Situation of Netherland Antilles Schools in terms of Recognition

[azskeptic]

In the near future the Netherland Antilles will dissolve and most of the countries will jon the Netherlands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles

Presently in the Netherlands Antilles there are 6 schools

AUC
Saba
St. James
St. Martinus
University of Sint Eustatius
Xavier-Bonaire

This means that when the Netherland Antilles dissolves these schools IMED recognition will end and the schools must be recognized by the Dutch System If it isn't on this list NVAO - Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (http://www.nvao.net/assessed-programme) they won't be recognized by IMED and resultingly you won't be able to sit for ECFMG,etc. All of the above schools, except AUC, have applied for a voluntary assessment of their schools to see if they meet the standards or not. The current assessment by the NVAO takes place in conformity with NVAO
standards, but does not imply recognition by the Netherlands government
- the outcome has no relevance under the Netherlands Act on Higher
Education.
Since the island of Bonaire (plus the islands of Saint Eustatius and
Saba) opts for inclusion in the Kingdom of the Netherlands by the year
2010, it will be incumbent on all HE institutions on these islands to
submit requests for accreditation of their programs by the NVAO once
these islands have become part of the kingdom.
Upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles such as we now know
them (starting after 2008), all current recognitions will lapse and so
will all current IMED listings. It's up to the new NA powers to be,
whether and how they will continue the current recognitions. For the BES
islands (Bonaire, Saint Eustace and Saba), the relevant authority will
be the Netherlands ministry of Education. For Aruba, Curacao and Saint
Maarten, the new authorities there will have to decide.

If I was a student I think I'd be interested in what happens in these assessments and what the administrations expect to do when the transition happens.

[Aviv Imanuel]

From the same source, I am inserting some interesting facts. It also looks, from reading further down, where it says future status that it is far more complicated than imagined. I assume your political connections in the Kingdon have already told you the exact date? Indefinite future date.....hmmmmm:rolleyes:



"The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on 15 December 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles#cite_note-endofNA-2) but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date.[4]" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles#cite_note-3)

Also read "
Future status


Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

[azskeptic]

There you go. So the Med schools are just playing around and doing voluntary inspections just in case?

From the same source, I am inserting some interesting facts. It also looks, from reading further down, where it says future status that it is far more complicated than imagined. I assume your political connections in the Kingdon have already told you the exact date? Indefinite future date.....hmmmmm:rolleyes:



"The Netherlands Antilles was scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on 15 December 2008, so that the five constituent islands would attain new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles#cite_note-endofNA-2) but this dissolution has been postponed to an indefinite future date.[4]" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles#cite_note-3)

Also read "
Future status


Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

[Aviv Imanuel]

There you go. So the Med schools are just playing around and doing voluntary inspections just in case?

I don't know, you may ask the owners of CMU about that. :cool: