Lisbon Recognition Convention

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Council of Europe convention UNESCO convention international treaty

The Lisbon Recognition Convention is a key international treaty that standardizes the recognition of higher education qualifications across Europe and supporting countries to promote student mobility and academic cooperation.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Lisbon Convention	1
Lisbon Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe convention ⓘ UNESCO convention ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ UNESCO ⓘ
adoptedInCity	Lisbon ⓘ
aim	to facilitate academic recognition of qualifications ⓘ to promote academic cooperation ⓘ to promote student mobility ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ surface form: Lisbon Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region
category	Council of Europe treaty ⓘ UNESCO education convention ⓘ education treaty ⓘ
dateAdopted	1997-04-11 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1999-02-01 ⓘ
fullName	Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region ⓘ
hasGeographicalFocus	European Higher Education Area ⓘ
hasPartyType	Council of Europe member states ⓘ UNESCO European Region states ⓘ
influenced	Ministerial Conference of the Bologna Process ⓘ surface form: Bologna Process recognition policies
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalArea	higher education law ⓘ international education law ⓘ
objective	to improve international comparability of qualifications ⓘ to support the European Higher Education Area ⓘ
principle	burden of proof on recognition authorities ⓘ fair recognition ⓘ substantial differences as basis for refusal of recognition ⓘ transparency of procedures ⓘ
providesFor	recognition of access qualifications to higher education ⓘ recognition of foreign higher education qualifications ⓘ recognition of periods of study ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedBody	ENIC Network ⓘ NARIC Network ⓘ
requires	establishment of national information centres on recognition ⓘ
scope	European Region ⓘ
setsObligationForStates	to establish fair and transparent recognition procedures ⓘ to provide adequate information on their higher education systems ⓘ
shortName	Lisbon Recognition Convention self-link ⓘ
subject	recognition of higher education qualifications ⓘ
subjectArea	academic recognition ⓘ quality assurance in higher education ⓘ student mobility ⓘ
yearAdopted	1997 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region → alsoKnownAs → Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lisbon Convention

Lisbon Recognition Convention → alsoKnownAs → Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lisbon Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region

ENIC Network → relatedTo → Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ

European Higher Education Area → relatedTo → Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ

Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region → shortName → Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ

Lisbon Recognition Convention → shortName → Lisbon Recognition Convention self-link ⓘ

UNESCO education convention → shortName → Lisbon Recognition Convention ⓘ