5. The general mechanism of a doctoral program is the following set of consistently applied (in accordance with the rules of the following Provision) elements of programs and relevant actions executed by participants of a program (competitors):

5.1. Participation in the competitive program (research analytics championships of various levels and types) of the GISAP project in accordance with its rules;

5.2. Publication of individual original researches in electronic form on the website http://www.gisap.eu/ in accordance with established rules for such publication;

5.3. Ensuring the necessary multiplicity and systemic involvement (providing necessary multiplicity of publications) in the relevant stages of the research analytics championships established by the following Regulations;

5.4. Mandatory compliance with the requirements of general scientific-sectoral relevance of scientific studies submitted to the GISAP project within the corresponding doctoral program;

5.5. Mandatory compliance with the requirements for the participants of the GISAP project concerning the necessity to evaluate and comment profile studies of other participants of research analytics championships in various fields;

5.6. A practical implementation of the desire for international disclosure of original researches, expressed in the presentation of original research in grammatically correct English or in both languages ??- English and Russian (or in other author's native language, sufficient to provide familiarization with the work for large number of interested persons from different countries of the world) within the GISAP project (and in accordance with its rules);

5.7. Providing mass and professional international promulgation of scientific studies presented within the framework of the GISAP project by publishing them in scientific works digests and specialized scientific journals of the IASHE under British jurisdiction;

5.8. A practical implementation of the desire for scientometric nomination of studies submitted to the GISAP project by publication in specialized journals of the IASHE under British jurisdiction, in accordance with the publication requirements of such journals;

5.9. Ensuring the relative success of participation in the research analytics championships, expressed in winning higher collective marks (points) and relevant diplomas for scientific works submitted by author;

5.10. Concurrent with the IASHE determination of results of passage the doctoral research-analytical program through the comparison of achievements of the person concerned in the GISAP project (following the results of the year) with qualification criteria of doctoral assessment of such achievements as shown in table "A" of the present Provision.

6.1. Overcoming the crisis of the development of international science.

Factual state of the international scientific and educational sphere is in the fact that consequences of global disunity of the world intellectual community of teachers and researchers are not only obvious but also negatively affect the general state of international science. Such situation is explained and predetermined by the wide range of reasons: various national scientific-educational standards; factors of different level of development of science and education in different countries; factors of different level of accessibility of educational and scientific processes in different countries; factors of corruption, unnecessary bureaucracy and violation of human rights in scientific and educational environment in different countries; complicated mechanisms of international scientific communications; different world outlook (ideological attitude) and level of respect from the side of authorities and society of certain countries towards scientific activities and scientific titles; complicated mechanisms of scientific cooperation; complicated systems of interaction of certain national scientific schools; various levels of opportunities of scientists from different countries in matters of publication of their studies in leading scientific journals and participation in scientometric nomination (analysis), ensuring certain citation coefficient and professional reputation of the author; slow international distribution of scientific information; significant scale of plagiarism in the field of scientific studies; different levels of copyright protection in different countries; problems of mutual (academic and professional) recognition of scientific and educational qualifications; problems of practical implementation of scientific studies (innovations); problems of ensuring international mobility of specialists, students, scientists and teachers from various countries; absence of international system of working organizational unification, consolidation of efforts and collegial representation of interests of scientists from different countries; other consequences of global and specific character.

Doctoral programs (implemented in the context of the GISAP project operation by the IASHE) offer an original mechanism of encouragement, support and development of scientific activity and creativity of scientists from different countries with a parallel resolution of a number of deep problems in matters of development of international science.

6.2. Accessibility of scientific activity and absence of discrimination.

Any person, regardless of his age, nationality, linguistic status and the current scientific or educational qualification may participate in doctoral programs. One and only condition is: he must have higher education in the relevant field of science (or must be obtaining it at the moment).

6.3. International character.

Research-analytical project GISAP, as well as doctoral programs linked with it, imply and actually have an international character of research analytics championships participants and also the expert committees involved in the evaluation of scientific studies.

6.4. Understandability.

General rules and principles of realization of doctoral programs are relatively simple and open for the interested persons to pass.

6.5. Transparency.

The mechanism of realization of the GISAP project, as well as the related doctoral programs are open, available for free and easy tracking of all the necessary and relevant information by any interested persons. During the implementation of doctoral programs there can not be any decisions or factors (except decisions or factors directly depending on the program participant), which could be a result of the sole opinion of any person or entity or actions of such an entity that do not comply with officially announced rules of the GISAP project and doctoral programs.

6.6. International promulgation.

All scientific materials, scientometric and rating data, results of participation of the interested persons in research analytics championships of the GISAP project are to be made ??internationally public via online resources of the IASHE and projects of the Academy  as well as via pages of these projects in international social networks, websites of partner organizations of the IASHE. Other ways of promulgation are collections of scientific studies, journals, newsletters and other scientific, journalistic and presentational editions of the IASHE. Scientific publications of the IASHE are to be sent to libraries and literary agencies of different countries according to their requests and quotas.

