Lisbon Convention strengthens NZ qualifications | originally by the ICPKP Webmaster 9:40 AM, 22 January 2008 NZDT
last edited 9:47 AM, 22 January 2008 NZDT | New Zealand’s request to accede to the Lisbon Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Area was unanimously approved at a meeting in Bucharest in June.
Employment and study opportunities for New Zealanders in Europe will expand with New Zealand qualifications now being recognised under a European convention. A person with a New Zealand qualification can now work or study much more easily overseas because that qualification will now have equivalent status in each of the 50 Lisbon convention countries.
The Lisbon Convention is recognised as setting international best practice for assessing and comparing qualifications from around the world. Signatories to the Lisbon Convention include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada and Australia.
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