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The ENIC Network (European Network of Information Centres)
The Lisbon Recognition Convention obliges its member countries to establish national centres for information and advice on qualifications. These centres form part of the ENIC-NARIC network. The Council of Europe and UNESCO jointly provide the Secretariat support to the ENIC-NARIC Network.
The main function of the ENIC centres are:
- to offer information on qualifications, education systems and qualification recognition procedures
- provide information, advice or formal decisions on the recognition of overseas qualifications
- serve as the main information point on the recognition of higher education and higher education access qualifications
- collect and regularly update information on education systems, including the national education system
- There are currently over 50 ENIC centres.
Ms. Rezana Vrapi
Head of Unit
Centre of Educational Services
Bulevardi "Zhan D'Ark", Nr.23, Tiranë, Albania
+355 42419257
+355 42419257
Mr. Enric Manel Garcia López
Departament d'Ensenyament Superior, Recerca i Ajuts a l'Estudi
Department of Higher Education, Research and Scholarships
Ministeri d'Educació i Ensenyament Superior
Av. Rocafort, 21-23, AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria
+376 743 300
+376 743 313
http://www.ensenyamentsuperior.ad
Gayane Harutyunyan
Executive Director
Ակադեմիական փոխճանաչման և շարժունության ազգային տեղեկատվական կենտրոն
National Information Centre for Academic Recognition and Mobility
27 Amiryan Street, 0002 Yerevan, Armenia
+37410 53 09 04 ; +37491 429 835
+37410 53 09 04
[email protected] / [email protected]
Ben Houston
Director
Regulation, Recognition and Tuition Protection Section
GPO Box 9880, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
+61 (02) 6207 0555
https://internationaleducation.gov.au/services-and-resources/pages/qualifications-recognition.aspx
Dr. Heinz Kasparovsky
Head
ENIC-NARIC Austria
Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Teinfaltstraße 8, A-1010 Wien, Austria
+43 1 531 20 5920
+43 1 531 20 99 5920
Təhsil Nazirliyinin Akkreditasiya və Nostrifikasiya İdarəsi
Accreditation and Nostrification Bureau, Ministry of Education
2B, Gara Garayev avenue, Baku, AZ1060, Azerbaijan
+99412 5991155
Ms. Maryna Shalupenka
Acting Head of Department
Центр признания документов (Belarus ENIC) Республиканского института высшей школы
Foreign Credentials Assessment Department (Belarus ENIC) at the National Institute for Higher Education
Moskovskaya Street 15, office 120, 220007, Minsk, Belarus
+375 17 228 13 13
+375 17 228 13 13
FLEMISH COMMUNITY
Daniël De Schrijver / Karen Pattheeuws
NARIC-Vlaanderen
NARIC-Flanders
Ministry of Education and Training
Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Training (AKOV)
Hendrik Consciencegebouw Toren C2, Koning Albert II-laan 15, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 553 89 58
FRENCH COMMUNITY
Céline Nicodeme
NARIC of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels
Ministry of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels
Directorate General for Non-Compulsory Education and Scientific Research
Rue A. Lavallée 1, B-1080 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 690 88 57
+32 2 690 87 60
http://www.enseignement.be/index.php?page=24808&navi=2087
GERMAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITY
Jörg Vomberg
Ministerium der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens, Fachbereich Ausbildung und Unterrichtsorganisation
Ministry of the German-speaking Community, Department VET and Organisation of Education
Ministry of the German-speaking Community, Department VET and Organisation of Education
+32 87 596 300
+32 87 556 475
Dženan Omanović
Centar za informisanje/informiranje i priznavanje dokumenata iz oblasti/područja visokog obrazovanja, Центар за информисање и признавање докумената из области високог образованја
Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education
Sektor za informiranje, saradnju/suradnju i priznavanje dokumenata
Сектор за информисање, сарадњу и признавање докумената
Sector for Information, Cooperation and Recognition of Documents
Kneza Višeslava bb, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
+387 36 333 980
+387 36 333 991
Ms. Vanya Grashkina
Executive Director, NACID
Национален център за информация и документация (НАЦИД)
National Centre for Academic Recognition and Mobility
National Centre for Information and Documentation (NACID)
52a "D-r G.M.Dimitrov" Blvd., 1125 Sofia, Bulgaria.
