On December 7 and 8, 2021, the second webinar of the SeARcH ENGINE project (Strengthening Educational and AwaReness Campaign in Automatic Recognition for Higher Education Institutions – Engage-Inform-Implement) took place. The webinar for credential evaluators, admission officers and other professionals, as well as general public was primarily in the Czech language with several foreign guests presenting in English. The main goal of the webinar was to introduce the concept of the automatic recognition and share examples of good practice. Aside of that it served also to answer frequently asked questions.
Over 120 participants registered for the webinar, who had the opportunity to listen to expert lectures from Czech and foreign experts in the field of automatic recognition, participate in the discussion and obtain examples of good practice in the application of recognition of foreign education. The speakers were from Charles University (Prague), Italy, the Netherlands, the European Commission and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
In the field of higher education, the Czech Republic considers the introduction of the concept of automatic recognition by 2025 essential for the development of the internationalization. In its Internationalization Strategy, the Czech Republic undertook to ensure automatic recognition through methodical and consultative support, which also included the coordination of the SeARcH ENGINE project.
The recording of the webinar is available here.
English presentations held during the webinar:
Day 1 (7 December 2021)
9:15 – 9:45 Automatic recognition: examples of good practices in transfer to automatic recognition (followed by Questions & Answers)
Silvia Bianco, CIMEA Italy
Silvia_Bianco_Automatic_recognition_examples_of_good_practices.pptx
Day 2 (8 December 2021)
9:05 – 9:30 Automatic Recognition: update from the European Commission
Lucie Trojanová, Evropská komise
Lucie_Trojanova_Automatic_recogniton_update_from_the_EC.pptx
9:30 - 10:30 Introduction to the British education system and the system of recognition
Marijke Westrik, NUFFIC Netherlands
Marijke_Blom_Westrik_British_qualifications.pptx
The rest of the presentations was held in Czech. You can view them on the Czech website of the SeARcH ENGINE project here.
The SeARcH ENGINE project, coordinated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in cooperation with the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (DZS), was co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme. Its main goals were:
- Sharing experiences and best practices in the application of European instruments in the field of automatic recognition of secondary and higher education / qualifications between NARIC centers, higher education institutions and other stakeholders.
- Organization of seminars and training on methods and approaches to automatic recognition of secondary and higher education.
- Implementation of an information and awareness campaign to strengthen the application of automatic recognition in the Czech Republic and other countries.
4 partner organizations were cooperating on the project:
MŠMT – NARIC Centre
STICHTING NUFFIC – NARIC
Netherlands
Associazione Cimea – NARIC Italy
Akademiskas Informacijas Centrs – NARIC
Latvia
Contact:
enic-naric@msmt.cz
