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Recognition by country 2020
More than 65 percent of the recognition procedures for foreign professional qualifications obtained in EU member states end with a full equivalence. The positive recognition rate for Austria and the Czech Republic is the highest as it reaches 93 percent. It is followed by the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Lithuania, and Latvia.
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Recognition by profession 2019
The rate of full equivalencies varies by profession. For the regulated professions, the rate of full recognition ranges from 25 to 65 percent, with the exception of veterinarian which has a success rate of 80 percent. Furthermore, the highest rate of full equivalence was issued for the non-regulated occupation of cook, at 83 percent. This is immediately followed by the occupations of electrical systems technician, technician for metal technology and hairdresser with over 60 percent.
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Recognition after Brexit
Since 1 January 2021, the UK is no longer a part of the EU single market or the EU customs union. The EU’s relationship with the UK including recognition procedures has thus fundamentally changed.
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Germany plans to make skilled immigration easier
30.11.2022
On 30 November, the German Government agreed its key points on the immigration of skilled workers from third countries. It thus paves the way for the most modern immigration law Germany has ever had. The key points provide for facilitating immigration firstly for skilled workers with recognised foreign vocational qualifications, secondly for skilled workers with proven professional experience, and thirdly by introducing an opportunity card for job-seeking.
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Ministerium für Bildung und Wissenschaft der Russischen Föderation, seit 2004

Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации

Gültigkeit: seit 01.01.2004
Russland
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Ministerium für Unterricht und Verdienste

Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito 

Gültigkeit: seit 01.01.1990
Italien
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Autonome Provinz Bozen-Südtirol Abteilung 20 - Amt für Lehrlingswesen und Meisterausbildung

Autonome Provinz Bozen-Südtirol Abteilung 20 – Deutsche und ladinische Berufsbildung Amt für Lehrlingswesen und Meisterausbildung

Gültigkeit: 01.01.1990 bis 28.12.2011
Italien
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Ministerium für nationale Erziehung
Milli Egitim Bakanligi
Gültigkeit: seit 05.06.1986
Türkei
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Regionaldirektion für Bildung
Milli Egitim Müdürlügü
Gültigkeit: seit 05.06.1986
Türkei
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Dachverband türkischer Gewerbetreibender und Handwerker
TESK (Türkiye Esnaf ve Sanatkarlar Konfederasyonu)
Gültigkeit: seit 01.01.1991
Türkei

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