6.7. Fighting plagiarism.

There are several mechanisms to counter the hypothetical possibility of plagiarism within the GISAP project: 1) Initially, all submitted scientific works are published in an interactive way and subject to an open examination and discussion by all interested parties (participants and non-participants of the GISAP project); 2) during the process of evaluation of scientific studies, scientists specializing in relevant fields of science can identify borrowed innovations (ideas) of other scientists in reports of certain authors; 3) when  collections of scientific studies or specialized scientific journals of the IASHE (containing these studies) are internationally distributed, these materials become available for the general public; 4) collections of papers and specialized scientific journals of the IASHE are sent to libraries around the world and also be explored there by interested persons on matters of presence of elements of plagiarism; 5) scientometric nomination (analysis) of publications, carried out by the IASHE and various scientometric databases may also counteract plagiarism and contribute to its detection; 6) materials published in specialized IASHE journals are subject to the detailed study from the side of specialized editorial boards of such journals, 7) results of research analytics championships or doctoral programs may be canceled or adjusted in a certain way by the IASHE if  such results had been reached by persons concerned with the usage of plagiarism.

6.8. Absence of formalism and corruption.

Realization of doctoral programs is carried out following the stated rules using a transparent mechanism of implementation of functionally and legally significant actions by all the program participants and is accompanied by a collegial discussion and evaluation of scientific studies by international expert team. Results of research analytics championships are available for examination by all the participants of championships and interested third parties. No other circumstances except the standard norms of the GISAP project operation, quality of studies, their collective assessment and general rules of research analytics championships results accounting, can affect the doctoral programs outcome.

6.9. Free of charge.

Realization of doctoral programs is free of charge. The cost of participation in research analytics championships, publication of scientific studies, mailing diplomas, certificates, digests and journals – all this is refunded by the GISAP project participants independently and apart from the fact of participation in doctoral programs. The cost of registration of documents, fixing and certifying the results of passing the doctoral program, is not significant and is made public in a standard way.

6.10. Affordable scientometric analysis.

Participation in research analytics championships and doctoral programs is accompanied by the scientometric analysis undertaken through the IASHE scientometric database and other relevant bases. Scientometric analysis, carried out under the auspices of the IASHE, is a statistical definition of ratings of scientific and analytical activity and efficiency of authors and universities. It is expressed in the functioning of the international scientometric database «Socrates-Impulse». Scientometric activities of the IASHE do not exclude similar analysis of scientific studies presented in the GISAP project, from the side of various scientometric databases.

6.11. Providing international scientific communications.

Integral part of the realization of the GISAP project and doctoral programs - the inevitable (mandatory) mass communications between scientists from different countries, their interaction and mandatory participation in mutual evaluation of studies of each other.

6.12. Discussions.

Discussions, as part of the implementation of doctoral programs, assists in: the process of critical rethinking of the research by its author; formulation of main arguments, defending the author's position; providing incentives to further deepening of the research and examination of additional scientific sources; borrowing of innovative ideas, theses or approaches of each other, encouraging scientific studies and promoting the progress of science by authors; the development of skills in oratory, phraseological design of  arguments and logic opposing.

6.13. Competitiveness.

Competitiveness in the GISAP project, serving a certain form of intellectual competition, not only stimulates the interested party (including the factors of professional ambition, social and personal growth,  formation of high professional image, etc.) and complicates the task of ensuring the success in the research analytics championships and doctoral programs, but also makes the scientific process dynamic and exciting, generates alternative objects for comparative mapping during the assessment. Competitiveness in the process of realization of doctoral programs promotes the development of creative abilities of the researcher more significantly than a rather closed, depending on the will of individual officials, systematic, choiceless and formalized standard procedure of acquisition of doctoral degrees (regalia), traditionally implemented in  most of the universities.

6.14. Intensity and clear standards.

Doctoral programs require intense intellectual work of their members. It is necessary to take into account the fact that the competitiveness of research analytics championships makes high demands to winners and awardees of such championships. Consequently, the quality of scientific studies submitted within the framework of the GISAP project, must meet the very highest international standards.

At the same time, the GISAP project has clear standards of admission of studies to participate in a research project, their publication and peer assessment.

6.15. Laboriousness and science linkage.

The laboriousness of participation in doctoral programs is in the obligation of participants to provide a considerable amount of scientific works for the collective evaluation by colleagues during the calendar year within the framework of the GISAP project. This, in addition, can provide a person with the required average score in the evaluating process and a number of diplomas of research analytics championships.

Significant laboriousness of this process is ensured by the fact that only consistently high quality scientific works presented in the project can call for positive collegial opinion of the scientific community during the evaluation of such report and win relevant diplomas.

6.16. Balanced and collegial nature of international professional evaluation.

Assessment of scientific studies presented within the framework of the GISAP project and doctoral programs, has a professional and collegial nature as many scientists are involved in it - experts in relevant fields of science from around the world with various academic degrees, titles and regalia. This factor provides the credibility and quality of evaluation, based on unified international standards of analysis of scientific studies and perception of them from the point of view of various national scientific schools.

Balanced nature of evaluation is expressed through the fact that it involves both: invited experts of the GISAP project and researchers with the status of a research analytics championship participant in a certain branch of science (i.e. persons acting as actual competitors of a person, whose scientific work is subject to assessment). Thus, in accordance with the stated proportions, while determining a winner and an awardee of research analytics championships, impartiality and objectivity of assessment is ensured by collegiality and balancing of experts’ and participants’ marks.