+359 2 817 38 24
+359 2 971 31 20
Mr. Michael Ringuette
Coordinator/Coordonnateur
Centre d'information canadien sur les diplômes internationaux (CICDI)
Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC)
95 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 1106, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1N6, Canada
+1 416 962 9725
+1 416 962 2800
https://www.cicic.ca/1119/Contact-us/index.canada
Katarina Šimić Jagunić
Head of Croatian ENIC office
Nacionalni ENIC/NARIC ured
Croatian ENIC/NARIC office
Donje Svetice 38/5, HR-1000 Zagreb, Croatia
+ 385 1 6274 888
+ 385 1 6274 889
https://www.azvo.hr/en/enic-naric-office
Dr Yiorgos-Sokratis Smyrlis
Chairperson
Κυπριακό Συμβούλιο Αναγνώρισης Τίτλων Σπουδών
Cyprus Council for the Recognition of Higher Education
Qualifications, Ministry of Education and Culture
Kimonos and Thoukydidou Corner, 1434 Nicosia, Cyprus
+ 357 22 806357
+ 357 22 800866
PhDr. Lenka Škrábalová, Ph.D.
Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Karmelitská 7, 118 12 Praha 1, Czech Republic
+420 234 811 111
+420 234 811 727
http://www.msmt.cz/areas-of-work/tertiary-education/enic-naric-czech-republic
Mr. Mikkel Buchter
Head of Division
Styrelsen for Forskning og Uddannelse
Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education
Bredgade 40, 1260 Copenhagen K, Denmark
+45 7231 8700
Gunnar Vaht
Akadeemilise tunnustamise agentuur (Eesti ENIC/NARIC keskus)
Estonian ENIC/NARIC Foundation Archimedes
Foundation "Archimedes", L. Koidula 13A, 10125 Tallinn, Estonia
+372 697 92 15
+372 697 92 26
http://www.archimedes.ee/enic/en
Dr. Carita Blomqvist
Counsellor of Education
Opetushallitus/Utbildningsstyrelsen (ENIC-NARIC Finland)
Finnish National Board of Education (ENIC-NARIC Finland)
PO Box 380, FI-00531 Helsinki, Finland
+358 29 533 1000
+358 29 533 1035
Mme Elizabeth Zamorano
Responsable for département reconnaissance des diplômes-
Centre ENIC-NARIC France
France Éducation international, Département reconnaissance des diplômes
ENIC-NARIC France
Centre ENIC-NARIC France, 1 avenue Léon Journault, 92318 Sèvres Cedex, France
+33 1 70 19 30 31
+33 1 45 07 63 02
http://www.ciep.fr/enic-naric-france
ssip - Ganatlebis khariskhis ganvitarebis erovnuli centri
LEPL - National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement
1, M. Aleksidze str., 0193 Tbilisi, Georgia
+995 322 200 220 (3543), (3532)
Simone El Bahi
Head of Centre
Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen im Sekretariat der Ständigen Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ENIC-NARIC Centre)
Central Office for Foreign Education in the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in the Federal Republic of Germany (ENIC-NARIC Centre)
P.O. Box 2240, D-53012 Bonn, Germany
+49 228 501 664
+49 228 501 229
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
German Academic Exchange Service
Kennedyallee 50, 53175 Bonn, Germany
+49 228 882 0
+49 228 882 444
Bessy Athanasopoulou
Director of Information Department
D.O.A.T.A.P
Hellenic NARIC
54 Ag. Konstantinou Str., GR-10437 Athens, Greece
+30 210 5281000 (information)
+30 210 523 9525
Melanie Rosenbaum
Office for Universities: Department for International Relations
Congregatio de Institutione Catholica
Congregation for Catholic Education
Piazza Pio XII, 3, 00120 Vatican City
+39 06 69 88 41 67
+39 06 69 88 41 72
[email protected] / [email protected]
Virag M. Denke
Acting Head of the ENIC-NARIC
Magyar Ekvivalencia és Információs Központ, Oktatási Hivatal
Hungarian Equivalence and Information Centre, Educational Authority
Budapest, Szalay u. 10-14, H-1055, Hungary
+36 1 374-2212
+36 1 374-2492
Mr Thordur Kristinsson
