Other Significant Agreements and Programs https://accreditation.org/ en Lisbon Recognition Convention (1997) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/lisbon-recognition-convention-1997 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Lisbon Recognition Convention (1997)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 06/02/2021 - 19:20</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/lisbon-portugal-skyline-PL4ME8C.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Lisbon Recognition Convention</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: This convention concerned the recognition of qualifications in Higher Education in Europe. It aimed at affirming that degree holders from one of the UK member countries would be recognized, without qualifications, in any of the other signatory countries.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: The members of the Council of Europe met at this convention in Lisbon, 1997. In May 2003, the UK ratified the convention, which came into force in July 2003.</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The Lisbon Summit's target was to place the EU at the forefront as a knowledge-based community by 2010.</p> <ul> <li>Mutual Recognition of Qualifications. This convention promotes the mutual recognition, without discrimination, of qualifications among European countries. Those whose qualifications are thus recognized will have the same access to further study and use of an academic title, as do those from the country where recognition is sought. The institution making the assessment must demonstrate that an applicant does not meet its requirements for further study.</li> <li>Diploma Supplement. All signatory countries were encouraged to have the Diploma Supplement issued to their students upon graduation. This document describes a qualification in a standard format that can be readily understood and compared. The Diploma Supplement also clarifies the qualification and shows how it fits into to its originating academic program.</li> </ul> <p>The Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee also adopted a Recommendation on the Recognition of Joint Degrees in 2004. Other methods were developed to facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications internationally. These include the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), the Europass, and the Tuning Project.</p> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168007f2c7" target="_blank">The full text of the Lisbon Convention</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:20:43 +0000 aoutman 28 at https://accreditation.org Sorbonne Declaration (1998) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/sorbonne-declaration-1998 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Sorbonne Declaration (1998)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 06/02/2021 - 19:19</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/paris-at-sunset-4642NE5.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Sorbonne Declaration</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: Signed in Paris at the Sorbonne, on May 25,1998, by France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, this accord was a joint declaration on harmonization of the architecture of the European higher education system. Seeking an "open European area for higher learning," the signatories expressed the desire to encourage modifications to their higher education systems that would "enhance mobility" and result in "ever closer cooperation." While wishing to maintain the "benefits of . . . specific national features," they wanted to promote the mutual recognition of qualifications that would facilitate student and faculty mobility and employability.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: The Sorbonne Declaration was signed on May 25, 1998 in Paris by the education ministers of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom on the anniversary of founding of the University of Paris:</p> <ul> <li>Claude Allègre - Minister of National Education, Research and Technology (France)</li> <li>Luigi Berlinguer - Minister of Public Education, Universities and Research (Italy)</li> <li>Tessa Blackstone - Minister of Higher Education (United Kingdom)</li> <li>Jürgen Ruettgers - Minister of Education, Science, Research and Technology (Germany)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The stated objectives of the Declaration are the following:</p> <ul> <li>To facilitate student mobility within Europe and their integration into the European labor market</li> <li>To introduce greater flexibility in higher education systems, especially by encouraging cooperation between institutions</li> <li>To facilitate continuing education and the recognition of study periods in Europe</li> <li>To improve the readability of higher education qualifications in Europe</li> </ul> <p>The Sorbonne Declaration laid the groundwork for the subsequent Bologna Declaration.</p> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://ehea.info/media.ehea.info/file/1998_Sorbonne/61/2/1998_Sorbonne_Declaration_English_552612.pdf" target="_blank">Full text of the Sorbonne Declaration</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:19:52 +0000 aoutman 27 at https://accreditation.org Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum (2001) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/engineering-technologist-mobility-forum-2001 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum (2001)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Wed, 06/02/2021 - 19:11</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/top-view-of-sydney-australia-opera-house-sydney-ha-7EEFS79.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: As a result of an agreement by the Sydney Accord signatories to explore mutual recognition for experienced engineering technologists, representatives of the engineering profession in each of the signatories to the Sydney Accord met in Sydney in November 1999, and Thornybush South Africa in June 2001. The participants in these meetings, having exchanged information on, and made a preliminary assessment of, their respective processes, policies and procedures for granting recognition to experienced engineering technologists, concluded that these were sufficiently comparable to justify further examination. They agreed on the broad principles of a framework which might enable progress towards removing artificial barriers to the free movement and practice of engineering technologists amongst their countries. An agreement was reached on the principles and outline processes by which the substantial equivalence in competence of experienced engineering technologists could be established. This Agreement is known as the Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum Memorandum of Understanding (ETMF MOU).