THE LEBANESE DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT

CO-FUNDED BY THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

ABOUT LEBPASS LEBPASS CONSORTIUM LEBPASS is a new initiative in Lebanon and the Middle East which aims in helping students and Lebanon graduates make their skills and qualifications  Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), clearly and easily understood in Lebanon, as Project Applicant and Coordinator well as across the Middle East and Europe, thus  Directorate General of Higher Education facilitating the mobility of both learners and  Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie workers.  Lebanese American University LEBPASS Project will unite universities,  graduates, employers and other stakeholders  Beirut Arab University for the sake of delivering a Diploma Supplement  Lebanese Canadian University that could translate the qualifications and skills of students and refugees graduated from Leba- Partner countries nese Higher Education institutions.  Universite Bretagne Sud,  Espace Mende s France (EMF), France  University of (UCY), Cyprus  Evalag, Germany  Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen- Nu rnberg (FAU), Germany

The Lebanese Diploma Supplement shall be a free readable document (issued in English) and easily comparable abroad with a precise description of students’ academic career and competencies acquired during their studies.

LEBPASS WIDE OBJECTIVES

➢ Promoting transparency within and between higher education systems

➢ Providing accurate, fair and up-to-date information on an individual’s qualifications

➢ Aiding mobility and access to further study and employment abroad

➢ Providing fair and informed information relating to Lebanese Higher Education System

➢ Facilitating academic and professional recognition and thus increasing the transparency of qualifications

LEBPASS Project Contact: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK, www.lebpass.org | [email protected] | + 961 9 600 350-1-2 Prof. Georges Yahchouchi, USEK Provost, LEBPASS Project Coordinator Building G, Floor 3, G 307, Kaslik main road, Jounieh - Lebanon [email protected]

THE LEBANESE DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT (LEBPASS)

LEBPASS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES LEBPASS EXPECTED IMPACT ➢ Ensuring sustainable academic programs with clear educational objectives and student outcomes which able to On the institutional level: adhere with Diploma supplement requirements • More awareness on the importance of providing the student a LEBPASS ➢ Developing principles for generating a diploma supplement • Alignment of the framework with ➢ Creating a rational Platform through which the Diploma institutional policies related to Supplement module is integrated graduation, academic rules, etc. ➢ Adopting the Diploma Supplement module by the DGHE, • Influence in Institutional strategies university partners and progressively other universities in and student support services Lebanon • Common language within and cross institutions ➢ Establishing a national centre who shall oversee the Diploma • Accurate and up-to-date infor- supplement procedures, implementation and sustainability mation on students qualifications ➢ Promoting awareness of the significance and benefits of Di- • Academic recognition and transpar- ploma supplement among students, refugees, employers and ency education providers • Increase of the student mobility On the national level: AN INNOVATIVE CHARACTER... • A common language for the differ- • First country in the region, unifying professional qualifications for ent Credits systems existing in Leb- major university programs, that can serve also as a benchmark for anon other HEIs in the region. • Creation of a National Information • Pioneering platform for students acquired qualification in Lebanon, Centre for recognition that can also be integrated with other platforms in the future. • Having experts and evaluators to • Raising awareness across Lebanese HEIs, non-partners, to start review diploma supplements defining the outcomes of each delivered programs. • Mobility and access to further study • A formula for equivalency between the different adopted credit sys- and employment abroad tems in the region: U.S., ECTS, Egyptian Arab System or others, • Providing fair and informed infor- which has been always debated. mation relating to qualifications • Removing obstacles to academic and professional mobility due to a • Academic and professional recogni- lack of transparency. tion increasing the transparency of • A pioneering centre within the Lebanese Ministry of Education and qualifications. Higher Education for program competency and educational • Creation of common national plat- objectives validation which will ensure the sustainability of the form for graduates to make their project. qualifications visible to the world

LEBPASS WORKPACKAGES WP1. Analysis of Current Diploma Supplement WP5. Purchase, Customization and Launching of Practices the LEBPASS Platform WP2. Developing the Diploma Supplement princi- WP6. LEBPASS Quality Assurance ples and form WP7. Project Communication, Dissemination and WP3. Capacity Building, Adaptation and Pilot Year Sustainability Full Implementation WP8. LEBPASS Project Management WP4. Developing a national sustainable structure for administering DS in Lebanon

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