Director of Academic Affairs
Upplysingaskrifstofa Islands
Information Centre of Iceland (ENIC-NARIC Iceland)
University of Iceland, Saemundargata 4, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
+354 525 43 60
+354 525 43 17
Angela Lambkin
Dearbhú Cáilíochta agus Cáilíochtaí Éireann
NARIC Ireland at Quality and Qualifications Ireland
26 - 27 Denzille Lane, D02 P266, Ireland
+353 1 905 8100
Ms. Tzipy Weinberg
Director
Gaf LeHa’arahat Tearim Academi’im miHu’’l (Israeli ENIC)
Department for Evaluation of Foreign Academic Degrees, Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education, 22 Kanfei Nesharim st., Jerusalem 91911, Israel
+972 2 560 1684
+972 2 560 1436
http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/KishreiChutz/HaharachatTeharimAcademyim/
Ms. Riki Mendelzweig
Secretary, Other Information Service
Council for Higher Education
P.O. Box 4037, Jerusalem 91040, Israel
+972 2 567 99 11
+972 2 567 99 69
Mr. Luca Lantero
Director
CIMEA - NARIC Italia (Associazione CIMEA)
Italian ENIC/NARIC centre
Viale XXI Aprile, 36, I - 00162 Rome, Italy
Almagul Kultumanova
Болон процесі және академиялық ұтқырлық орталығы
The Bologna Process & Academic Mobility Centre
28 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Office #4, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Z05H0E8
+7 7172 287 521
+7 7172 287 530
Ms Baiba Ramina
Director
Akadēmiskās informācijas centrs (Latvijas ENIC/NARIC)
Academic Information Centre (Latvian ENIC/NARIC)
Post: Valnu iela 2, LV-1050 Riga, Latvia
Office: Dzirnavu iela 16, (3rd floor), Riga, Latvia
+371 67225155
+371 722 1006
Mr Daniel Miescher
Head of Upper Secondary and Higher Education Division
Informationsstelle für Anerkennungsfragen (NARIC Liechtenstein)
National Information Centre for Academic and Professional Recognition (NARIC Liechtenstein)
Schulamt, Austrasse 79, Postfach 684, FL – 9490 Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein
+423 236 67 70
+423 236 67 71
[email protected] / [email protected]
Ms Aurelija Valeikiene
Deputy Director
Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras
Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuanian ENIC/NARIC)
A. Goštauto g. 12, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania
+370 5 210 47 72
+370 5 213 25 53
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
Ministry of Higher Education and Research
18, Montée de la Pétrusse, L-2915 Luxembourg
+352 247-86 619
+352 26 29 60 37
Dr. Stefan Sant
Head of MQRIC
Il-Kummissjoni Nazzjonali għall-Edukazzjoni Avvanzata u Ogħla / Ċentru Malti għal Rikonoxximent ta’ Kwalifiki u ta’ Informazzjoni (Maltese Enic-Naric)
The National Commission for Further and Higher Education (NCFHE) / Malta Qualification Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC)
Malta Life Sciences Park, San Gwann, SGN 3000, Malta
+356 2381 0200
http://ncfhe.gov.mt/en/services/Pages/All%20Services/mqric.aspx
PhD Tatiana Gherștega
Head of Department
Direcția Cadrul Național al Calificărilor
National Qualifications Framework Department
1, Piața Marii Adunări Naționale, Chisinau MD - 2033, Republic of Moldova
+373 22 21 03 78 / +373 22 27 75 69
+373 22 27 75 69
Centrul Tehnologii Informaționale și Comuicaționale în Educație
Information and Communication Technologies Centre in Education
Chisinau, str. A. Russo, 1, et. 7, of. 77B
+373 22 434 083
+373 22 434 083
Mme Cécile Kappler
Centre d'Information de l'Éducation Nationale
National Education Information Center
18, avenue des Castelans, 98000 Monaco
+377 98 98 87 74
+377 98 98 41 74
http://cien.gouv.mc/Mission-ENIC
Ms Vanja Srdanovic
ENIC Centar Montenegro, Ministarstvo prosvjete i nauke
