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The fair recognition of refugees’ qualifications: a tool for better integration

Mahmoud Al Koko, an EQPR holder living in Germany and working thanks to the EQPR, testified to what the European Qualification Passport for Refugees means to him: “This paper is a helping hand in a foreign country, a paper that empowers its owner to do more, that will not make you feel lost again. It really changed my life”.

Mahmoud Al Koko spoke at an online event on 4 May, organised under the auspices of the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, to describe the German experience with the assessments of refugees’ qualifications that cannot be fully documented, based on the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR) methodology and on already existing legal frameworks and procedures in Germany.

Since the beginning of what is often referred to as the refugee crisis in Europe, the recognition of qualifications held by refugees has been one of the tools for their integration into European societies.

Speakers from the Council of Europe, the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz - KMK), National Recognition Centres from Italy and Norway, and UNHCR discussed on this important topic.

The event brought together stakeholders from different fields involved in refugee integration, such as recognition authorities, the coordinating working group of departments responsible for recognition of foreign qualifications (AG „Koordinierende Ressorts“), higher education institutions and civil society organisations.

The recording of the event is available here:

Please find here the presentations made during the event:

Implemented by the Council of Europe since 2017, the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees project enables refugees to have their qualifications assessed even in the absence of a full documentation. The EQPR, as a document, can be used by refugees when they wish to enter further studies or when they seek employment.

 

For more information: EQPR project webpage

Online 4 May 2021
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