6.17. The democracy.

The democracy of doctoral programs is expressed not only through the free access to them from the side of the interested parties involved in scientific studies, but also in the fact that all key decisions in the process of implementation of such programs are made collectively and openly by representatives of the scientific community - professionals from around the world, specializing in relevant fields of science. In this process the IASHE establishes common standard rules for the implementation of programs, organizes their practical implementation and provides status support and recognition of doctoral qualifications.

6.18. Status and international recognition.

Doctoral programs have the nature of combined academic (educational) and creative (research and creative-innovational) procedures aimed at establishing of a set of necessary knowledge, skills and creative abilities of the scientist, intended and sufficient for effective and innovative settlement of urgent and pressing problems of modern science.

Programs are educational (academic) for they serve as an integral part of an educational process and directly perform the function of stuffing a relevant person with specialized knowledge and skills necessary to undertake his professional tasks of high complexity.

Programs are research-based (creative) for they develop skills of an interested person necessary for professional undertaking of innovative tasks of scientific progress.

First of all doctoral programs solve the problem of formation of academic specialists, able to generate innovative ideas aimed at overcoming (resolution) of problems of modern science.

Legal status of the program is based on: a) the form of its realization, based on methods of self-education and creative development of the person; public support of research activities by the international scientific community; critical expert analysis; wide professional discussion and opposing; collegial comparison and assessment of results of studies; b) status and competence of the IASHE as the organizer and guarantor of objective, fair and high-quality (professional) realization of programs; c) international scale of realization of programs involving applicants and experts - professional scientists from around the world; d) transparency (program rules, lists of participants, procedure of program realization – all this is available to public and kept in open sources of information); publicity (original scientific studies submitted by an project applicant are made public and archived in printed and electronic issues); transparency (mechanisms of summing up of program results are based on standard rules and can be freely monitored by all the interested persons directly during the implementation of a program); e) guarantee of the IASHE concerning the objective correspondence of acquired competences to the assigned doctoral qualifications; f) organizational support for doctoral qualifications, documental formalization and legalization from the side of the IASHE.

Doctoral programs are not a direct analogue of the traditional academic university doctoral programs, where such programs act as a period (stage) of an educational process.

Doctoral programs are the fundamental innovation in the field of development, evaluation and status fixation of the level of professional qualification and achievements of scientists - researchers.

Legality of doctoral programs is defined by their principal innovativeness, objectivity and professionalism of realization as well as the absence of purpose to substitute or to make a direct analogue to the academic doctoral programs of universities.

International status of doctoral programs is determined by their cosmopolitanism (cross-borderness) and potential for wide international distribution with no limits of local jurisdictions of certain states.

First of all doctoral programs involve their unconditional acceptance (liberation from the destructive formalism and bureaucracy) in an international scientific community. Significance, scope and quality of doctoral programs are determined by the primary importance of creative initiatives in the process of their implementation as well as scientific self-expression and determination of an applicant, peer assessment of original studies by representatives of the international scientific community - professional scientists - experts from different countries.

Doctoral programs have all objective reasons for their all-round acceptance in the international educational (academic) environment due to the following circumstances: a) doctoral programs are innovative projects that do not have any analogues in the international scientific and educational environment; b) doctoral programs are not similar to the standard academic (educational) doctoral programs of universities; c) doctoral programs are implemented in a different area of ??intellectual activity (original scientific studies - generation of ideas and creation of new knowledge) than the standard (academic) doctoral programs of universities (analogous educational process - acquisition of knowledge and skills).

Recognition of doctoral programs in an international educational (academic) environment is not connected with personal opinions of individual functionaries. It is based on the following factors: objectivity of factually executed scientific research; success of the original research; transparency of information concerning the procedure of realization of doctoral programs; promulgation of results of the applicant’s scientific studies; professional discussion and peer-assessment of studies by specialists from different countries and international professional expert team.

Doctoral programs certainly contain heavy educational load and require a competitor to acquire specialized knowledge and skills, much deeper than the equivalent knowledge and skills, traditionally obtained by interested persons in a standard educational process of a similar level. Such conclusion can be made (all other things being equal) because: a) doctoral programs promote and encourage purposefulness, courage and activity of researchers; b) doctoral programs encourage creativity of researchers; c) doctoral programs emphasize the priority of such research result as an innovation - the author’s contribution to the development of science; d) doctoral programs create conditions for the scientific process to become free of  excessive formalism, bureaucracy, bias and corruption in any form.

The recognition of doctoral programs in the educational environment is based not only on their educational and creative (scientific) content, but on the following circumstances also: a) scientist, able to  think independently, is able to share an active, innovative approach to the perception of reality with his students; b) a scientist, whose scientific views were formed in the context of interaction with the international scientific community and through discussions with the representatives of different scientific schools, has a significant load of balanced, diversified and objective educational material to offer to his students; c) a scientist, accustomed to opposition from the side of his colleagues and to defending his position in professional discussions, not only has excellent oratorical skills, but is also able to cultivate an active approach to the formation of personal opinions and protection of them among his students; d) a scientist capable of a critical attitude towards knowledge, will continually improve it; his students will be given additional new approaches to understanding educational materials; e) a teacher with independent way of thinking, an active lifestyle and original way of presentation of educational material, will always be interesting to students and will be an example for them.

6.19. Organizational composition of scientific community and its consolidation.

Conditions for active international communication of scientists and also the institutionalization of their communities in the format of scientific analysts federations of various levels (national, continental, world federation) are created within the GISAP project (including doctoral programs). Through such organizational organization, scientists are consolidated to form internal hierarchies and controls bodies. They have an opportunity to present joint initiatives, implement collective programs and statutory functions of federations, and also - collectively defend their rights and legitimate interests.

6.20. Approbation.

Perhaps there is no better form of approbation of theoretical studies than intensive discussion of their details with colleagues from other countries. Another great benefit in matters of identifying flaws and obvious benefits of the discussed studies can be brought by professional discussions, followed by critical opposing. Finally, in conditions of competitive opposition of specialized studies (within the framework of the research analytics championships), opponents are able to reveal the tiniest errors in scientific works of others. An additional element of the validation of a scientific study is a factor of its joint evaluation by members of the international scientific community and experts from different countries. In addition, another important step in the approbation of the research is the wide promulgation of it, which (in the case of its publication in a specialized journal of the IASHE) is carried out after the professional evaluation of the work.

6.21. Practical implementation.

One of the most difficult problems of modern science is the factor of considerable distance between theoretical science and practical implementation of its products in social practice. IASHE is consistently implementing a whole range of programs (international scientific congresses, publication and dissemination of scientific bulletins-recommendations, foundation of the innovations exchange, taking orders for the resolution of scientific problems, programs of copyright protection for scientists, etc.) aimed on the creation of conditions for an active familiarization of members of the general public and the business environment with scientific researches and their results.

6.22. Doctoral qualifications, their hierarchy and cumulative conversion

The outcome of the doctoral program may be: a) if the yearly results of participation in the GISAP project correspond to minimum acceptable requirements – an acquisition of a certain doctoral qualification (from a list of qualifications stated by this Provision) relevant to the scale of achievements of an applicant in research analytics championships during the same year; b) if the yearly applicant’s results of participation in the GISAP project do not meet the minimum acceptable requirements - the doctoral program in the reporting year is passed with no results.

The IASHE establishes a strict hierarchy of qualifications that can be acquired by an applicant following the results of participation in research analytics championships in the reporting year (or as a result of cumulative conversion of two or more lower-level qualifications into one high-level qualification).

Minimum parameters of compliance of an applicant’s GISAP project participation results in the reporting year to one or another doctoral qualification, as well as parameters of cumulative conversion of two or more low-level qualifications into one high-level qualification are stated by the present Provision and are open and available to anyone interested.

System hierarchy of scientific-analytical (creative) doctoral qualifications is determined by the anticipated scale of achievements of applicants in research analytics championships of the reporting year (corresponding to each doctor's qualification within the system of qualifications). System hierarchy of scientific-analytical (creative) doctoral qualifications is determined and formed by the relevant hierarchy of competencies, reasonably imputed to effective researchers - depending on the size and nature of participation and achievements of participants of research analytics championships of the GISAP project.

The structure of systematic hierarchy of scientific-analytical (creative) doctoral qualifications provides an objective and accurate qualification assessment of results of applicants’ participation in research analytics championships.

The mechanism of accumulative conversion of two or more low-level qualifications into one high-level qualification provides an objective assessment of stability of the applicant’s consistently high results during several years of participation in the GISAP project, as well as the multiplicity of already acquired doctoral qualifications.

a) Establishment of an international mechanism of stimulation, support and development of scientific activity and creativity of scientists from different countries;

b) Promotion of the innovative progress of an international science;

a) Establishment of an international mechanism for promotion of communications and competitiveness of scientists from different countries;

d) Establishment of a stable institutional environment for ensuring interactions, consolidation and cooperation of scientists from different countries;

e) Establishment of an objective system of qualification assessment of research activities of scientists from different countries;

e) Establishment of a transparent system of qualification tools to ensure the recognition of research activities and achievements of scientists from different countries by the international scientific community;

g) Ensuring the wide international promulgation of scientific studies of scientists from different countries;

h) Providing an objective scientometric accounting of research activities of scientists from different countries;

i) Promotion of international professional and academic mobility of students, professionals, educators and scientists.

j) Other purposes, naturally corresponding to the general ideology, purposes and principles of doctoral programs.

8. Doctoral scientific-analytical programs of the IASHE function (are realized) on the following principles:

- Openness (available to everyone professionally engaged in scientific studies, regardless of their current educational qualifications);

- Personification and sole authorship (scientific works presented within GISAP the project, written only by a relevant person (the author) are to be accounted in doctoral programs);

- Innovativeness of programs (doctoral programs, ideology, and the mechanism of their implementation, as well as the system hierarchy of doctoral qualifications are an innovation in international scientific and educational environment and are an intellectual property of the IASHE);

- Innovativeness of scientific studies (innovativeness of scientific studies submitted by research analytics championships participants has a major significance during the implementation of doctoral programs, ensuring the success of their finishing by candidates);

- Yearly basis (time period during which the applicant must pass a doctoral program with the minimum allowed results for the implementation of their qualifications, is one calendar (reporting) year);

- International unity (rules of the implementation of doctoral programs are the same for all countries, and the implementation of such a mechanism contributes to the unification of the international scientific community);

- Natural professional selection of studies (quality of scientific works is defined in a natural way in the process of comparison of scientific studies, their collective evaluation by professional scientists through discussions);

