The Bologna Process and Professional Qualifications
pcassuto | 06 juillet, 2012 22:26
In 2007, Directive EC/2005/36
on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications came into force. It
regulates the automatic recognition of the basic qualifications required
for the practice of medicine, dentistry, general care nursing,
midwifery, veterinary surgery, pharmacy and architecture in the EU’s
internal market. In addition to these ‘sectoral’ professions, hundreds
of others fall within the scope of the Directive’s General System.
The
relevant training is in many instances provided by higher education
institutions, yet until now no attempt has been made to align the
substance of the Directive with the emerging European Higher Education
Area created by the Bologna Process. Therefore, since 2007 EUA has
monitored developments in the EU institutions as well as in regulatory,
professional, academic and student bodies, in order to explore the
policy strands which are common to the Directive and to the EHEA. (Links
to various updates appear below.)
In 2011, the European
Commission set in motion a wide consultation process in the framework of
the Directive’s quinquennial review. EUA’s responses to the two rounds
of consultation are also available below.
2012 marks the launch
of the legislative process triggered by the Commission’s publication of
its proposed amendments. These do indeed contain elements that show how
the Directive and the EHEA might be brought into closer alignment in the
medium term. They are of great relevance to the higher education sector
in Europe, particularly in respect of curriculum development,
employability, lifelong learning, mobility instruments, qualifications
frameworks and quality assurance. (Links to EUA’s briefing note and
position paper are to be found below.)
Recognition of Professional Qualifications”: Update no. 9, June 2012.
Future updates will appear regularly on this website. Inquiries should be directed to Howard Davies at howard.davies@eua.be.
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