Various institutions are contributing to the early recognition of qualification requirements with their project work.
Whereas in the prevention of brain waste an initiative on skills validation was started for returning migrants and concepts were formed on the level of recognition of qualification.
With regard to length of time of recognition of qualification, some countries, including Thailand, offer life-long certification, whereas Vietnam requires a renewal every 5 years.
The OECD notes that just seven out of more than 800 professions identified by the commission qualified for automatic recognition of qualifications across borders.
"Apart from the international recognition of qualifications, safety is the students' primary concern," said Adrian Mitchell, head of research for Hobsons, a London company that tracks education trends, summarizing a recent report it produced.
At the regional level, QFs can improve comparability of qualifications, promote mutual recognition of qualifications, encourage credit transfer, develop national standards, and facilitate agreement on entrance requirements for higher education (Tuck 2007).
ESR underlines that even if the recognition of professionals is legally regulated by the Directive on the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications it is important to establish standardised European training curricula and structures for all radiologists [19, 28].
The report definitely highlights the impulse given by the mobility partnership addressing the questions of validation and description of different types of learning and the recognition of qualifications [6: 38].
Some reasons underlying reduced labour mobility within Europe were considered to be linked to persisting legal and administrative barriers to the single market ensuing notably from limited portability of welfare rights, recognition of qualifications and access to regulated professions.
Dequalification develops out of a lack of information about the recognition of qualifications, combined with weak networks, insufficient language skills and a low demand in certain high-skilled professions, contributing to their vulnerability.
Most of the initiatives in both of these countries mainly focus on the involvement of the diaspora in the development of the country through support for the creation of start-up businesses, job-matching, skills development, recognition of qualifications and the simplification of procedures for the sending of remittances.
