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Professional qualifications

Understand how to get your professional qualifications recognised in your target export market.
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Understand professional qualification recognition

The recognition of professional qualifications is a system which allows professionals qualified in one country to practice in another, without having to requalify.

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To support mutual recognition with EU and international partners, the UK government encourages regulatory and professional bodies to enter into arrangements which enable the recognition of professional qualifications between the UK and existing or potential international trade partners.

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