Lisbon Recognition Convention
Recognition of qualifications is one of the Council of Europe’s main activities in the field of higher education and research.
The Council of Europe, in co-operation with UNESCO, drafted the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region, more briefly referred to as the ‟Lisbon Recognition Convention” because it was adopted in Lisbon in 1997. This Convention is the main legal instrument on the recognition of qualifications in Europe. It has, to date, been ratified by more than 50 states.
It promotes fair recognition of academic qualifications
Documents adopted by the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee
Recommendation on Recognition of Qualifications Held by Refugees, Displaced Persons and Persons in a Refugee-like Situation, November 2017
Recommandation sur la reconnaissance des qualifications des refugiés, des personnes déplacées et des personnes assimilées aux réfugiés, novembre 2017
Recomendación sobre el Reconocimiento de Cualificaciones de Refugiados, Personas Desplazadas y Personas Asimiladas a los Refugiados, noviembre 2017
Revised Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education, June 2007
The Diploma Supplement, June 2007
Le supplément au diplôme, juin 2007
Joint ENIC/NARIC Charter of Activities and Services, June 2004
Revised Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees and Explanatory Memorandum, June 2004, revised February 2016
Recommandation révisée relative à la reconnaissance des diplômes conjoints et Exposé des motifs, juin 2004, révision février 2016
Recomendación revisada sobre el reconocimiento de titulaciones conjuntas y Memorando explicativo, junio 2004, revisada febrero 2016
Monitoring the Implementation of the Lisbon Recognition Convention - Final Report, February 2016
Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications and Explanatory Memorandum, 2001, revised 2010
Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education, 2001
Recommendation on International Access Qualifications, 1999
Recommendation on the Use of Qualifications Frameworks in the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications, June 2013
Documents adopted by the Joint ENIC-NARIC Networks
Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Information on Recognition, June 2004