- Democracy (doctoral programs exclude any participation restrictions, except the natural requirements concerning education and profession of potential competitors);

- Recognition of educational qualifications (qualifications, legally obtained by persons concerned in the higher educational institutions of different countries are recognized within the doctoral programs);

- Transparency (mechanism and process of implementation of doctoral programs are available for everyone interested to examine);

- Clarity and simplicity of rules;

- Multi-elemental structure of programs (the system of doctoral qualifications and competences, as well as the procedure of passing the doctoral programs and the requirements to the results of participation in research analytics championships of reporting year have multi-factorial structure that requires attention from the persons concerned);

- Independent activities (many factors of participation of the applicant in doctoral programs are based on his own initiative, dedication and hard work);

- Hierarchy (the system of doctoral qualifications, which can be assigned to the applicant on the basis of successful participation in research analytics championships of the year consists of a hierarchy of elements in which some qualifications require a higher level of evaluation of scientific activity and professional competence of the relevant person than others);

- Convertibility of qualifications;

- Promulgation of scientific studies;

- Compliance with international educational standards and traditions;

- Compliance with international standards and best practices of research activities;

- Compliance with international standards of professional assessment of scientific studies;

- Professionalism (persons whose professional qualifications are based on the submitted personal educational and academic documents take part in doctoral programs);

- Legitimacy (from the point of view of international law and national legislation of most developed countries in the world, doctoral programs meet all requirements of legitimacy);

- No payments required;

- Reality (doctoral programs are implemented through the actual implementation of targeted actions of applicants, the IASHE and other participants of the GISAP project);

- Objectivity;

- Competitiveness;

- Specialization (doctoral programs are to be implemented only within a single scientific sectoral specialization, corresponding to the basic higher education of a person);

- Creativity;

- Hard work;

- Persistence;

- Systemacy and “multi-stageness” of programs and their implementation;

- Progressiveness;

- Consistency and intensity of scientific activities (doctoral programs are to be implemented through the consistent but intense passing of stages (elements) of a program);

- Strategy and tactics of doctoral programs (for successful (effective) passage of doctoral programs, at first applicants should develop a strategy and tactics of such passage concerning the selection of  scientific specialty, preliminary preparation of a scientific study, its language, representation at various stages of research analytics championships etc.);

- The outcome of passage of doctoral programs depends on the opinion of the international scientific community;

- Priority of research processes and scientific progress over the formal process of academic regalia assignment;

- Confronting formalism;

- Confronting plagiarism;

- Confronting corruption;

- Confronting the international fragmentation of science;

- Expansion of boundaries of academic and professional recognition of scientific studies, achievements and qualifications;

- Organization of international scientific communications;

- Organization of international scientific cooperation;

- Ensuring the interaction of scientific schools;

- The promotion of academic and professional mobility of researchers;

- Legal (documentary) clearance (doctoral qualifications, in the case of their acquisition by candidates on the basis of the results of participation in the GISAP project, are to be documentarily formalized to provide a comprehensive description and an appropriate legal presentation of the qualification competence of the person);

- Prestigious possession of doctoral qualifications (doctoral qualifications, acquired by applicants on the basis of results of participation in the GISAP project, set personal scientific status of the relevant person, but at the same time belong to the IASHE; IASHE reserves the right to control the process of assignment of doctoral qualifications and revocation (cancellation) of them in case if actions of the person discredit the IASHE, its activities or the status of doctoral qualifications in any way);

- The IASHE is responsible for the objectivity (the IASHE bears full responsibility for the objectivity of doctoral programs and assignment of doctoral qualifications to persons rightfully deserving to receive them in accordance with the rules established by the present Provision);

- Responsibility of the holder of a doctoral qualification (degree) for the quality of his research activities (holder of a doctoral qualification (degree) is responsible to IASHE for the qualitative compliance of his future research activities with the achieved level of doctoral qualification; significant reduction of a doctorate’s quality of scientific activity is considered by the IASHE as a factor discrediting the doctoral qualification and the Academy);

- A combination of academic activity, self-education, innovativeness and scientific and public recognition (in the core of the process of implementation of doctoral programs the elements of academic education, self-education, creative expression joint expert evaluation of scientific activity are combined in an optimal way; doctoral qualifications presuppose that subsequent scientific activity of their owners will also assume the reasonable combination of these elements.)

9.1. Doсtoral programs represent a uniform process of participation of applicants in research analytics championships of the GISAP project, corresponding to the parameters established by the present Provision. The success of passing of doctoral programs by applicants is predefined by the results of their participation in research analytics championships for the relevant reporting year.

9.2. Doctoral programs are divided into sectoral and qualification types. Sectoral type of a doctoral program is determined by the belonging to a particular branch of science. Doctoral programs are differentiated into qualification types, relevant to doctoral qualifications, stated by the present Provision depending on the extent and quality of participation of applicants in research analytics championships for the relevant reporting year, as well as their level of success (the scale of achievements) during such participation.

9.3. The scale and intensity of the applicant's participation in the research analytics championships determine the actual educational and research workload of the doctoral program. Achievements in research analytics championships characterize: qualification extent of understanding educational elements of the program by an applicant; relevant competence level of a scientist; achievement of a significant level of innovations in research; high collegial ranking of a research from the side of the professional scientific community.

