Stakeholders’ Conference on Recognition

in the European Higher Education Area

Riga, Latvia, 28-29. April

Venue: Hotel Riga, Aspazijas Bulvaris 22, LV-1050 Riga

 

28 April

 

 

9.00-10.00

Registration

 

10.00-10.15

Opening

Andrejs Rauhvargers, Chair, BFUG Working group on
                                          improving recognition in the EHEA

Gita Rēvalde,  Head, Department of Higher Education,
                            Latvian Ministry of Education and Science

Edvards Ratnieks, President, Latvian Student Union

10.15-11.15

Plenary session    

Chair: Baiba Ramiņa, Latvian ENIC/NARIC

10.15-10.30

Why recognition is important

Ligia Deca, Bologna Secretariat

10.30-11.00

Achievements and problems in recognition in the European Higher Education Area

Andrejs Rauhvargers, BFUG Working group on
                                          improving recognition in the EHEA

11.00-11.15

Presentation of the Recognition manual

Lucie de Bruin, Dutch ENIC/NARIC, The Netherlands

11.15-11.45

                                Coffee break

 

11.45-12.45

Roundtable:  Stakeholder views of
                        recognition

Moderator:  Jean Philippe Restoueix, Council of Europe

 

  Higher education institutions

Howard Davies, European University Association

Sandra Kraže,     EURASHE 

 

  Students

Bert Vandekendelaere, European Student Union

 

  Quality assurance agencies

Rafael Llavori, European Association of Quality Assurance
                          in Higher Education (ENQA)
, 

 

  Employers

Anja Trier Wang, Business Europe

12.45-14.00

                               Lunch

 

14.00-15.30

           1st set of conference working groups

 

 

WG A: Recognition and qualifications
             frameworks

Chair:             Niamh Lenehan, Irish ENIC/NARIC

Rapporteur:  Jean Philippe Restoueix, Council of Europe

 

WG B: Recognition and quality assurance

Chair:             Rafael Llavori, ENQA

Rapporteur:  Christoph Demand, Austrian ENIC/NARIC

 

WG C: Recognition manual

Chair:              Lucie de Bruin, Dutch ENIC/NARIC

Rapporteur:   Jenneke Lokhoff, Dutch ENIC/NARIC

Speakers:      Hendrik Jan Hobbes

                         Bas Wegewijs

15.30-16.00

Coffee break

 

16.00-17.30

2nd set of working groups

 

 

WG D: Recognition of study periods

Chair:             Jānis Vētra, Higher Education Council, Latvia
Rapporteur:  Simone Schwanitz,
Kultusminister
                         Konferenz, Germany

 

WG E: Recognition manual
            (different set of  participants
             compared to WG C)

Chair:             Carita Blomqvist, National Board of
                        Education, Finland

Rapporteur:  Jenneke Lokhof, Dutch ENIC/NARIC

Speakers:      Hendrik Jan Hobbes

                         Bas Wegewijs

 

WG F: Recognition of professional
            qualifications

Chair:             Howard Davies, European University
                         Association

Rapporteur: Gayane Harutyunyan, Armenian
                         ENIC/NARIC

 

17.30-18.30

 

WG rapporteurs report to General rapporteur

 

 

29 April

 

 

09.00-9.40

Panel on Recognition and legal aspects

Chair:          Andrejs Rauhvargers, Latvian Rectors’ Council

Panelists:  Christoph Demand, Austrian ENIC/NARIC

                     Allan Bruun Pedersen, Danish ENIC/NARIC

 

 

                     Gunnar Vaht, Estonian ENIC/NARIC

9.40-11.00

Panel on the recognition between EHEA and other parts of the world.

Chair:          Friedrich Bechina, the Holy See
Panelists:   Frances Kelly,
New Zealand
                     Anna Glasss,
UNESCO

                     Claudia Gelleni, French 

                     Bernd Wächter, Academic Cooperation
                     Association

11.00-11.30

                                                          Coffee break

 

11.45-13.00

Outcomes of the conference 

Chair:  Carita Blomqvist, National Board of Education,

                                               Finland

 

Report by General Rapporteur and discussion

General Rapporteur: Kevin Guillaume, Belgium (Fr)
                                        
ENIC/NARIC

 

Responses to the report

   Leene Oftedal, EU Commission,
   Bert Vandekendelaere,
European Student Union
   Ligia Deca,
Bologna Secretariat

 

 

 

13.00

Closing remarks

Gita Revalde, Latvian Ministry of Education and Science