From October 28-31, 2024, TAICEP2024 Annual Conference was held in Quebec City, Canada. Professor MORI Rie, Dr. HOTTA Taiji, Senior Advisor, and two administrative staff members 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 "Fairness & Equity in Credential Assessments," featured three pre-workshops and 49 sessions, including UNESCO's Global Convention, lifelong learning, homeschooling, equity in credential recognition, fraudulent certificates, professions of credential evaluations, etc. 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 280 people from 26 countries and regions in North America, Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia 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 as well as to the Japanese higher education system and qualifications. In 2023, we gave a presentation with the title "The System of Medical Education and Qualifications in Japan. This time, based on the results of a survey conducted by the Research Department of NIAD-QE in 2024, we gave a presentation titled "Tools and Practices: Achieving Equity in Foreign Credential Evaluations in Japan," learned from pre-workshops and other sessions, and connected with other participants.

The next TAICEP meeting is scheduled to be held from October 20-23, 2025 in Cavtat, Croatia.