quality of the process associated with the recognition of foreign qualifications. These plans will form part of each country’s national report for the next Ministerial Conference.” • Guidelines for preparing the plan approved by the Bologna Follow Up Group in April 2006

  4. Aim and outline of the plan • To identify what, in the view of the Minister responsible for higher education, needs to be done to ensure fair recognition • Legislation • Recognition practice • Information provision • Structures

  5. Legislation • Lisbon Recognition Convention (LRC) • Review of national legislation relevant to legislation • Bilateral or regional recognition agreements (conformity with the LRC)

  6. Recognition practice • Criteria and procedures • Joint degrees • Overview of institutional practice • Transparency tools for recognition (ECTS, Diploma Supplement) • Borderless/transnational education

  7. Information provision • Provision of information on recognition -criteria and procedures -national education system -timetable, bodies responsible • Information package for applicants

  8. Structures • National Information Centre (ENIC/NARIC) - formal status; legal competence; staff and budget; capacity building in terms of expertise and service to the public; networking and co-operation at national level and internationally • Co-operation recognition/quality assurance bodies - information exchange, information on the outcomes of QA in the recognition of qualifications

  9. Action plan in Bosnia-Herzegovina • Project “Strengthening Higher Education in BiH” • Objective: recognition • Supported by the Council of Europe and the European Commission • Task force for developing the national action plan

  10. More information • Reference documents: Lisbon Recognition Convention (section VIII); Joint ENIC/NARIC Charter of Activities and Services; European Quality Assurance Standards • www.enic-naric.net • www.dfes.gov.uk/bologna • www.enqa.net

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