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Riga, June 6, 2001

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The Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications Concerning Higher Education in the European Region (known also as the Lisbon Convention) held its Second meeting in Riga on June 6, 2001.

The following main issues were discussed and documents adopted:

• Overview of signatures and the ratification process at national level

The Convention Committee took note of the overview of ratifications and signatures of the Lisbon Recognition Convention as provided by the Secretariat and observer delegations and encouraged those countries that had not yet become party to the Convention to consider measures to bring the ratification process to a successful conclusion as soon as possible.

• Requests for accession to the Lisbon Recognition Convention

With reference to the request of 2 March by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and under the provisions of Article XI.3 of the Lisbon Recognition Convention, the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee invited the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to accede to the said Convention.

The Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee adopted the UNESCO/CEPES-Council of Europe Code of Good Practice for the Provision of Transnational Education .

• Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications

The Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee adopted the Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications
The package of adopted documents includes:

Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures	html  (to view)	RTF (to print)
Explanatory memorandum	html  (to view)	RTF (to print)
Schematic outline of procedures	html  (to view)	RTF (to print)

• Implementation of the Lisbon Recognition Convention at national and international level – priorities for future action

On the background of the Secretariat document, the document "Recognition issues in the Bologna process" and the discussion in the meeting, the Convention Committee asked its Bureau and the Secretariats to consider ways of improving the implementation of the Lisbon Recognition Convention at both a national and international level, taking into account the developments within the Bologna Process, and in close consultation with the ENIC and NARIC Networks, as well as higher education institutions and student representatives as members of the higher education community.

• Election of the bureau

The Convention Committee elected its Bureau as follows:

President: Mr Andrejs RAUHVARGERS (Latvia)
First Vice President: Mr Christoph DEMAND (Austria)
Second Vice President: Mr Rolf LOFSTAD (Norway)
Rapporteur: Ms Liliana Daniela GIRBEA (Romania)

and noted that the Bureau would serve until the end of the next ordinary session of the Committee.

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