AR25: Automatic Recognition in the EEA, 2025

AR25: Automatic Recognition in the EEA, 2025

Automatic Recognition in the EEA, 2025 (AR25) aims to support the implementation of the Council Recommendation and achieve automatic recognition by 2025: - Bring institutional recognition procedures in line with LRC principles through promotion of the Spotlight self-assessment tool; - Support (future work on) the recognition of study periods in upper secondary education via mapping national arrangements in recognition and identifying challenges and areas for improvement - Build capacity among higher education institutions on how to evaluate micro-credentials, including on automatic recognition and update STACQ app; - Update the EAR -HEI manual to support streamlining of recognition practices. Target groups are: Higher education institutions, ENIC-NARIC centres, stakeholders in recognition in the EHEA and EEA (quality assurance organisations, rectors conferences etc), stakeholders in mobility in upper secondary education.

Coordinator: NUFFIC (ENIC/NARIC The Netherlands)
Partners: SKVC, BMBWF (ENIC/NARIC Austria), AZVO (ENIC/NARIC Hungary), UFM (ENIC/NARIC Denmark), HARNO (ENIC/NARIC Estonia), FEI (ENIC/NARIC France), QQI (ENIC/NARIC Ireland), CIMEA (ENIC/NARIC Italy), MFHEA (ENIC/ NARIC Malta), NOKUT (ENIC/NARIC Norway), NAWA (ENIC/NARIC Poland), UHR (ENIC/NARIC Sweden), ENIC Ukraine, UK ENIC

Main project results:

• Updated qualifications table of the European Higher Education Area countries for their automatic recognition
• Prepared analysis on the recognition of partial learning under upper secondary education programmes
• Prepared analysis on how the “Spotlight” tool was used to improve higher education institutions’ recognition practices
• Updated Recognition Manual for Higher Education Institutions (EAR-HEI Manual)

Implementation period: 24 months (21 April 2023 – 20 April 2025).