- Beka has made a significant impact on the lives of immigrants around the world by opening doors for them to start a new life.
- He has 22 years of experience working at World Education Services and is known around the world as an expert in international education systems and the recognition of international academic credentials.
- Beka has been active on various high profile Canadian and international committees and panels, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Groningen Declaration Network, and as a member of the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) Quality Assurance Framework, OECD Forum Engagement Group: Future of Work, and Expert Advisory Panel of the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators.
- He regularly works with licensing bodies, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and higher education institutions. In addition, he assisted the CICIC on the development of the PanCanadian Quality Standards in International Credential Evaluation.
- Beka worked closely with the IRCC and played a key role in developing Canada’s Express Entry points grid program and securing the role of WES in implementing this initiative, which began in 2012.
- Beka continues to dedicate his career to this important work, benefitting countless immigrants and newcomers.
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS:
- Contributed to Pan-Canadian Quality Standards in International Academic Credential Assessment
- Contributed to Competency Profile for an Academic Credential Assessor
- Contributed to Best Practices and Guidelines – Assessing the Qualifications of Refugee – Canadian Information Centre for International Education (CICIC) and Council of Ministers of and Education, Canada (CMEC
Key Presentations:
- Navigating Through Mase – Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation, (CLER) International, Melbourne, Australia – 2017
- Credential Recognition for Regulated Professions Without Official Documents – Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation, (CLER) Conference, Philadelphia 2018
- Participated in AACRAO’s Fall Symposium: Global Recognition in International Admissions and Credential Evaluation
- Led a webinar on Educational Transformation in Select Countries in Central Asia after the Bologna Process, 2015
- Delivered a podcast on GlobalEd Talk on Education Reforms in Central Asia, 2015
- Presented on Innovative Approaches to Migration and Mobility – Metropolis International Conference, Sydney, Australia – 2018
- Conducted a webinar on Facilitating Access to Higher Education for Refugees with Limited Documentation
- Participated in the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR) workshop
- Led a discussion at DAAD Conference – A Recognition Model for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Led a workshop: Empowering refugees: Strategies for Qualification Recognition along with South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) colleagues at International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) conference
- Presented at UK ENIC 2021 Conference on Improving the Recognition Climate for TNE Addressing the Global Assurance Gap
- Led a workshop on Standards of International Credential Assessment at the Summer Institute on International Education, Japan (SIIEJ) in Osaka, Japan 2022
- Presented on Strengthening Regional Cooperation on Skills Development under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program: Key Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Collaboration Tbilisi, Georgia 2022
- Presented at GDN Annual Meeting – Quality Assurance in Credential Assessment: Trusted Official Electronic Exchange of Data & Documents
- Presented at the PIE Live North America – Expert Panel: Qualification Recognition and Regional Trends
- Presented at the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) conference and Canadian Bureau for International Education – “Unveiling the Dynamics: A Comprehensive Exploration of International Credential Mobility.”
- Presented at TAICEP 2024 – Why the Recognition of All Lifelong Learning Credentials Matter?
Other contributions:
- Wrote an article on Georgia: A Post-Soviet Model for Fighting Academic Corruption
- Podcast on Experiences of International Education – discussing The Life-changing Power of Credential Evaluation
- Personal Interview – Georgian/English magazine, DIPLOMAT – 2024
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