Experiences from Practice regarding the Recognition of Qualifications

Experiences from Practice regarding the Recognition of Qualifications in the Border Region of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany Lavinia Kortese ITEM/Maastricht University

Frequency of the Issue • European Commission o Public Consultation & Report “Overcoming obstacles in border regions”, 2015 • CPB o Report “De arbeidsmarkt aan de grens met en zonder grensbelemmeringen”, 2017 • ITEM Casuistry o Analysis of “Real life cases” o General vs. Specific issues

Tackling General Issues • Related primarily to: • • • Costs Duration Solving issues by: • Improving administrative processes • Providing high quality information • B-solutions project “Roadmap & Factsheet”

Tackling Specific Issues • Identifying particular obstacles by investigating particular recognition situations • Adopting tailor-made solutions • Some examples from ITEM research • • Paediatric Surgeons Psychologists

Paediatric Surgeons • Creation of a Tri-Member State Euregional Centre for Paediatric Surgery • Differences in national regulation hinder automatic recognition • Consequence: no automatic recognition for the Centre’s paediatric surgeons • Solutions: o EGTC + European Cross-border Mechanism o Recognition of the Specialisation in BE

Psychologists • Professional qualifications are not recognised in BE • Non-regulated NL regulated BE • Professional Qualifications Directive • 1 year professional experience NL • Alternative routes to recognition?

Thank you! Lavinia Kortese l. kortese@maastrichtuniversity. nl