Subsidiary texts of the Lisbon Recognition Convention

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Since 1999, the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee (LRCC) has adopted a series of subsidiary texts to support the implementation of the convention.

These include:
  1. Guidelines for National Online Information Systems;
  2. Revised Template for the Diploma Supplement;
  3. Recommendation on Recognition of Qualifications Held by Refugees, Displaced Persons and Persons in a Refugee-like Situation
  4. Revised Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees;
  5. Recommendation on the Use of Qualifications Frameworks in the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications;
  6. Revised Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications and Explanatory Memorandum;
  7. Revised Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education;
  8. Joint ENIC/NARIC Charter of Activities and Services;
  9. Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees;
  10. Code of Good Practice in the Provision of Transnational Education;
  11. Recommendation on International Access Qualifications.

Explanatory memoranda are also published to provide further details on the adopted recommendation. For more information, consult the ENIC-NARIC Web site.

Finally, the LRCC conducts cyclical monitoring exercises of the LRC implementation.

How can we find other initiatives supporting the implementation of the convention?


Over the years, a considerable number of initiatives and tools have been developed by various organizations to promote best practices in the implementation of the convention.

In the pan-Canadian context, CICIC has undertaken a number of important initiatives through its Building Bridges project, including ones that support consistency and portability of credential assessments.

For more information, consult CICIC's assessor portal.

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