From October 20-23, 2025, TAICEP 2025 Annual Conference was held in Cavtat, Croatia. Professor MORI Rie and an administrative staff member from NIC-Japan participated in the conference.

The Association of International Credential Evaluation Professionals (TAICEP), founded in 2013, is a membership organization dedicated to the evaluation of international qualifications and has held annual conferences since 2015.

This year's conference, themed "Shaping Our Future: Knowledge, Skills, Success," featured four pre-conference workshops and 38 sessions. The sessions discussed various topics, including the educational systems and credential evaluation in countries such as Japan, China, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, measures against fraudulent certificates, and the use of artificial intelligence in the field of credential evaluation. A wide range of topics were presented and actively discussed.

Participants included staff members from university admissions offices and enrollment management, government ministries and agencies, NICs, companies specializing in the evaluation of foreign qualifications, and test administration organizations. More than 200 people from countries and regions in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America attended.

NIC-Japan has been participating in the TAICEP conference continuously and in 2020 and 2021, when the conference was held online due to COVID-19, presented in the virtual sessions to introduce NIC-Japan and to provide information on the Japanese higher education system and qualifications. In 2023 and 2024, we gave presentations with the titles "The System of Medical Education and Qualifications in Japan" and "Tools and Practices: Achieving Equity in Foreign Credential Evaluations in Japan," respectively.

This time, for the 2025 conference, NIC-Japan gave two presentations. One was a joint presentation with credential evaluators from other countries, titled "Credential Evaluation Around the World: Moving Forward in Advocacy," which discussed credential evaluations worldwide and initiatives to advance their development. The other, titled "Uncovering the Complexities of Japan's Higher Education System for Credential Evaluators," introduced an overview of the Japanese education system and tips for evaluating Japanese educational qualifications. In addition, we gathered information and engaged in networking through participation in various sessions.