Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Conventio 95

Respectful of each Party's right to create and maintain a system for

qualification, and of the academic autonomy and freedom of its institutions;

Have agreed to observe the following principles for the recognition of

Studies, Qualifications, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education (thereon

quoting - partly literally - the text of the UNESCO Regional Convention

on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in

Asia and the Pacific, adopted and signed by the competent Ministers on 26

November 2011 at the Ministerial Conference in Tokyo), as well as for other

concerns, which are applicable to their mutual interests in educational and

cultural fields:

SECTION I

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Article 1

The technical terms used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning

as defined in Section I, Article 1 of the said UNESCO Convention.

SECTION II

HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION

AND THE COMPETENCIES OF AUTHORITIES

Article 2

(A) The Parties agree that both authorities, responsible for their

own Higher Education System and for the Higher Education Institutions

established or approved by the same authorities or otherwise considered as

belonging to their systems, shall be independent and autonomous each within

their field and adhering to the said principles shall closely cooperate among

them.

(B) The Parties agree that their respective legislation regarding their own

Higher Education System and the Higher Education Institutions shall be

valid and respected each within their field.

(i) Catholic Universities and other Catholic Higher Education Institu-

tions, subject to the Apostolic Constitution Ex corde Ecclesiae (1990) and