ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities

1. ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities • 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.

2. 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

3. ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities • 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. • Initiated by the European commission – part of the LLP programme • 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

4. ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities • 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.

5. ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities • 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

6. ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities • ENIC/NARIC centres: designated nationally – very differently structured: Big vs. smal centres – linked to policy level (ministerial attachment) or arm’slenght 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

7. ENIC/NARIC networks: role and activities • 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