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Dear all,
Continuing the discussion of homologation procedure
in Spain. First of all: I am sending this to both the spanish and international
MCFA list as I got very useful responses from people who are not on both lists.
Furthermore I am aware a similar situation exists in much more countries (Italy?
Greece?) so the spanish case may serve as an example an
inspiration.
I have mailed my complaints to the Dutch SOLVIT
office but haven't received an answer yet (it is still within the 10 days
period). Nevertheless some more things became clear to me and some other less
clear. I was not allowed to enter the application procedure at the university of
Malag. A P&O officer told me that although she was not able to read my
diploma (a document in english!) she indeed believed I was a doctor in biology.
She said that with this title I could work at the university BUT NOT AS A
"PROFESOR". The point is (as also other people pointed out earlier) that
university profesor is a regulated profession in Spain for which they ask some
kind of recognition of a foreign title. It is not clear whether they are
officially entitled to do so - it would probably take a juridical procedure to
find out. As Mark and the EU parliament member found out, the Commission does
not say it is against EU law but this is a bit vague. If, on the other hand, they ask for a chemist or mathematician
or anything (as happens in the CSIC sometimes), I am quite
sure they cannot demand homologation or
recognition: these are regulated on an European level and diplomas are valid in
the EU, SOLVIT should be able to solve this.
I now have a question - I tried to have this
clarified by the Ministry of Education and Science but they weren't very clear.
As you can see on the web there are three things (I use the spanish names to
avoid confusion): a homologacion, a covalidacion abd a reconocimiento. As I
understand a covalidacion can only be used to continue studying in Spain but
doesn't give any rights. My question concerns the difference between
homologacion and reconocimiento. In the rules for the reconocimiento it says
that this is enough for a job of university professor (or biologist which I find
very strange) and that this follows EU rules. In my case it would be sufficient
(at the moment at least). I have hear that this procedure is much faster than
the homologacion, besides you do not have to pay the almost 300 euros fee (tasa
de abono) so it is much cheaper. Does anyone have experience with
this?
Finally a remark on a the message of Carl of few
days ago. For positions like Profesor
Contratado Doctor or Profesor Ayudante Doctor you indeed need an ANECA
accreditation but I (and my girlfriend as well) received it without having
homologated or even officially translated my diplomas. In the rules it says you
have to but they didn't ask for it and I got the accreditation. And still they
don't accept my application for a university professor! The difference is
subtle: the ANECA has the (legal) competence to judge if someone has the
PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY to become a university professor but not to
decide if someone is legally ENTITLED to do so. Absurd.
We'll continue the battle!
Erik
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