</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: At their meeting on 25 June 2001, the Sydney Accord signatories established a forum, to be known as the Engineering Technologists Mobility Forum (ETMF), through which they, as the representatives of the organisations in their respective countries or territories, would:</p> <ul> <li>develop, monitor, maintain and promote mutually acceptable standards and criteria for facilitating the cross-border mobility of experienced engineering technologists;</li> <li>seek to gain a greater understanding of the existing barriers to mobility and to develop and promote strategies to help governments and licensing authorities manage those barriers in an effective and non-discriminatory manner;</li> <li>encourage the relevant governments and licensing authorities to adopt and implement mutual mobility procedures consistent with the standards and practices recommended by the signatories to such agreements as may be established by and through the ETMF;</li> <li>identify, and encourage the implementation of, best practice for the preparation and assessment of engineering technologists intending to practice internationally at the professional level; and</li> <li>continue mutual monitoring and information exchange by whatever means are considered most appropriate, including: (a) regular communication and sharing of information concerning assessment procedures, criteria, systems, manuals, publications and lists of recognised practitioners; (b) invitations to observe the operation of the procedures of other participants; and (c) invitations to observe meetings of any boards and/or commissions responsible for implementing key aspects of these procedures, and relevant meetings of the governing bodies of the participants.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Members</strong>: Members have full rights of participation in the agreement; each operates a national section of the International Engineering Technologist (IntET) register; registrants on these national sections may receive credit when seeking registration or licensure in the jurisdiction of another member.</p> <ul> <li>Canada - Represented by Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (2001)</li> <li>Hong Kong China - Represented by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (2001)</li> <li>Ireland - Represented by Engineers Ireland (2001)</li> <li>New Zealand - Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (2001)</li> <li>South Africa - Represented by Engineering Council of South Africa (2001)</li> <li>United Kingdom - Represented by Engineering Council UK (2001)</li> <li>Australia - Represented by Engineers Australia (2018)</li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.ieagreements.org/agreements/ieta/" target="_blank">Engineering Technologist Mobility Forum Agreement</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:11:55 +0000 aoutman 25 at https://accreditation.org International Professional Engineers Agreement (2001) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/international-professional-engineers-agreement-2001 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">International Professional Engineers Agreement (2001)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:49</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/top-view-of-sydney-australia-opera-house-sydney-ha-7EEFS79.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>International Professional Engineers Agreement</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: Two days after the signing of the Sidney Accord, representatives of engineering organizations in eleven countries signed the Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) Agreement. This agreement is truly global in that it includes the APEC countries and allows countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa to become members.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: The original signatories of the Engineers' Mobility Forum included all those who signed the Washington Accord, in addition to Japan, Korea and Malaysia. The original organizations represented are the following:</p> <ul> <li>United States Council for International Engineering Practice</li> <li>Engineers Australia</li> <li>Canadian Council of Professional Engineers</li> <li>Hong Kong Institution of Engineers</li> <li>Institution of Engineers Ireland</li> <li>Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan</li> <li>Korean Professional Engineers Association</li> <li>Institution of Engineers, Malaysia</li> <li>Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand</li> <li>Engineering Council of South Africa</li> <li>Engineering Council UK</li> </ul> <p><strong>Name Change:</strong>&nbsp;In 2012, the Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF), was renamed the International Professional Engineers Agreement (IPEA)</p> <p><strong>Current Members:</strong>&nbsp;Members have full rights of participation in the agreement; each operates a national section of the International Professional Engineer (IntPE) register; registrants on these national sections may receive credit when seeking registration or licensure in the jurisdiction of another member.</p> <ul> <li>Australia - Represented by Engineers Australia (EA) (1997)</li> <li>Canada - Represented by Engineers Canada (EC) (1997)</li> <li>Chinese Taipei - Represented by Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) (2009)</li> <li>Ireland - Represented by Engineers Ireland (EI) (1997)</li> <li>Hong Kong China - Represented by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) (1997)</li> <li>India - Represented by Institution of Engineers India (IEI) (2009)</li> <li>Japan - Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers Japan (IPEJ) (1999)</li> <li>Korea - Represented by Korean Professional Engineers Association (KPEA) (2000)</li> <li>Malaysia - Represented by Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) (1999)</li> <li>New Zealand - Represented by Engineering New Zealand (EngNZ) (1997)</li> <li>Singapore - Represented by Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) (2007)</li> <li>South Africa - Represented by Engineering Council South Africa (ECSA) (2007)</li> <li>Sri Lanka - Represented by Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) (2007)</li> <li>United Kingdom - Represented by Engineering Council United Kingdom (ECUK) (1997)</li> <li>United States - Represented by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) (1997)</li> <li>Pakistan - Represented by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) (2018)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Provisional Members</strong>&nbsp;have been identified as having competence assessment systems developing towards equivalence to those of full Members; they do not currently operate national sections of the International Professional Engineer register.