ENIC Centre Montenegro, Ministry of Education and Science
Rimski trg bb, 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro
+382 20 405 301
+382 20 405 334
[email protected] / [email protected]
http://www.mpin.gov.me/rubrike/enic-centar
Ranko Lazovic
ENIC Centar Montenegro, Ministarstvo prosvjete i nauke
ENIC Centre Montenegro, Ministry of Education and Science
Rimski trg bb, 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro
+382 20 405 301
+382 20 405 334
Mr Stefan Grand-Meyer
Team Leader
Qualifications Recognition Services (QRS)
Mana Tohu Matauranga o Aotearoa
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
PO Box 160, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
+64 4 463 3000
+64 4 463 3112
Mr. Nasir Abazi
Head of Informative Centre
Informativen Centar - Ministerstvo za Obrazovanie i Nauka
Informative Center - Ministry of Education and Science
Ul. Kiril i Metodij br. 54, MK-1000 Skopje, Macedonia
+ 38923140171
Mr. Stig Arne Skjerven
Director of Foreign Education
Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (NOKUT)
NOKUT - Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
P.O. Box 578, 1327 Lysaker, Norway
+47 21 02 18 60
+47 21 02 18 01
Ms Hanna Reczulska
Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
National Agency for Academic Exchange
Polna 40, 00-635 Warsaw, Poland
+ 48 22 390 35 60
Ms. Ana Mateus
Head of the NARIC
NARIC Portugal
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior
Directorate-General for Higher Education
Av. Duque d'Ávila, 137, 1069-016 Lisboa, Portugal
+351 21 312 6000
+351-21-312 60 20
Mrs. Gianina Chirazi
Director
Centrul National de Recunoastere și Echivalare a Diplomelor (CNRED)
National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas
Str. Spiru Haret, nr. 12, Sector 1, 010176, Bucureşti, Romania
+40 21 405 56 59 / +40 21 405 63 12 / +40 21 405 62 44
+40 21 313 10 13
Vera Skorobogatova
Director
Главный государственный экспертный центр оценки образования "Главэкспертцентр"
Main State Centre for Education Evaluation
Leninskiy prospekt 6, stroenie 3. Moscow, Russia, zip: 119049. Glavekspertcentr
+7 (495) 317-17-10
+7 (495) 665-00-15
Gennady Lukichev
Director
Национальный информационный центр по академическому признанию и мобильности
National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility
Mikluho-Maklaya St. 6, RUDN, 117593 Moscow, Russia
+07 495 958 2881, 955-0818
+07 495 433-1511, 958-2881
Remo Massari
Coordinator
Centro Informazioni Nazionale per l'Educazione e per il Riconoscimento dei Titoli Accademici (DIPARTIMENTO ISTRUZIONE)
National Information Centre for Education and Qualifications Recognition
Contrada Omerelli 23, 47890 Republic of San Marino
+378 0549882550
+378-0549882301
http://www.istruzioneecultura.sm/on-line/home/istruzione-e-cultura/dipart.-istruzione/cinerta.html
Emina Najdanovic
ENIC/NARIC Centar Srbija
ENIC/NARIC Centre Serbia
Qualification Agency
51 Majke Jevrosime Str., Belgrade, Serbia
+381 11 363 11 71
+381 11 363 16 09
Ms. Alena Fodorová
Head of the Centre
Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu Slovenskej republiky - Stredisko na uznávanie dokladov o vzdelaní
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic - Centre for Recognition of Diplomas
Stromová 1, 813 30 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic
+421 2 593 74 923
http://www.minedu.sk/uznavanie-dokladov-o-vzdelani-a-odbornych-kvalifikacii-zo-zahranicia/
Ms. mag. Alenka Lisec
Head of Office
Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport, ENIC-NARIC center
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, ENIC-NARIC centre