9.4. Doctoral program is initiated and is to be implemented upon the fact of participation of an interested person in the research analytics championships.

9.5. Participation in the doctoral program does not require any additional administrative actions or payments from an applicant.

9.6. Participation in the doctoral program (for its successful finishing) presupposes a conscious definition of strategy and tactics of an applicant, participating in the research analytics championships with a focus on the requirements, stated in the present Provision.

9.7. The fact of passing a doctoral program is defined upon the results of the applicant's participation in the research analytics championships of the relevant reporting year. Depending on the extent of participation and the level of achievements of an applicant in the research analytics championships, (if they meet the minimum acceptable qualification requirements) the specific doctoral qualification, obtained by a competitor in the reporting year is determined. 

10.1. Participation in doctoral programs is a free will of the persons concerned.

10.2. The person concerned has the right to enter or leave a doctoral program upon his own decision any time throughout the year.

10.3. Participation in the doctoral program does not require an interested person to write any applications or personal entering into special administrative or contractual relationship with the IASHE.

10.4. Participation of an interested person in doctoral programs is carried out in accordance with the rules, established by this Provision upon the condition that the person has the status the research analytics championship participant.

10.5. This Provision has the status of a standard contract of free joining of the interested parties to doctoral programs, upon condition of compliance of such persons with the requirements for of doctoral programs participants.

10.6. Participation in doctoral programs is realized through participation of the person in the research analytics championships of the GISAP project. Any participant of research analytics championships of the GISAP has a right to refuse to participate in the doctoral program or ignore the factor of application of data concerning his achievements in the project for the reporting year (for their qualification assessment). Any member has the right to refuse to obtain a doctoral qualification and the relevant documents, formalized by the IASHE.

10.7. Participation in doctoral programs does not require any additional payments from the person concerned, except for the remuneration of expenses of the IASHE on preparation, making up and postal transfer of relevant documents.

10.8. Member of a doctoral program has the status of the scientific-analytical doctoral qualification applicant (doctoral candidate).

10.9. Results of the applicant’s participation in the research analytics championships of the GISAP (an outcome of the representation of scientific studies of individual authorship only within the project) are taken into account in doctoral programs.

10.10. An applicant has the right to participate in the doctoral program only within the framework of the sectoral specialization, corresponding to his basic higher education.

10.11. If an applicant has several educational qualifications in the field of higher education in various fields of science, he has the right to participate in the relevant number of doctoral programs of corresponding branches of science. As an exception, another variant is also allowed: parallel (together with the doctoral program) passage of the corresponding basic educational qualification of the person, as well as the doctoral program in objectively related specialization (for this specialization an applicant must have additional qualifications, skills or experience in scientific, educational or another professional activity).

10.12. Simultaneous participation of an applicant in several sectoral doctoral programs involves their separate accounting. It is not allowed to combine the results of such participation to meet qualification requirements.

10.13. Within the realization of a sectoral doctoral program the results of an applicant’s participation in research analytics championships of the GISAP project of different levels in one or several thematic (problematic) sections within the relevant branch of science are taken into account.

10.14. In the context of implementation of a doctoral program an applicant is free to choose thematic sections of the GISAP research analytics championships, in which he presents his researches (an obligatory condition: such sections must correspond to the sectoral type of the doctoral program). While selecting these thematic sections, an applicant should take into account the rules of the GISAP research analytics championships. According to these rules the stability of a person’s participation in championships within the same sections is a significant advantage on the path of achieving better tournament results.

10.15. Doctoral programs subject to realization during each (reporting) year. The results of the applicant's participation in the doctoral program of the current year that do not meet the minimum acceptable qualification requirements (compliance with the doctoral qualification requirements) are not transferred to the next year and not summed up with similar past or future results.

10.16. Doctoral program is considered to be successfully implemented if the results of the applicant’s participation in research analytics championships of the GISAP for the reporting year correspond to the minimum acceptable qualification requirements in any of the doctoral qualifications established by this Provision.

10.17. If the applicant’s results of participation in the research analytics championships of the GISAP in the same branch for the reporting year correspond to the minimum qualification requirements in several doctoral qualifications of the same branch, the applicant acquires the highest of these qualifications.

10.18. During several years of participation in the GISAP project and doctoral programs, the same person can become the owner of several identical sectoral doctoral qualifications.

10.19. Several lower level sectoral doctoral qualifications (acquired by a person over several years of participation in the GISAP project and doctoral programs) can be converted into high level sectoral doctoral qualification in accordance with the proportions of equalization (exchange) of doctoral qualifications, stated by this Provision.

10.20. The procedure and results of doctoral programs, as well as the level of doctoral qualifications assigned to any candidate do not depend on presence or absence of any academic degrees  and are not associated with these degrees.

11. Publications and scientometric nomination of scientific studies within the framework of realization of doctoral scientific and analytical programs of the IASHE.

11.1. Current and final results of participation of competitors in doctoral programs in the form of relevant scientific studies, their professional collegial assessment by representatives of the scientific community, as well as statistical information and data about the achievements in the GISAP project are to be published and promulgated: a) on the Internet-resources – on web-sites and pages of the IASHE and the GISAP in international social networks and its partners; b) in international collections of scientific works; c) in international specialized journals of the IASHE d) in special informational and presentational issues of the IASHE.

