Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) UK NARIC Annual Conference - London, UK

Recognition of Qualifications Developments in the Provinces and Territories of Canada

Education in Canada Canadian Constitution Art In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education… Federal Contribution

Provinces and Territories (Credential Evaluations) Universities and Colleges Admissions Bologna Process Regulated professions Licensure/certification Employers

Provinces and Territories (Credential Evaluations) International Mobility Lisbon Recognition Convention Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications

Provinces and Territories (Credential Evaluations) Pan Canadian Quality Standards in International Credential Evaluation General Guiding Principles for Good Practice in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials Quality Assurance Framework of the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada

Provinces/Territories and the Federal Government National Labour Mobility Agreement on Internal Trade (Chapter 7) – Mobility of professionals and certified trades people

Provinces/Territories and the Federal Government Pan-Canadian Framework for Foreign Qualification Assessment and Recognition (an initiative of the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premiers of all provinces and territories)

Federal Government Immigration Foreign Credentials Referral Office Helping the foreign-trained workers Foreign Credential Recognition Program Objectives of the program – fair, accessible, coherent, transparent, rigorous Sector Councils

Links 1 1) Canadian Information Centre for International credentials 2) Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) 3) The Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada (ACESCD) 4) Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO)

Links 2 5) Foreign Credential Recognition Program ws/2005/050425bb.shtml ws/2005/050425bb.shtml 6) Agreement on Internal Trade - Premiers nternal%20Trade%20Agreement.pdf 7) The Alliance of Sector Councils priorities/internationally-trained-workers/ nternal%20Trade%20Agreement.pdf priorities/internationally-trained-workers/ 8) Sector Council - ICTC ctic.ca/en/content.aspx?id= ctic.ca/en/content.aspx?id=1880

Links 3 9) Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council _recognition.aspx _recognition.aspx 10) Canadian Network of National Associations of Regulators 11) Pan Canadian Quality Standards in International Credential Evaluation evaluations.en.pdf evaluations.en.pdf 12) General Guiding Principles for Good Practice in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials

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