Masarykova cesta 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
+386 1 478 46 00 / +386 1 478 47 45
+386 1 478 47 19
http://www.mizs.gov.si/en/areas_of_work/directorate_of_higher_education/enic_naric_centre/
Esther Moreno Cebeira
NARIC España
NARIC Spain
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Subdirección General de Títulos Paseo de la Castellana, 162. Planta 17 - 28046 Madrid
+34 91 506 5593
+34 91 506 5706
http://www.mecd.gob.es/r/naric
Mr Lars Petersson
Head of Department
Universitets - och högskolerådet, ENIC-NARIC Sweden
Swedish Council for Higher Education (ENIC-NARIC Sweden)
P.O. Box 45093, SE-104 30 Stockholm, Sweden
+46 10 470 0300
+46 10 470 0301
Svenska Institutet
Swedish Institute
Slottsbacken 10, SE 103 91 Stockholm
+46 8 453 78 00
+46 8 20 72 48
Ms Christine Gehrig
Head of the Swiss ENIC
Swiss ENIC
swissuniversities
Effingerstrasse 15, Postfach CH – 3000 Bern 1
+41 31 335 07 43
+41 31 335 07 12
Ms Lucie de Bruin
Team Onderwijsvergelijking
Team International Recognition, Dutch ENIC-NARIC
Kortenaerkade 11, Postbus 29 777, 2502 LT Den Haag, The Netherlands
+31 70 426 0260
+31 70 426 0395
Fikriye Karacameydan
Yükseköğretim Kurulu/Tanıma ve Denklik Hizmetleri Daire Başkanlığı- ENIC-NARIC Türkiye
Council of Higher Education / Department of Recognition and Equivalence Services - ENIC-NARIC Turkey
Yükseköğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı (YÖK), 06539, Bilkent-Ankara, Turkey
+90 312 298 71 25
+90 312 266 50 60
http://www.yok.gov.tr/web/denklikbirimi
Viktoria Sergienko
Head of ENIC Ukraine
Міністерство освіти і науки України, Information and Image Center
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Information and Image Centre
25, V. Chernovola, Kyiv, 01135 , Ukraine
+38 044 486 18 23
+38 044 486 23 29
Rafael M. Nevárez
International Education Specialist
U.S. ENIC
U.S. Department of Education
International Affairs Office, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-8401, USA
+1 202 401 2508
https://sites.ed.gov/international/what-we-do/information-on-u-s-education-and-mobility/
IMPORTANT: The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ENIC) does not evaluate or validate academic credentials. In the United States, the ultimate decision to recognize a credential rests with (1) individual employers (in the case of someone seeking employment); (2) state-level licensing agencies (in the case of someone seeking professional licensure); and/or (3) universities (in the case of someone seeking to continue their studies).
In some instances, “recognizing authorities” may evaluate your credentials themselves. However, in many cases, they request that a “credential evaluation” be completed to determine how your qualifications equate to U.S. credentials. These evaluations are carried out by private, non-governmental entities.
With regard to questions concerning obtaining a professional license in the United States, please note that licensed professions are regulated at the state level, not the national level. Examples of licensed professions include medicine, law, dentistry, nursing, architecture, clinical psychology, public school teaching and many others. You can generally find the appropriate state-level licensing authority by searching online, using the following search terms: (1) the name of the state in which you hope to work, plus (2) the name of the profession, plus (3) the word “license”. For example, to find the state agency responsible for the licensure of nurses in the state of Texas, one could search on Google, using the search terms “Texas nursing license”.
For further information, please visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/