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Joint declaration automatic recognition qualifications December 2005Automatic recognition of qualifications
In the period 2005-2006, organisations responsible for recognition of foreign qualifications and the accreditation organisations from the Netherlands and Flanders, Norway, Austria, Poland and Switzerland signed the Joint Declaration concerning the automatic recognition of qualifications. More countries are expected to sign this declaration in the near future.
The declaration is based on mutual recognition of accreditation decisions and on the implementation of compatible national qualification frameworks in order to come to automatic recognition of qualifications. This cooperation between accreditation organisations and recognition bodies is considered to be the start of the development of a cross-border qualifications area.
This Joint Declaration was a major advance towards NVAO’s eventual aim, i.e. the realisation of a European Qualifications Area where qualifications from accredited programmes and institutions are automatically recognised. The preparatory activities NVAO, NARIC-Vlaanderen (the National Academic Recognition Information Centre), Nuffic and the
IB-Groep are undertaking to realise a Dutch-Flemish recognition area to a great extent paved the way for the signing of the Joint Declaration.