The first meeting of the ERASMUS+ project ARAQUA 2 was held in Riga, Latvia. The ARAQUA 2 project aims to streamline and harmonize the recognition process of qualifications necessary for access to higher education in Europe, including general secondary education and vocational education. This project represents the second phase, building upon the achievements and outcomes of the initial phase.
During the meeting, the project’s action plan, several work packages, the responsible persons, and implementation deadlines were discussed in detail. Within the framework of the project, national profiles describing the qualifications that provide access to higher education in the participating countries will be created, which will serve as a foundation for establishing an automatic recognition procedure between countries.
The next project meeting is scheduled for May, in Armenia, where representatives of the participating countries will share their progress and discuss the plans for the next stage.

Project partners are:

•    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.