11.2. Scientific papers published within the framework of the doctoral program are to be scientometrically nominated in the following areas: a) scientometric accounting and analysis within the framework of international research activity and efficiency rankings of the IASHE concerning scientists and educational institutions; b) within the framework of the international scientometric database of the IASHE «Socrates-Impulse »; c) within the framework of functioning of other international scientometric databases. 

12.1. Doctoral research and analytical (creative) programs of the IASHE - it is an additional step in the qualitative improvement of basic higher education, professional and research knowledge and skills acquired by the person. Programs provide motivating and instrumental impact on the development of creative initiative of the specialist and his scientific-innovative (original) identity. This phase of development of higher educational qualification of the person is realized through self-education and creative self-expression of a specialist in research activities carried out in the international scientific community. This process is directed, controlled and standardized by the IASHE. It is accompanied by procedures of international scientific and social certification in a form of an open competitive assessment of scientific studies presented by professionals from different countries. Programs are associated with open promulgation of scientific studies; wide professional discussions; qualitative comparison with similar (in their special subject) academic work of other authors; qualified collective assessment.

12.2. The mechanism of acquisition of additional specialized knowledge and educational skills within the framework of realization of doctoral research-analytical programs of the IASHE: communications with colleagues; discussions (criticism and opposing); examination of scientific and educational sources in the process of reports writing; creative preparation of scientific reports (articles) with a focus on innovative approach to the disclosure of stated topics of scientific researches; innovative transformation of the studied information and creative representation of the author's position; examination of the research reports of other authors, their professional assessment and reviewing (within the discussion)  with colleagues from different countries.

12.3. Contributing factor of professional development: examination of studies of colleagues from different countries, based on theoretical positions of various national scientific schools; understanding the diversity of information (total sum of reports) of the international team of authors in the context of comparison of subject-based, methodological and innovative approaches of national and international scientific schools concerning the studied problem.

12.4. Complicated and effective specificity of the factor of international certification is in the fact of the professional assessment and critical (discussion-based) commenting of reports by specialists - scientists from different countries.

12.5. Particularity of an assessment system: evaluation is carried out in strict and demanding context - not only a statement of knowledge, forms of presentation of scientific study, analytical skills of an author and presented scientific innovations, but also a competitive comparison of the author’s research with similar studies (based on their scientific specialization (subject)) of authors from different countries.

12.6. Acquisition of secondary skills: a) the necessity of regular presentation of original scientific studies in English and participation in multilingual debates due to their promulgation as well as the necessity to study, evaluate, comment and provide discussion support of reports of authors from different countries – all this contributes to the expansion of linguistic knowledge and language skills of the program participants; b) the necessity to submit studies with an emphasis on original innovations for the assessment from the side of the international scientific community; necessity not to hesitate to take part in collegial assessment and in the international discussion of own works and works of other participants; the necessity to evaluate works of other participants of the project – all this not only contributes to the acquisition of sustainable communicative and logic-rhetorical skills, but also the stress tolerance. 

13.1. The original feature of doctoral programs is in the fact they are not the formalized system (administrative and documentary) of accounting tools (fixation and evaluation) of research activities. They act as an effective stimulus to creativity, self-realization of scientists and the scientific process itself. Within the framework of a doctoral program its formal (documentary and statistical) component does not direct and imprison the scientific activity, but adapts to it. Assessment-qualification part of a doctoral program is based on collective professional discussions, collective decision-making by scientists from different countries. It acts not as the administrative procedure, but as an integral part of free scientific process.

13.2. Science - the most important area of human creativity. Doctoral programs are effective in stimulating creativity of scientists through: a) systemacy (programs include consistent and step-by-step participation in research analytics championships, multiple presentations and publications of scientific studies); b) international presentation (scientific activities of an applicant are presented to the international scientific community); c) competitiveness and comparativeness (author's scientific views and the applicant’s abstracts are to be qualitatively tested through the comparison with scientific researches of colleagues from different countries and formation of a specific hierarchy of scientific papers of the highest quality); c) communicativeness (within the framework of realization of doctoral programs the entire scientific process is based on communication and cooperation of scientists from different countries); g) discussion-based professional analysis (scientists from around the world hold a professional debates concerning the research, based on principles of discussion-based constructive criticism, requiring the authors of these studies to actively defend their positions); e) collegial professional assessment (within the framework of implementation of doctoral programs scientific researches are collectively evaluated by experts - representatives of the international scientific community); e) mass promulgation (within the framework of doctoral programs scientific activities of competitors take place in an open and transparent way - scientific researches and results of their participation in research analytics championships are widely distributed). 

14.1. Doctoral programs act as a form of organization and development of effective research activities in the context of their monitoring, professional analysis and qualitative assessment by the representatives of the international scientific community - experts from around the world.

14.2. First of all doctoral qualifications, assigned to applicants on the basis of successful realization of doctoral programs – are the scientific degrees (titles), reflecting a high level of research activity, creative self-expression, progressiveness and innovativeness, expressed in a long list (number of reports must correspond to the minimum acceptable qualification requirements) of original studies of a particular scientist, published in a relatively limited (one year) and short (in terms of the scientific process) period of time. 

