The Reconow Tempus Project: bridging countries through recognition

The RecoNow project aimed at improving and increasing the quality of student mobility within Middle Eastern and European higher education systems. The project tackled poor recognition of foreign qualifications as one of the main challenges that hinder international student mobility. Specific expertise in the credential evaluation field, access to official, comprehensive and focused information on different HE systems, study programs, institutions and their recognition procedures, are among the key issues to be improved in order to guarantee smooth recognition procedures and to foster cross-border student mobility. Main Project activities: - organization of blended course for government officials from Jordan and Palestine to provide them with the knowledge of EU higher education systems, to understand recognition practices and to increase their skills to develop and run National Recognition Centers; - to prepare National Reports focusing on education systems in Jordan and Palestine, on Higher Education Institutions their programs and qualifications in these countries with the aim of facilitating the circulation of clear and complete information, useful both to recognition officers and students; - a training programs for university staff from Jordanian and Palestinian universities. - elaboration of guidelines for evaluating non-traditional, trans-national education and distance learning institutions and their qualifications in order to foster up-to-date recognition practices that can be applied even to latest and cutting-edge education methods. - promotion and sharing of the project final results through a publication that will be presented during two international conferences that took place in the first half of the year 2016, in Jordan and Italy