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)

• Explanatory Report to the Lisbon Convention
• List of Ratifying States

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
• Рекомендация о признании квалификаций, обладателями которых являются беженцы, перемещенные лица и лица, находящиеся в положении беженцев, ноябрь 2017

Monitoring the Implementation of the Lisbon Recognition Convention - Final Report, February 2016

• Suivi de la mise en œuvre de la convention de reconnaissance de Lisbonne - rapport final, février 2016
  
• Seguimiento de la aplicación del Convenio de Reconocimiento de Lisboa - Informe final, febrero 2016
• Мониторинг осуществления Лиссабонской конвенции о признании - Окончательный отчёт, февраль 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

• 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

Recommendation on the Use of Qualifications Frameworks in the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications, June 2013

• Recommandation sur l'utilisation des cadres des qualifications dans la reconnaissance des qualifications étrangères, juin 2013
• Explanatory Memorandum
• Exposé des motifs du texte subsidiaire à la Convention

Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications and Explanatory Memorandum, 2001, revised 2010

Revised Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education, June 2007

The Diploma Supplement, June 2007

• Le supplement au diplome, juin 2007

Joint ENIC/NARIC Charter of Activities and Services, June 2004

Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education, 2001

• Explanatory Memorandum

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).