Mutual recognition agreements

On 14 December 2010 members of the European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA) launched the Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Results regarding Joint Programmes (MULTRA).

Twelve bilateral mutual recognition agreements between ECA members have been signed during the ECA conference in Barcelona by the end of 2007. In December 2010 the Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Results regarding Joint Programmes (MULTRA) was signed.

The purpose of the MULTRA is to simplify the accreditation and recognition of joint programmes and degrees awarded and to provide an efficient way to expand mutual recognition to more European Higher Education Area countries.

The MULTRA was signed by the agencies FHR and ÖAR (Austria), NVAO (The Netherlands and Flanders) and PKA (Poland). The agencies ANECA (Spain) and CTI (France) have agreed to sign as well, some other agencies will follow later.