</p> <ul> <li>Bangladesh - Represented by Bangladesh Professional Engineers Registration Board (BPERB)</li> <li>Russia - Represented by Association for Engineering Education of Russia (AEER)</li> <li>The Netherlands - Represented by Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The mission of the EMF is to facilitate the mobility of experienced professionals across international borders by establishing a system that will expedite the mutual recognition of professional credentials. This multi-national agreement opened the way for chartered engineers in the member countries to practice in one or more of the other countries. It established the framework for an international standard of competence for engineering professionals. Each member organization has the right to establish a section of the International Professional Engineers Register. The EMF Agreement is based on mutual confidence in the integrity of the various individual national assessment systems. The goals of the signatory organizations are to be secured "through continuing mutual inspection and evaluation of those systems." The following specific goals appear in the EMF Memorandum of Understanding, June 16, 2000:</p> <ul> <li>To develop, monitor, maintain and promote mutually acceptable standards and criteria for facilitating the cross-border mobility of experienced professional engineers</li> <li>To establish a decentralized International Register of Professional Engineers which would provide a readily accessible framework for recognition by the responsible bodies of the substantial equivalence in the competence of experienced professional engineers from the participating economies</li> <li>To seek to gain a greater understanding of the existing barriers to mobility and to develop and promote strategies to help governments and licensing authorities manage those barriers in an effective and non-discriminatory manner</li> <li>To encourage the relevant governments and licensing authorities to adopt and implement mutual mobility procedures consistent with the standards and practices recommended by the signatories to such agreements as may be established by and through the EMF</li> <li>To identify and encourage the implementation of best practice for the preparation and assessment of engineers intending to practice at the professional level</li> <li>To continue mutual monitoring and information exchange by whatever means are considered most appropriate. These include (a) regular communication and sharing of information concerning assessment procedures, criteria, systems, manuals, publications and lists of recognized practitioners; (b) invitations to observe the operation of the procedures of other participants; and (c) invitations to observe meetings of any boards and/or commissions responsible for implementing key aspects of these procedures, and relevant meetings of the governing bodies of the participants.</li> </ul> <p>The admission standard for this international register of engineers has been set slightly above those in all national practices.</p> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.ieagreements.org/agreements/ipea/" target="_blank">International Professional Engineers Agreement</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:49:10 +0000 aoutman 24 at https://accreditation.org Salamanca Declaration (2001) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/salamanca-declaration-2001 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Salamanca Declaration (2001)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:48</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/the-cathedral-of-salamanca-viewed-from-across-the--QG5LTNM.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Salamanca Declaration</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: Representatives of European higher education institutions met at the Salamanca Convention, "Shaping Our Own Future in the European Higher Education Area," to analyze the outcomes of the first two years of the Bologna Process, to draw up the position of the universities on that process, and to prepare their contributions for the upcoming Prague meeting of education ministers. This Salamanca Convention also led to in the creation of the European Universities Association (EUA). Through the outcomes of this meeting, the European universities and their organizations clearly indicated that they were willing and able to take the lead in the effort in the process initiated by the Bologna Declaration.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: Representatives of all countries signing the Bologna Declaration were present, and over six-hundred members of EU academia participated.</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The respective representatives of European universities declared that European higher educational institutions need to recognize that students must have the essential academic and professional qualifications that will be recognized throughout Europe. The meeting attendees acknowledged the role and responsibility of institutions, educational networks, and organizations pertaining to this goal and confirmed their willingness to organize themselves to proceed within the framework of university autonomy." They also affirmed their conviction that "higher education institutions endorse the move towards a compatible qualification framework based on a main articulation in undergraduate and postgraduate studies." The view was offered that one answer to the challenges facing the European university system may lay in improved accreditation practices.</p> <p><strong>Principles</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Institutional autonomy with accountability</li> <li>Education clearly viewed as a public responsibility</li> <li>Enhancement of research-based higher education</li> <li>Respect for diversity</li> </ul> <p><strong>Key Issues</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Quality as a fundamental building block</li> <li>Trust building</li> <li>Relevance of the curriculum to real-world needs</li> <li>Mobility of students, graduates, and professionals as a central value</li> <li>Compatibility and flexibility in the framework for qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels</li> <li>Enhanced attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area for the rest of the world</li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/nba4swsc" target="_blank">Summary of the Convention</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:48:08 +0000 aoutman 23 at https://accreditation.org Prague Communiqué (2001) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/prague-communique-2001 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Prague Communiqué (2001)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:47</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/bridges-in-prague-5GZH2K4_0.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Prague Communiqué</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: On May 18, 2001, thirty-two European ministers met in Prague to evaluate the progress made since the Bologna Declaration and to reaffirm their commitment to continuing their efforts in promoting mobility while maintaining diversity for students, teachers, scholars, and administrators. They asked that universities and other higher educational bodies, national agencies and the European Network of Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), cooperate with their peers from countries not yet affiliated with ENQA and to foster effective ways to establish quality-oriented collaborative modes and to disseminate best practices in education.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: The thirty-three members participated, establishing the Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) to foster the continued development of the Bologna Process. The BFUG consists of representatives of the Bologna signatories plus the European Commission. This group is chaired by the rotating EU presidency. Observers taking part are the Council of Europe, the European University Association, the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE) and the National Unions of Students in Europe (ESIB). The group accepted the applications of Croatia, Cyprus, Liechtenstein and Turkey.</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The ministers reaffirmed the six goals of the Bologna Declaration:</p> <ul> <li>Adoption of a system of transparent and comparable degrees</li> <li>Adoption of a degree system essentially based on two main cycles: bachelor's and master's</li> <li>Establishment of a European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) or ECTS-compatible</li> <li>Promotion of student, teacher, researcher, and administrative staff mobility</li> <li>Promotion of European cooperation in quality assurance with ENQUA</li> <li>Promotion of the European dimensions in higher education</li> </ul> <p>In addition, they stressed the need for the following:</p> <ul> <li>Promotion of lifelong learning as a means of supporting Europe's knowledge-based society and economy</li> <li>Active interaction of higher education institutions and students for developing educational systems and curricula</li> <li>Promoting the global appeal of the European Higher Education Area to students</li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://www.ehea.info/page-ministerial-conference-prague-2001" target="_blank">Prague Declaration</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:47:20 +0000 aoutman 22 at https://accreditation.org Berlin Communiqué (2003) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/berlin-communique-2003 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Berlin Communiqué (2003)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:45</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/spree-river-with-rathausbrucke-in-berlin-P8Y67C5_0.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Berlin Communiqué</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: The European Higher Education Ministers met in Berlin on September 18 and 19. They discussed the progress made since the Prague 2001 meeting and set their course for the next year and a half, when they would meet again in May 2005 in Bergen, Norway.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Holy See, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were admitted as new members, bringing the emerging European Higher Education to a total of forty countries.</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The Berlin Communiqué, a major outcome of this meeting, emphasized the importance of all the elements of the Bologna Process for establishing the European Higher Education Area and stressed the need to intensify the member countries' efforts at the institutional, national, and European level. They committed themselves to several important priorities: strengthening their efforts to promote effective quality assurance systems, intensifying the effective use of the system based on two cycles, and improving the mutual recognition of degrees and study periods. They called for detailed progress reports by 2005 from all participating countries.</p> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://gac.icann.org/advice/communiques/gac-02-berlin-communique.pdf" target="_blank">Berlin Communiqué PDF</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:45:42 +0000 aoutman 20 at https://accreditation.org Graz Declaration (2003) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/graz-declaration-2003 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Graz Declaration (2003)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:43</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/cityscape-of-graz-with-the-rathaus-town-hall-and-h-PRWSCPM.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Graz Declaration</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: Representing the formal position of on the future role of European universities, this declaration's subtitle is "Forward from Berlin: The Role of Universities to 2010 and Beyond." It asserts that universities are central not only to EU social and economic development, but to that of the whole globe as well.</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: Members of the European University Association (EUA), Brussels.</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: The mission underlying this declaration is to insure that universities attain and retain a central role in European societies. The EU must collaborate strongly toward the long-term development of the EU knowledge society as defined in the Lisbon Declaration. If the countries of the EU are to answer the challenge laid down by the Bologna Process, they must do so not through over-regulation of their university systems but by developing useful reference points and course and degree descriptors. It will also be essential to engage students as active partners in academia. They will need flexible, individualized, and innovative learning paths to achieve their full potential.</p> <p><strong>These are the main points of this declaration:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Universities as a public responsibility</li> <li>Research as an integral part of higher education</li> <li>Improving academic quality by building strong institutions</li> <li>Pushing forward the Bologna Process</li> <li>Mobility and the social dimension</li> <li>Quality assurance: A policy framework for Europe</li> <li>Universities at the center of reform</li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://bit.ly/3qTulV5" target="_blank">Forward from Berlin: the Role of the Universities</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:43:55 +0000 aoutman 19 at https://accreditation.org Glasgow Declaration (2005) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/glasgow-declaration-2005 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Glasgow Declaration (2005)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:41</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/modern-bridge-over-river-in-glasgow-city-with-gloo-TTZFFMZ.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Glasgow Declaration</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: The Glasgow Declaration asserts the importance of the universities in shaping Europe's knowledge society. Universities must have both support and autonomy so that the can promote "excellence in teaching, learning, research and innovation activities." Universities must have a greater cultural, social, and economic role if they are to respond well to increasing and diverse societal demands. Instituting the Bologna Reforms will be successful only if the universities have the necessary resources. This conference was a call to European governments "to view higher education and research budgets as an investment in the future."</p> <p><strong>Signatories and Attendees</strong>: Over 600 European University Association members and partners from over 40 countries attended the meeting.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: At the meeting, subtitled "Strong Universities for Europe," key messages were planned that were eventually presented at the Bergin Meeting of European Ministers (May 2005). Ideas from these messages have been woven into the text of the Bergen Communiqué, a document that helped shape the Bologna process for well into the future.</p> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://eua.eu/resources/publications/629:glasgow-declaration.html" target="_blank">European University Association (EUA): Glasgow Declaration</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:41:15 +0000 aoutman 18 at https://accreditation.org Bergen Conference (2005) https://accreditation.org/accreditation-processes/accords/bergen-conference-2005 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--agreement.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Bergen Conference (2005)</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--agreement.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">aoutman</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--agreement.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Fri, 05/28/2021 - 16:38</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x links--node.html.twig x links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/content/links--node.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--agreement.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><img class="img-fluid" src="https://accreditation.org/sites/default/files/cityscape-of-bergen-city-from-mountain-top-norway-PPGGFST_0.jpg"/><div style=""><h2>Bergen Conference</h2> <p><strong>Overview</strong>: In May 2005, the Bergen summit of education ministers took place in Norway. Their key move forward was the design and adoption of an "overarching framework" of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)</p> <p><strong>Signatories</strong>: Five new countries became signatories to the Bologna Process at this ministerial meeting of Bologna Accord signatories: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. These organizations also joined as consultative members: EI (Education International), as representative of the trade unions; UNICE, the employers' association; and the ENQA (European Association of Quality Assurance). Thus, a total of forty-five members were now taking part in the Bologna Process.</p> <p><strong>Mission, Goals, and Achievements</strong>: All the participants declared that they shared a common understanding of the Bologna Process and a commitment to its mission, principles, and objectives as they were expressed in the Declaration itself and in communiqués that followed from the Education Ministerial Conferences in Prague and Berlin. They also determined to formalize and adopt "an overarching framework of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area," based on three degree cycles, with . The ministers also adopted descriptors for each of the three cycles, including general descriptions (the Dublin Descriptors) for each cycle based on learning outcomes and competences. Drawing on studies undertaken by a group of national experts, they established general credit ranges in the first and second cycles. They also recognized that intermediate qualifications within cycles should be possible, such as Foundation Degrees, within the individual educational framework of the participating nations. The ministers stressed the importance that national autonomy in education; however, the member countries need to strive to have their systems generally conform to the overarching framework for EHEA qualifications by 2010. Finally, they stressed that the needs of economically disadvantaged students should be better address and that more emphasis on lifelong learning was needed to ensure a well-qualified workforce within the EU. Process reports on the these priorities were scheduled for the upcoming London Conference, May 2007:</p> <ul> <li>Implementation of the standards and guidelines for quality assurance agreed upon in Bergen</li> <li>Implementation of national frameworks for qualifications</li> <li>The awarding and recognition of joint degrees, including at the doctorate level</li> <li>Allowing for flexible learning paths in higher education, including procedures for the recognition of prior learning</li> </ul> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-website--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-website.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-website.html.twig * field--link.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://ehea.info/page-ministerial-conference-bergen-2005" target="_blank">Bergen Accord 2005</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-accord-type--agreement.html.twig * field--node--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--node--agreement.html.twig * field--field-accord-type.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-accord-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Accord Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2" hreflang="en">Other Significant Agreements and Programs</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/themes/classy/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 28 May 2021 16:38:27 +0000 aoutman 17 at https://accreditation.org