There are two categories of profession in the EU, regulated and non-regulated. Regulated means access to the profession, and to practise it, requires possession of qualifications specified in law or other regulatory provisions. Most occupations in the EU are not regulated.

These sites have information on professional recognition – they may contain direction on either regulated or non-regulated professions or both.  

• Recognition of professional qualifications in EU counties: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/professional-qualifications/index_en.htm

Austria: 

• Recognition of professional education: https://www.bmbwf.gv.at/en/Topics/school/legislation/validations.html
• Assessment tool from Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research: https://www.asbb.at/
• Competency assessment in Austria: https://www.workinaustria.com/en/living-working/recognition-of-professional-qualifications

Belgium:

• Recognition of qualifications: https://www.belgium.be/en/work/coming_to_work_in_belgium/recognition_of_qualifications
• Wallonia: https://www.validationdescompetences.be/ 
• Wallonia: https://equisup.cfwb.be/travailler/
• Flanders: http://www.enseignement.be/index.php?page=24808&navi=2087
• Flanders: Process for those who would like to start a job: https://www.naricvlaanderen.be/en/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications
• Flanders: https://www.naricvlaanderen.be/en/naric-vlaanderen
• Flanders: Information on the recognition of qualifications from Ukraine: https://www.naricvlaanderen.be/en/information-on-the-recognition-of-qualifications-from-ukraine

Bulgaria:

• National Center for Information and Documentation (NACID) in Bulgaria: https://nacid.bg/en/

Croatia: 

• Starting procedure for professional recognition of foreign higher education qualifications: https://www.azvo.hr/en/enic-naric-office/recognition-and-assessment-of-foreign-educational-qualifications-in-the-republic-of-croatia/guidelines-for-starting-the-procedure-for-assessment-of-foreign-heq
• Recognition and assessment of educational qualifications for Ukrainian citizens: https://www.azvo.hr/en/enic-naric-office/ukrajina

Czech Republic:

• Recognition of professional qualification: https://www.msmt.cz/eu-and-international-affairs/recognition-of-professional-qualification

Denmark:

• Recognition of Ukrainian qualifications for work in Denmark: https://ufm.dk/en/refugees-from-ukraine-welcome/recognition-of-ukrainian-qualifications-for-work-in-denmark

Estonia:

• Recognition of refugees' qualifications in Estonia: https://harno.ee/en/recognition-qualifications/qualifications/academic-recognition#recognition-of-refug

Finland:

• Recognition of qualifications: https://www.oph.fi/en/services/recognition-and-international-comparability-qualifications

France:

• Information on procedures for recognition of your professional qualifications: https://www.guichet-qualifications.fr/en/

Germany: 

• Recognition of professional qualifications flyer: https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/assets/content/Medien_Dokumente-AI/2022-flyer-anerkennung-in-deutschland-uk.pdf
• Information on professional recognition: https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/index.php

Hungary:

• Recognition of foreign qualifications in Hungary: https://www.oktatas.hu/kepesitesek_elismertetese/english/recognition_of_foreign_qualifications

Netherlands:

• Recognition of professional qualifications: https://english.bigregister.nl/foreign-diploma/procedures/recognition-professional-qualifications
• Working in the Netherlands with a foreign diploma: https://www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/work-regulations/working-in-the-netherlands-with-a-foreign-diploma
• Information for Ukrainians: https://www.idw.nl/en/to-work/

Ireland:

• Recognition of foreign qualifications: https://www.qqi.ie/what-we-do/the-qualifications-system/national-academic-recognition-information-centre

Italy:

• Professional recognition in Italy: https://www.cimea.it/EN/pagina-riconoscimento-professionale

Latvia:

• Professional recognition of foreign qualifications: https://aic.lv/en/arvalstu-diplomu-atzisana/professional-recognition-of-foreign-qualifications-in-latvia

Lithuania:

• About academic and professional recognition in Lithuania: https://www.skvc.lt/default/en/60/recognition_lithuania

Luxembourg:

• Professional recognition: https://mesr.gouvernement.lu/fr/demarches/reconnaissance-professionnelle.html

Malta:

• About Malta Recognition Statement and more: https://mfhea.mt/

Poland:

• Automatic tool for Recognition Statement of higher education degrees obtained abroad: https://kwalifikator.nawa.gov.pl/

Portugal:

• Portuguese National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC): https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/portuguese-naric-center
• About foreign equivalences: https://www.dge.mec.pt/equivalencias-estrangeiras

Romania:

• Recognition of professional experience and qualifications acquired abroad: https://www.cnred.edu.ro/en/recognition-of-professional-experience-and-of-qualifications-acquired-abroad
• Continuation of studies and access to labor market for Ukrainian citizens: https://cnred.edu.ro/en/ukrainian-citizens

Slovakia:

• Professional recognition of qualifications: https://www.minedu.sk/professional-recognition-of-qualifications/
• Recognition of educational documents and professional qualifications from abroad: https://www.minedu.sk/uznavanie-dokladov-o-vzdelani-a-odbornych-kvalifikacii-zo-zahranicia/

Slovenia:

• About professional qualifications obtained abroad: https://spot.gov.si/sl/teme/poklicne-kvalifikacije-pridobljene-v-tujini/
• Mutual recognition of professional qualifications: https://www.gov.si/teme/vzajemno-priznavanje-poklicnih-kvalifikacij/

Spain:

• Homologation and validation of foreign non-university degrees and studies: https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/en/servicios-al-ciudadano/catalogo/gestion-titulos/estudios-no-universitarios/titulos-extranjeros/homologacion-convalidacion-no-universitarios.html

Sweden:

• Recognition of foreign qualifications: https://www.uhr.se/en/start/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/