Senior Lecturer, University of Malta Visiting Researcher, Tuning Academy ■ Registered Nurse ■ Professional Interests : -Nurse education (curriculum development and evaluation) -Regulation of the nursing profession -Policy development and co-ordination (health and social care) -Internationalisation in higher education Email: Maria.Cassar@um.edu.mt Skype:maria.e.cassar Phone:+356 23401139
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Asylum seekers and refugees…… Past reality? Prevalent reality? Future reality?
Some of the many thousands are qualif ified ied nurses Many others hold various other qualifications Problematic realities: Unverifiable documents Missing Document/s Difficulties to search, access , reconstruct or retrieve missing documents
Facts 2 1 3 In the period from 2004 Without proper to 2014, in Norway Undocumented persons documentation of alone, almost 1000 vary in need and qualifications, individuals were refused moreover they vary displaced persons and recognition of their across the (1) possibility refugees are at a claimed profession on and (2) willingness of serious disadvantage the grounds of non- having authorities in both within the labour verifiable or missing country/region of origin market and if they wish documents contacted by an to pursue further reviewing/ evaluation studies body of a host country.
Various ous coun untr tries ies and entities tities have e developed eloped syst stems ems and initia tiati tives es to addres ress s these ese realit ities ies 4 examples…….. Germany No Norway ■ "Prototyping Transfer" project NOKUT, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, provides that academic assessments of If applicants are unable to produce written evidence in the process of having applications of persons without verifiable qualifications their foreign professional qualifications are carried out by expert committees commissioned recognised, they can have their competences assessed by way of a so- and appointed by NOKUT. called qualification analysis, in order to gain recognition The Federal Recognition Act simplifies and standardises procedures for the evaluation of foreign professional or vocational qualifications governed by Federal Law and opens up such procedures to target groups not previously entitled to pursue such a route. April 2012
Article icle 14 4 BQFG FG (Fed eder eral Rec ecogn ognit ition ion Act) t) (1) If the applicant cannot submit all or part of the documents required for the establishment or assessment of equivalence in accordance with section 5 subsections 1, 4 and 5 or section 12 subsections 1, 4 and 5 for reasons beyond his or her control or if submission of relevant documents involves an unreasonable expenditure of time and effort, the competent body shall apply other suitable procedures to establish the applicant's professional skills, knowledge and abilities required for comparison with corresponding German professional training. The applicant must substantiate the reasons for not submitting relevant documents. …………. (2) Other suitable procedures to ascertain professional skills, knowledge and abilities as specified in subsection 1 include in particular work samples, interviews, practical and theoretical examinations and expert opinions.
- The outcome of Nokut's work with refugees without verifiable documents is the determination of the quality and level of academic studies pursued by an applicant, not the determination of the content of a programme of studies or training that an applicant claims to have pursued . - Nokut does not seek to establish the fitness to practice of an applicant within a profession/ or a specific subject area. - The "passport" which Nokut establishes enables an applicant to seek admission to higher education, or to seek employment, or to seek entry to a professional register but does not actually guarantee any of the three. Interview with Marina - The exercise which Nokut carries out with applicants largely comprises an interview with an applicant, which in turn involves the review of any documents that an applicant may have and tracking down contacts related Malgina, to an applicant's education. Subject area experts are drawn into the interviewing process accordingly. Director - Th Th e ava vailability ty of a frame mework which may guide the contri ributi ution on of subject ct area experts ts would be NOKUT favour urabl able. . It would d pro rovide de consistency ncy and enhance ce homogene eneity ty acro ross differ erent ent countries ries. . Such ch framework may be ava vailabl able e and used acro ross differe erent nt Euro ropean an countri tries s but the actual al registr trati ation on 9.3.2018 of a n nurse e in any one countr try should be the decisio sion n of that specific c country - Despite the availability of a (universal) framework which may guide the evaluation process of an applicant's actual qualification/ training . education, the process of establishing the education / training/ qualification received by an applicant needs to, nevertheless, adopt a case by case approach. .
Various ous coun untr tries ies and entities tities have e developed eloped syst stems ems and initia tiati tives es to addres ress s these ese realit ities ies Gre reece ece enic-naric website The site is a joint initiative of the ■ European Qualifications passport for European Commission, the Council of Refugees Europe and UNESCO ■ The European Qualifications Passport for Refugees is a document providing Guide for credential evaluators who an assessment of the higher seek to recognise qualifications held education qualifications based on by refugees available documentation and a structured interview. It also presents information on the applicant’s work experience and language proficiency. 3 rounds of applications completed to date
Nokut UNHCR Ministr istry y Council of of Ed Educ ucation ation Europe Greec ece
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/documentary-on- project-european-qualifications-passport-for-refugees
What t has been en repor orted ed regarding ding the e initiativ iative e rolling ing out ut in Greece ece: “ The ava vailabi ability ty of a frame mework ork which may guide e the contri ributi ution on of subjec ect t area experts ts would be favourabl rable. e. It would pro rovide consistenc ency and enhance ce homogen eneit eity acro ross s different rent countri tries. Such ch framework may y be ava vailabl able e and used acro ross differ erent nt Euro ropean an countri tries es but the actual al registrati tration n of a n nurse e in any one countr try should be the decisio sion n of that specific country” Marina Malgina, NOKUT Director “ We ne need d to be able e to assess ess the qualif lifica ications tions that t one ne may have. e. This s assessment essment is to be va valid id not not onl nly y when en the refugee fugee first arriv ives es but where the refugee may move to” Sjur Bergan, Head of the education Department, Council of Europe “ We need ed so some e si simpl mple e way to ass ssess s the educa cati tion on and d qua ualification ication which ch they may have e and to enable able them m to get et into o the higher her educ ucat ation ion and empl mployment yment systems ems of a count ntry ” Curt Rice, Oslo and Akenhaus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA), Norway “Refugees are part of a solution and they have qualif lificat icatons ns and skills lls . We need d to find d a wa way y to identify entify these se specifically“ Passa Polyioni, UNHCR representative, Greece
THE CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EUROPEAN REGION WAS DEVELOPED BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND UNESCO AND ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES IN LISBON SBON ON 8 - 11 AP APRIL IL 1997. THE CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE EUROPEAN REGION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LISBON SBON REC ECOGNI GNITION TION CONV NVENTI NTION, ON, IS THE KEY LEGAL INSTRUMENT FOR RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS ACROSS UNESCO'S EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA REGION. IN 2014, 4, 55 COUNTRIES NTRIES SIGNE GNED D THE E CONV NVENTI NTION ON AN AND 53 RATIF IFIE IED D IT
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