Legal framework & background
The Lisbon Recognition Convention
(The Convention on the
Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European
Region), 1997 (ETS No. 165)
Documents adopted by the
Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee
Guidelines for National Online Information Systems, June 2019
Monitoring the Implementation of the Lisbon Recognition Convention - Final Report,
February 2016
Statement of the Committee of the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region on the recognition of the qualifications held by refugees, displaced persons and persons in a refugee-like situation,
February 2016
- Déclaration du Comité de la Convention sur la reconnaissance des qualifications relatives à l’enseignement supérieur dans la région européenne au sujet de la reconnaissance des qualifications des réfugiés, des personnes déplacées et des personnes assimilées aux réfugiés, février 2016
- Declaración del Comité del Convenio sobre Reconocimiento de Cualificaciones relativas a la Educación Superior en la Región Europea acerca del reconocimiento de cualificaciones de refugiados, personas desplazadas y personas asimiladas a los refugiados,
febrero 2016
- Заявление Комитета Конвенции о признании квалификаций, относящихся к высшему образованию в Европейском регионе, относительно признания квалификаций, обладателями которых являются беженцы, перемещенные лица и лица, находящиеся в положении беженцев, февраль
2016
Revised Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees and Explanatory Memorandum, June 2004,
revised February 2016
Recommendation on the Use of Qualifications Frameworks in the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications,
June 2013
The Diploma Supplement, June 2007
Joint ENIC/NARIC Charter of Activities and Services, June 2004
Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education, 2001
Recommendation on International Access Qualifications, 1999
Documents adopted by the
Joint ENIC-NARIC Networks
Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Information on Recognition, June 2004
European Convention on the General Equivalence of Periods of University Study, 1990 (ETS No. 138)
UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region, 1979 (UN Treaty Series No. 20966)
Earlier conventions and other instruments
European Agreement on Continued Payment of Scholarships to Students Studying Abroad, 1969 (ETS No.
069)
Protocol to the European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities,
1964 (ETS No. 049)
European Convention on the Academic Recognition of University Qualifications, 1959 (ETS No. 032)
European Convention on the Equivalence of Periods of University Study, 1956 (ETS No. 021)
European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities, 1953 (ETS No.
015)
Policies and practices:
Recognition and non-European countries
Please see the Council of
Europe's Treaty Office Web site for a complete listing of conventions with
their texts and explanatory reports (in French, German, Italian and Russian).