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THE COMMITTEE OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EUROPEAN REGION
SECOND SESSION
Rîga, 6 June 2001
Item 6 (Continued)
Explanatory Memorandum
THE UNESCO/COUNCIL OF EUROPE
CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
IN THE PROVISION OF TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION
STATUS OF THE DOCUMENT: this Code was adopted in the third meeting of the Working Group on Transnational Education held in Jerusalem in November 1999. It will be submitted to the ENIC Network for approval and to Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee for adoption.
1. Introduction
The Code which follows is designed to present the perspectives of both sending and receiving countries regarding the provision of transnational education. Its contents are to be seen as complementary to the Lisbon Recognition Convention thus providing a normative framework to be taken as reference by the national recognition bodies in their specific undertakings.
2. The objectives of the Code
In order to promote good practice in the area of transnational education - with particular reference to the quality of the provision of study programmes and the standards of qualifications issued by the Parties to the Council of Europe/UNESCO Lisbon Recognition Convention, the Code is intended:
to meet the expectations of both the sending and the receiving countries with regard to transnational arrangements in higher education;
to provide a source of reference on issues relating to the quality assurance and evaluation of programmes provided and qualifications issued through transnational arrangements;
to offer “consumer protection” for students, employers and others who may be concerned with qualifications awarded through transnational arrangements;
to facilitate the recognition of qualifications awarded through transnational arrangements in higher education.
3. Implementation of the Code
The Code includes a set of principles which should be respected by institutions or organizations involved in the provision of educational services through transnational arrangements. These principles are presented in the form of statements with a normative value. For implementing the provisions of the Code, mainly with regard to the recognition of qualifications issued through transnational arrangements, the ENIC network shall apply the procedures outlined in the Recommendation on procedures and criteria for the assessment of foreign qualifications. Therefore, the Code and the Recommendation are fully complementary and mutually supportive documents.
4. The Scope of the Code
The Code refers particularly to those transnational arrangements which lead to
the provision of study programmes and to the issuing of qualifications. Consequently, reference is made to:
a) institutions and programmes involved in concluding any type
of transnational arrangement whereby an institution provides educational services outside its country of origin;
b) teaching staff, regardless of their country of origin, who work in
an institution/study programme established through a transnational arrangement;
c) students, regardless of their country of origin, who are registered, for a course of study or parts of it leading either wholly or in part to a higher education qualification, in an institution/programme established through a transnational arrangement;
d) agents, that are third parties, acting as brokers, facilitators or recruiters in transnational arrangements;
e) other stakeholders, like employers and the public at large, interested in the quality of higher education qualifications.
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