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Second Meeting of the TPG B on LRC, online, 18 January 2022
The meeting was aimed at sharing experiences to optimise the use of digital technology and the Diploma Supplement for the recognition agenda. It offered an opportunity to gain knowledge about initiatives and practices carried out at international level as well as to share practices implemented at national level in smaller working groups.
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Third Meeting of the TPG B on LRC, France, 9-10 June 2022
The TPG B meeting combined a mix of panel discussions to convey relevant/up-to-date information and peer-support activity to give the possibility to share national experiences, practices and perspectives to fulfil the LRC implementation. The TPG B meeting was preceded by a public seminar on alternative pathways (see below) that is conceived to supplement the activity of the group.
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Fourth Meeting of the TPG B on LRC, online, 24 January 2023
The meeting was focused on the specific thematic indication for TPG B "establishing the distribution of work and responsibilities among the competent institutions that have the right knowledge and capacity to carry out recognition procedures". Furthermore, the meeting offered an opportunity to share information on the state of art of the activities linked to the TPG B on LRC and to present documents developed in the framework of the Erasmus+ umbrella project "TPG-LRC Constructing Recognition in the EHEA" (TPG-LRC CoRE).
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Fifth Meeting of the TPG B on LRC
Tirana, 27 April 2023

The meeting focused on the specific thematic indications for TPG B "establishing the legal framework to allow the implementation of the LRC". The open discussion on the Monitoring the implementation of the Lisbon recognition Convention: monitoring report, Paris/Strasbourg 2022 has been the starting point, followed by a matchmaking activity on the 6 specific thematic indication for TPG B with the aim of setting up the staff mobility. The second part of the meeting has been devoted to a peer-support activity on the specific thematic indication for TPG B "distribution of work and responsibilities among the competent authorities that carry out recognition procedures".
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About the TPG-LRC Core Project
The TPG-LRC Constructing Recognition in the EHEA (TPG-LRC CoRE) is the umbrella project to support the work of the Thematic Peer Group B on the Lisbon Recognition Convention. The project is co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme and aims at fostering the implementation of the Bologna Process focusing on its key commitment 2 on national legislation and procedures compliant with the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
All project activities, which will be carried out through a peer approach, will be focused on the priorities enshrined in the Rome Communiqué and built on the work done within the previous TPG-LRC project.
Seminars
Public seminar on alternative pathways
France, 9 June 2022
the public seminar offered an overview of national and international initiatives on recognition of alternative pathways with particular reference to Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), recognition of non-traditional learning and micro-credentials, in line with the specific thematic indications prioritised by the TPG B members in the survey distributed in June 2021.
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• 20 years of validation des acquis de l'expérience (VAE)
• Recognition of Prior Learning in Practice project (RPLip)
• e-VALUATE and (STACQ) projects
• Micro-credentials linked to the Bologna key commitments (MICROBOL)
• Micro-credentials in the EU strategy for higher education institutions
Public seminar on automatic recognition
Tirana, 28 April 2023

The public seminar on automatic recognition explored the topic in a multi-faceted way, starting with an overview on the issue from the 2022 Monitoring Report on the implementation of the Lisbon Recognition Convention, the 2018 Council Recommendation on promoting automatic mutual recognition and the 2023 Report on its implementation. The second part of the seminar took a practical approach, presenting different models of automatic recognition and the tools available to support its implementation.
Different approaches to automatic recognition:
Legally and not legally binding agreements
National databases with comparability statements available for download
Transversal solution to support automatic recognition:
Information provision as one of the pre-conditions for automatic recognition
Digital solutions for the verification of authenticity and Quality Assurance
Research and publications
Within the framework of the TPG LRC CoRE project, four working groups have been established to contribute to the seminars design and content and produce documents and publications on the topics linked to three of the “6 specific thematic indications” for the TPG B (alternative pathways, digital technology for the recognition agenda and the Diploma Supplement, automatic recognition) and on the topic of the European degrees. The following working groups have been established:
1. Alternative pathways: WG1 on micro-credentials
Deliverable – Publication on micro-credential and recognition targeted to HEIs
The publication aims to develop guidelines on the design, issuing and recognition of micro-credentials. The document is developed in cooperation with the TPG A on Qualifications Framework and ECTS, the TPG C on Quality assurance and the Working Group on Learning and Teaching.
• First WG1 meeting: 21 September 2022
• Second WG1 meeting: 24 October 2022
• Third WG1 meeting: 20 November 2022
• Fourth WG1 meeting: 11 January 2023
2. Digital technology for the recognition agenda and the Diploma Supplement: WG2 on digitalisation
Deliverable – Document focused on digital technology for the recognition agenda and the Diploma Supplement
The document will be the joint result from the insights gathered during three Peer Learning activities on digitalisation (organised during the framework of the project) and desk research.
• First WG2 meeting: 23 September 2022
• Second WG2 meeting: 28 October 2022
• Third WG2 meeting: 19 December 2022
• Fourth WG2 meeting: 24 February 2023
3. Automatic recognition: WG3 on quality of recognition
Deliverable – Report identifying potential gaps and containing recommendations for higher education institutions to improve the quality of their recognition processes.
The document will be the joint result from the results collected through a survey circulated among HEIs established in the TPG B member countries and desk research.
• First WG3 meeting: 28 September 2022
• Second WG3 meeting: 6 December 2022
• Third WG3 meeting: 25 January 2023
4. WG4 on European Degree
Deliverable – Document on the European degree from the recognition perspective
The working group will start working during the second phase of the project.
Peer Support and Peer Learning Activities
After the 2018 Paris Ministerial Conference, the 2020 Rome Ministerial Communiqué reconfirmed the “determination to see the Key Commitments fully implemented. We ask the BFUG to continue to employ the peer support method to achieve this. Consequently, the peer support is the approach underpinning the activity of the TPG B. The working methods will combine a mix of panel meetings to share information and smaller group activities to facilitate the exchange of practices through peer support activities.
Peer Support Activity 1: Digitalisation for the recognition agenda (10 June 2022)
National experiences from:
• Germany
• Moldova
Peer Support Activity 2: Recognition of alternative pathways (10 June 2022)
National experiences from:
• France
• Ireland
Peer Support Activity 3: Distribution of work and responsibilities among the competent authorities that carry out recognition procedures (27 April 2023)
National experiences from
Peer Support Activity 1: Digitalisation for the recognition agenda
National experiences from:
Peer support activity 2: Recognition of alternative pathways
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Public seminar on alternative pathways
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