Lisbon Recognition Convention

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The Lisbon Recognition Convention is an international convention of the Council of Europe and UNESCO. The Convention has been signed by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg except for Andorra, Greece, Monaco, San Marino and Spain. It has also been signed by the Council of Europe non-member states Australia, Belarus, Canada, the Holy See, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan and the USA. The Convention stipulates that degrees and periods of study must be recognised unless substantial differences can be proved by the institution that is charged with recognition. It is named after Lisbon, Portugal where it was signed in 1997.

Students and graduates are also guaranteed fair procedures.

[edit] External links

• Link to the Lisbon Recognition Convention
• List of signatory states