On March 25 and 29, 2021, the first meeting of the SeARcH ENGINE project (Strengthening Educational and AwaReness Campaign in Automatic Recognition for Higher Education Institutions - Engage-Inform-Implement) took place. The webinar was held in English. The main goal of this webinar was to introduce the concept of automatic recognition and its use in practice.
The online seminar was attended by about a hundred Czech and foreign participants, who had the opportunity to listen to professional lectures from Czech and foreign experts in the field of automatic recognition, participate in discussions and get examples of good practice in foreign recognition from Charles University, Italy, the Netherlands, Latvia, European Commission and EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education). In the field of higher education, the Czech Republic considers the introduction of the concept of automatic recognition by 2025 to be essential for the development of the internationalization of higher education. In its Internationalization Strategy, the Czech Republic has committed itself to ensuring automatic recognition through methodological and consulting support, which also includes the coordination of the SeARcH ENGINE project.
The link where you can find a recording of the whole webinar is accessible here.
Programme:
Day 1 (March 25)
8:30 – 9:00 Online platform is open for everyone to connect
9:00 – 9:15 Session I: Opening remarks, the SeARch ENGINE project and its goals, introduction to the concept of automatic recognition of foreign education
Lenka Škrábalová, Czech Republic ENIC-NARIC
Introduction to the concept of
automatic recognition of foreign education.pptx
9:15 – 9:30 Automatic recognition; access vs admission
Explanation of the AR concept and introducing four different models of implementing AR (formal bilateral or multilateral agreements, unilateral regulation (Portuguese list of comparable degrees), informal agreements (e.g. the Nordic example) and de facto AR).
Katrien Bardoel, NUFFIC Netherlands
Automatic recognition; access vs
admission.pptx
9:30 – 10:10 Questions & Answers
Questions that were sent to the organizers before the webinar. Various speakers will reply.
10:10 – 10:20 Health Break
10:20 – 10:30 Session II: Overview – From theory to practice
10:30 – 11:00 Recognition of Foreign Education for Academic Purposes at Charles University
Milena Králíčková, vice-rector, Charles University
Recognition
of Foreign Education for Academic Purposes at Charles University.pptx
11:00 – 11:30 Discussion/chat
11:30 – 11:45 Health Break
11:45 – 12:15 Tools to foster automatic recognition
Q-ENTRY database, the AdReN project and the Diplome platform and the blockchain technology
Silvia Bianco, CIMEA Italy
Tools to foster automatic
recognition.pptx
12:15 – 12:45 Baltic States towards Automatic Recognition
Solvita Silina, AIC Latvia
Baltic States towards Automatic
Recognition.pptx
12:45 – 13:15 Discussion
13:15 – 13:30 Conclusions and the recommendations, further steps
Day 2 (March 29)
8:30 – 9:00 Online platform is open for everyone to connect
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome address, overview of the programme
Lenka Škrábalová, Czech Republic ENIC-NARIC
9:10 – 9:25 Automatic Recognition – update from the European Commission
Lucie Trojanová, European Commission
Automatic Recognition – update from the
European Commission.pptx
9:25 - 9:45 Questions/Chat
9:45 – 10:00 Using the Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR) to
Realise Automatic Recognition
Colin Tück
Using the
Database of External Quality Assurance Results DEQAR.pdf
10:00 – 10:25 Questions and Answers
10:25 – 10:30 Closing remarks SeARcH ENGINE - links to Information resources.pptx,
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 + program. Its main goals were:
• Sharing experience 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 in secondary and higher education.
• Implementation of an information and awareness campaign to strengthen the implementation of automatic recognition in the Czech Republic and other countries.
4 partner organizations are 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
