The project Fraud-Act - Combatting Fraud through a Holistic Approach and Data Collection has the main objective of countering education fraud and promoting academic integrity in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), therefore contributing to the goal of improving the quality for higher education, in line with the Tirana Communiqué. 

To reach this objective, various peer learning activities, surveys, online focus groups, workshop and webinars are implemented, involving relevant stakeholders, as Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) members, quality assurance agencies, national higher education institutions and other relevant authorities. The activities focus on four areas of intervention identified in Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)18 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on countering education fraud: prevention, prosecution, international co-operation, and monitoring of the phenomenon, through a holistic approach based on international cooperation and innovation.

Two main documents are developed as part of the Fraud-Act project:

• A study on transnational initiatives aimed at preventing academic fraud within the EHEA;

• A publication dedicated to promoting a holistic approach to preventing fraud and fostering academic integrity in higher education.

https://www.cimea.it/EN/pagina-Fraud-Act

The main objective of the project TPG-LRC Plus - Fostering LRC implementation in the EHEA (TPG-LRC Plus) is to support the implementation of the Bologna Process focusing on the key commitment 2 on national legislation and procedures compliant with the Lisbon Recognition Convention (LRC) in the countries being part of the Thematic Peer Group B (TPG B).

The project activities, for which a peer-to-peer approach is adopted, are focused on the priorities set by the Tirana Communiqué, adopted in May 2024, and in continuity with the work carried out in the framework of the previous TPG-LRC and TPG-LRC CoRE projects. In this sense, the consortium focuses its activities on the “6 specific thematic directions” identified by the Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) and reaffirmed for the mandate of the Thematic Peer Group B (TPG B) for the period 2024 - 2027. Five TPG B meetings and four public seminars are destined to delve into these topics, which constitute then the main objects of the resulting project publications.

Special attention is given to the following topics:

o automatic recognition of qualifications and learning periods abroad.

o Flexible learning pathways and lifelong learning, including micro-credentials.

o Transnational cooperation in higher education and recognition of qualification awarded by transnational education institutions.

o Digital transition on higher education, supporting recognition of qualifications.

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Project “Road to Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Access Qualifications 2“ (ARAQUA 2)
In terms of Erasmus+ Programme KA3 “Support for Policy Reform”, Academic Information Centre – Latvian ENIC/NARIC implements project “Road to Automatic Recognition of Higher Education Access Qualifications 2” (ARAQUA 2). This project is continuation of the ARAQUA project (2022-2024).

Project implementation period: 1 August 2025 – 31 July 2027

Project No: 101228656

Aims:

To map higher education access qualifications in the project partner countries according to the criteria set in the ARAQUA project (2022-2024) to evaluate their correspondence to automatic recognition.
To facilitate the use of recommendations for NARICs and HEIs about the automatic recognition of HE access qualifications developed in the ARAQUA and explore other tools in terms of the automatic recognition of HE access qualifications
To strengthen discussion among ENIC/NARIC offices and HEIs about the procedures and criteria for automatic recognition of HE access qualifications.
Main activities:

To update information or conduct a study about HE access qualifications in the project countries (including collection of the templates of credentials), and their contextual aspects (including available online tools related to the automatic recognition of HE access qualifications) according to the designed methodology;
To analyse the collected data and update comparative study report which would include proposals for further steps as regards promoting and supporting implementation of automatic recognition of HE access qualifications in the project partner countries;
To facilitate the use of recommendations about automatic recognition of HE access qualifications among the project partner countries by considering opportunities how the data gathered in the desk study could be used for the improvement of other tools supporting automatic recognition of HE access qualifications in the project partner countries;
To organise three peer-learning activities in Armenia, Italy and Malta, in order to ensure the exchange of experiences between ENIC/NARIC offices and HEIs about automatic recognition of HE access qualifications;
To disseminate the results through websites of the project partners, international final conference and ENIC/NARIC meetings to raise awareness of the involved stakeholders on the automatic recognition of HE access qualifications.
 

Project partners:

Academic Information Centre (coordinator), Latvia
National Information Center for Academic Recognition and Mobility (ArmENIC), Armenia
Centre for Information and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (CIP), Bosnia and Herzegovina
Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (UFS), Denmark
National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE), Georgia
Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE), Croatia
Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence (CIMEA), Italy
Higher Education Development National Centre (HEDNC), Kazakhstan
Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC), Malta
Qualification Agency (QA), Serbia
Ecctis Limited (UK ENIC), United Kingdom

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