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Fair and transparent recognition of refugees qualifications towards successful participation in higher education and labour market

A webinar moderated by Katia Dolgova-Dreyer, the Council of Europe co-Secretary of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee and the ENIC Network, took place on 29 September and gathered over 70 credential evaluators from the ENIC and NARIC centres.

On the basis of presentations by the Danish, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish ENICs/NARICs, the workshop addressed the practical implementation of the Recommendation on Recognition of Qualifications held by refugees, displaced persons and persons in a refugee-like situation.

The LRC chapter 7 and the 2017 Recommendation describe possible assessment schemes for refugees, even for those who cannot fully document their qualifications. The Council of Europe developed the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees, which provides a tested methodology for assessing refugees’ qualifications even when these cannot be fully documented as well as a format for describing the assessment in a format that makes it possible to avoid repeating it if the EQPR holder moves to a new host country. The EQPR is being implemented in cooperation with UNHCR and 12 Member States of the Lisbon Recognition Convention. The Background Paper adopted by the Danish and Swedish centres, which were presented in the webinar, as well as past and ongoing NARIC Projects such as the Toolkit, REACT and ARENA projects, have also developed recognition procedures also in cases when applicants fully or partly lack the educational documents usually required in order to process an application, due to circumstances beyond one’s control. The background documents are specific to national contexts and lack the internationally tested methodology and the aspect of international portability characteristic of the EQPR.

Online 29 September 2021
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