The European Network of Information Centres (ENIC) were established in 1994 as a joint initiative of

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

and the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

. They are intended to implement the

Lisbon recognition convention The Lisbon Recognition Convention, officially the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region, is an international convention of the Council of Europe elaborated together with the UNESCO. This ...

(LRC) and, in general, to develop policy and practice for the recognition of qualifications. The ENIC Network works closely with the

NARIC All EU and EEA states and all the associated countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus have a designated National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC), which provides a way to compare academic qualifications as part of the Bol ...

network of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

. ENIC legally complies with Article X.1(b) and X.3 of the LRC.

Network and members

The network is made up of several countries, where each country represents a party, and each party appoints a National information Centre as a member of the ENIC Network. In this sense, each country or a member holds one vote. There is an annual meeting where all the members meet. ENIC also elects three official representatives to the ENIC Bureau (EB) for a two-year mandate. There are a total of 54 members; ENIC usually offers the following information for its members: *National Information Centres *National education bodies *System of education *University education *Quality Assurance in Higher Education *Post-secondary non-university education *Recognised higher education institutions *Policies and procedures for the recognition of qualifications *Recognition of Qualifications held by Refugees *Qualifications Framework *Diploma Supplement Information *Access to higher education *Verification sources

Network and members

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