RecoLATIN – Credential evaluation centres and recognition procedures in Latin American countries Erasmus Project

Project Title

RecoLATIN – Credential evaluation centres and recognition procedures in Latin American countries

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The aim of RecoLATIN project is to favour and to increase the quality of vertical and horizontal student mobility within Latin America and European higher education systems. Partners intend to improve competencies and skills of credential evaluators by defining common practices and realising common tools among European and Latin America national bodies and HE institutions, starting from the experience of European HE institutions in relation with the Bologna Process and practices adopted by NARIC centres. Recognition procedures and practices are not only related to technical issues, but are influenced by the structure of each HE system and their cultural approach. The theme of recognition takes into account all the aspects of a HE system (i.e. QA; accreditation/recognition of institutions and programmes; access to courses; etc.): in order to evaluate a foreign qualification we need to know different elements and to consider the purpose of this evaluation procedure (i.e. academic or professional recognition). The activities of the project are placed both at national (official bodies) and institutional level (HEIs). The Latin America countries signed the UNESCO Recognition Convention in 1974 and their recognition practices are based on previous concepts not influenced by the Lisbon Recognition Convention criteria. For that reason we intend to create operational national recognition centres and to provide training activities on recognition practices for their staff. We will draft National Reports of each partner country involved in the project in order to present their HE systems in the view of recognition purposes. We will focus our attention on controversial recognition cases and sectors as TNE and international institutions, distant learning qualifications and non-traditional degrees. Each result of the project will be disseminated through two final seminars organised in the two respective areas as an impulse for both other countries and their HE institutions.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 904850 Eur

Project Coordinator

CONFERENZA DEI RETTORI DELLE UNIVERSITA ITALIANE & Country: IT

Project Partners

• CENTRE INTERNATIONAL D’ETUDES PEDAGOGIQUES – CIEP
• NASJONALT ORGAN FOR KVALITET I UTDANNINGEN NOKUT
• UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER
• UNION DE UNIVERSIDADES DE AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
• UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO
• UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY
• MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION