Mutual Recognition of Qualifications & Diplomas
EUROCADRES considers that mutual recognition is a key issue for qualifications and diplomas, whether they are obtained from education, further training or professional experience.
European Citizens & the recognition of Qualification
A new «scoreboard» was unveiled at the Cardiff European Summit at the end of June 1998. It sketched out the progress made in terms of the implementation of the single market and was accompanied by an appended report entitled Listening to Citizens
Regulated & non regulated professions
European legislation and national laws use the concept of regulated/non-regulated professions. Unfortunately there is no clear border!
Stockholm summit: Employment, qualifications, mobility
A response to EUROCADRES' concerns
EC's proposal for a directive on the recognition of professional qualifications
A proposal for a directive has been drafted by the European Commission (Internal Market DG) relating to regulated professions. The main advantage of this text is that it unites fifteen previous directives in a single document
Quality, transparency and recognition for vocational education and training
The European Commission recently launched the "Bruges initiative" , which concerns vocational education and training
The Bologna declaration
After an initial meeting organised at the Paris-Sorbonne University in May 1998 between national Education Ministers from Germany, Italy, France and the United Kingdom, another conference was held in Bologna at the end of June 1999
A European platform is needed for the recognition of qualifications and diplomas
Further to the positive but too varied proposals from the European Commission with its action plan on skills and mobility

