爱尔兰批准联合国教科文组织高等教育资格承认全球公约：学历互认覆盖全球
爱尔兰高等教育、研究、创新与科学部长 James Lawless 11月5日在都柏林 Croke Park 举行的博洛尼亚进程跟进组第101次会议上宣布，爱尔兰已经批准联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）《高等教育资格承认全球公约》，批准已于10月23日生效。
该公约于2019年11月由 UNESCO 通过，是第一个专门规范高等教育资格公平、透明承认的国际法律框架，目前已有43个缔约国，包括澳大利亚、芬兰、法国、日本、新西兰、挪威、韩国、南非与英国等。Lawless 表示，批准公约是爱尔兰在担任欧盟理事会轮值主席国期间达成的一个里程碑，将使学习者与毕业生的学历更容易获得跨境承认，支持学生流动与学术合作。
UNESCO 高级项目专家 Leila Loupis 表示，资格承认不是一项技术手续，而是让数百万学习者的高等教育权利落地的条件之一，爱尔兰批准公约是对公平、包容与终身学习的具体贡献。
Lawless 还在会上宣布，爱尔兰政府已批准该国作为欧洲高等教育区长期秘书处的创始成员参与其设立。该秘书处由2024年地拉那公报提出设立，旨在加强博洛尼亚进程治理的连续性，主办国为罗马尼亚，创始成员共四个，包括爱尔兰；设立方案将在2027年欧洲高等教育区部长会议上提交通过。博洛尼亚进程跟进组本次会议于11月5日至6日举行，49个成员国与欧盟委员会的代表与会。
Ireland Ratifies UNESCO Global Convention on Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications
Ireland's Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, announced on November 5 that Ireland has ratified the UNESCO Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education. He marked the ratification after opening remarks at the 101st meeting of the Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) at Croke Park in Dublin. Ireland's ratification came into effect on October 23.
The Convention, adopted by UNESCO in November 2019, is the first international legal framework dedicated to the fair and transparent recognition of higher education qualifications. It currently has 43 States Parties, including Australia, Finland, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Lawless said achieving ratification during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union was a milestone, and that the Convention will make it easier for learners and graduates to have their achievements recognised across borders, supporting mobility and academic cooperation.
Leila Loupis, a Senior Programme Specialist at UNESCO, said the recognition of qualifications is not a technical formality but one of the conditions that make the right to higher education a reality for millions of learners, and that Ireland's ratification is a concrete contribution to equity, inclusion and lifelong learning.
At the same meeting, Lawless announced that the Government had approved Ireland's participation as a founding member of the new Long-Term Secretariat for the European Higher Education Area. The Secretariat, mandated by the 2024 Tirana Communiqué to strengthen continuity in the governance of the Bologna Process, will be hosted by Romania and will have four founding members including Ireland; the proposals are to be adopted by ministers at the 2027 EHEA Ministerial Conference. The BFUG meeting ran on November 5-6 with representatives of its 49 member countries and the European Commission.
来源：爱尔兰高等教育部
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图片来源：图：都柏林 Croke Park 体育场，博洛尼亚进程跟进组第101次会议在此举行。Metro Centric 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0。 / Photo: Croke Park in Dublin, venue of the 101st Bologna Follow-Up Group meeting. Photo by Metro Centric, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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