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ARAQUA 2 project

Project “Road to Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Access Qualifications 2“ (ARAQUA 2)

In terms of Erasmus+ Programme KA3 “Support for Policy Reform”, Academic Information Centre – Latvian ENIC/NARIC implements project “Road to Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Access Qualifications 2” (ARAQUA 2). This project is continuation of the ARAQUA project (2022-2024).

Project implementation period: 1 August 2025 – 31 July 2027

Project No: 101228656

Aims:

  1. To map higher education access qualifications in the project partner countries according to the criteria set in the ARAQUA project (2022-2024) to evaluate their correspondence to automatic recognition.
  2. To facilitate the use of recommendations for NARICs and HEIs about the automatic recognition of HE access qualifications developed in the ARAQUA and explore other tools in terms of the automatic recognition of HE access qualifications
  3. To strengthen discussion among ENIC/NARIC offices and HEIs about the procedures and criteria for automatic recognition of HE access qualifications.

Main objectives:

  • To examine the availability of higher education access qualifications in the project countries.
  • To compile data and update the research report, including proposals for future measures for the automatic recognition and support of higher education access qualifications in partner countries.
  • To promote the implementation of proposals for the automatic recognition of HEI qualifications in partner countries, considering the use of the data from the study to improve other tools.

Project objectives:

  • Conduct a desk study to explore existing online tools and their use in the process of automatic recognition for access to higher education.
  • Develop recommendations for the use of automatic recognition, supplemented by the results of the comparative study.
  • Organize three mutual learning activities in Armenia, Italy and Malta to ensure the exchange of experiences between ENIC/NARIC offices and the automatic recognition of qualifications for access to higher education.
  • Disseminate the project results through the partners’ websites, the international final conference and ENIC/NARIC meetings.

 

Project partners:

  • Academic Information Centre (coordinator), Latvia
  • National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility (ArmENIC), Armenia
  • Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (CIP), Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (UFS), Denmark
  • National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE), Georgia
  • Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE), Croatia
  • Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence (CIMEA), Italy
  • Higher Education Development National Centre (HEDNC), Kazakhstan
  • Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC), Malta
  • Qualification Agency (QA), Serbia
  • Ecctis Limited (UK ENIC), United Kingdom

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily refct those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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