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Dzirnavu Street 16/k2, Riga, Latvia

PLA in Yerevan

Peer-learning activity

General principles of automatic recognition of HE access qualifications

Agenda

22 April 2026

Yerevan, Armenia

Hosted by National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility (ArmENIC)

09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome by Gayane Harutyunyan, ArmENIC
10:10 – 10:30 Education system of Armenia with a focus on the higher education access qualifications
Gayane Harutyunyan, ArmENIC
Q & A
10:30 – 10:50 ARAQUA 2 project and other European initiatives related to automatic recognition
Baiba Ramina, Academic Information Centre, Latvia
Q & A
10:50 – 11:15 Concept and principles of automatic recognition of HE access qualifications
Francesco Sanasi, Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence (CIMEA), Italy
Q & A
11:15 – 12:00 HE access qualifications: Country cases of BA, GE, KZ, RS
Presented by the project partners from BA, GE, KZ, RS
Q & A
12:00 – 12:20 Networking coffee & informal exchange
12:20 – 12:45 The role of information transparency and qualification databases in automatic recognition
Gunta Kinta, Academic Information Centre, Latvia
Meri Barseghyan, National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA), Armenia
Q & A
12:45 – 13:30 Panel discussion of the experts from Armenia – admissions and automatic recognition
Chaired by: Samantha Broadbent, UK ENIC, United Kingdom
Participants:

  • Grisha Gasparyan, Department of International Cooperation, Deputy Head, Yerevan State University (YSU)
  • Meghry Khoshian, Director of Admissions, American University of Armenia (AUA)
  • Armenuhi Ghevondyan, leading specialist of International Cooperation and Diaspora Relations Division, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia (MoESCS)
  • Arsine Aghajanyan, Head of the Department of VET, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia (MoESCS)
13:30 – 13:45 Summary of the peer-learning activity
13:45 – 14:45

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Lunch

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