UNESCO, Nov 7, 2020
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Imagine a world where students can swiftly move around the world and pursue their studies without hitting any roadblocks. Well we might be one step closer to that. In November 2019, the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education was adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference, making it the first legally binding United Nations treaty on higher education. Once approved, the Global Convention will be the first legally binding United Nations treaty on higher education. But what exactly is the Global Convention?
What is the Global Convention?
The Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education will be a binding agreement. It will join the ranks of other UNESCO conventions, such as the cultural conventions and the convention against doping in sport.
The Global Convention will be the first of its kind in the UN on higher education with a global scope, and will complement the five UNESCO regional conventions on the recognition of higher education qualifications.
Built on the existing regional conventions, the Global Convention will create a framework for fair, transparent and non-discriminatory recognition of higher education qualifications. The novelty of the Global Convention is that it opens for inter-regional academic mobility, and puts into place universal principles for improving recognition practices.
Under certain conditions, the Convention will be open for countries, which wish to be committed to its text.
What are the benefits of this future Convention and how will it help students?
Today more than 4 million students study outside their home country and it is estimated that by 2020 around 8 million students will be studying abroad. The Global Convention is designed to facilitate academic mobility between regions. It will mainly benefit people who are seeking recognition of their qualifications in another region than their home region, for either accessing higher education or continuing their studies.
In full: https://en.unesco.org/news/what-global-convention-higher-education
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