15.1. The implementation of doctoral programs is based on an objectively the most effective and universally accepted method of ensuring the legitimacy of social processes, which combines: a) democratic process involving of the international scientific community representatives to making legally significant decisions; b) procedure of ensuring the high professional quality of qualification assessment, involving skilled professionals from around the world; c) professional collegiality of making all the decisions, related to the procedure of the doctoral program realization; d) international level of scientific process, associated with the implementation of a doctoral program, expressed in a representative participation of experts from different countries and scientific schools in such a process; e) mass promulgation, transparency, accessibility and objectivity of information about doctoral programs and their implementation.

15.2. The IASHE guarantees that competences acquired by applicants correspond to the assigned doctoral qualifications.

15.3. The IASHE provides doctoral qualification with organizational support, documentation and legalization from the side of the IASHE.

15.4. Doctoral programs are not a direct analogue of the traditional academic university doctoral programs, where such programs act as a period (stage) of an educational process. Doctoral programs are the fundamental innovation in the field of development, evaluation and status fixation of the level of professional qualification and achievements of scientists - researchers.

15.5. Legality of doctoral programs is defined by their principal innovativeness, objectivity and professionalism of realization as well as the absence of purpose to substitute or to make a direct analogue to the academic doctoral programs of universities.

15.6. All competent public authorities and municipalities, as well as officials of these structures and the authorized bodies and heads of higher educational institutions and scientific organizations are encouraged to take into account (to assess and consider) the research (creative) qualifications obtained by persons concerned as the result of passing doctoral programs as legitimate, objective (reliable) and professional certificates of acquisition of scientific competence of the international level, as well as high level of knowledge, skills and research innovativeness of a scientist, able to provide excellent quality of his research and teaching activities.

15.7. Doctoral programs are implemented in accordance with the basic principles of respect towards human rights in the field of education and scientific creativity, proclaimed by: the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region (1979), European Convention on the Academic Recognition of University Qualifications (1959), Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education (1997), Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific (1983), European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities (1953), European Convention on the Equivalence of Periods of University Study (1956, 1990 edition), International Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab and European States bordering on the Mediterranean (1976), other international Conventions and Agreements, other rules of international law in the field of science and education, concluded under the auspices of the UN, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and also by «Magna Charta Universitatum» (1988), Sorbonne Declaration (1998) and the Bologna Declaration (1999).

15.8. Any research (creative) qualification (doctoral qualification) obtained by an applicant following the results of the realization of the doctoral program, in order to ensure and guarantee the fact of current and future compliance of scientific and educational competence of the person with the specified qualification belongs to the IASHE.

15.9. Doctoral programs and qualifications have the status of international scientific instruments, as they are used in the international scientific process on the basis of the international law. They are not under the exclusive jurisdiction of any state. 

16.1. The hierarchy of research (creative) qualifications includes a system of doctoral qualifications (degrees) of various levels, corresponding to different research competences of scientists, and thereby establishing various academic, professional and scientific titles of such persons. Doctoral qualifications (degrees) within the structure of the hierarchy of research (creative) qualifications are classified, systematized in an ordered sequence. Within this sequence some qualifications (low-level) precede other qualifications (high-level).

16.2. Hierarchical system of research (creative) qualifications, as well as the status of each qualification are predetermined by: a) the mechanism for of qualifications achievement (the scale of participation and the level of success of the applicant in the GISAP project); b) knowledge and skills, confirmed or acquired in the course of a doctoral program; c) quantity and quality of original innovations (theories, ideas, theses, proposals, designs etc.) presented in the process of implementation of doctoral programs; d) total professional competence of an applicant, based on professional collegial assessment of such person’s participation results in research analytics championships of the GISAP project, carried out by high-level experts in the relevant field of science - representatives of the international scientific community; e) comparison (within research analytics championships of the GISAP) of research competence and creative potential of the scientist with similar capabilities of his colleagues – competitors in research analytics championships; e) justifiability of arguments and purposefulness of an applicant while defending their scientific ideas in communications and discussions with colleagues from different countries; g) the degree of efficiency (success) of the strategy and tactics of participation in research analytics championships of the GISAP, chosen by an applicant.

16.3. The hierarchy of research (creative) qualifications includes five doctoral degrees (qualifications) and an International Master of Science Analytics (IMSA) degree. IMSA qualification is included in the doctoral degree category because it can be converted into a doctoral research qualification of higher level.

16.4. The system of research (creative) qualifications consists of the following set of doctoral degrees, listed in a hierarchical sequence (from low-level degrees to high-level degrees):

17. Scientific, educational, pedagogical and professional competence, relevant to research (creative) qualifications (doctoral qualifications)

17.1. Competence, acquired by the applicant within the realization of a doctoral program, involves a set of acquired and freely accessible for practical implementation sectoral knowledge, skills and abilities, letting him effectively solve specific problems of various complexity (depending on the type of competence and the level of doctoral qualification) in the field of science, education, teaching or professional activities.

17.2. Depending on the content of the and possible practical orientation of the application of sectoral knowledge, skills and abilities, general research (creative) competence of the doctoral qualification holder is differentiated into scientific, educational, pedagogical and professional competence.

17.3. Standard content of the research (creative) competences, corresponding to the established doctoral qualifications:

* - as a necessary condition volume and content of competencies of all kinds of each subsequent higher level of research (creative) qualification presupposes an absorption of similar competences of previous lower levels, as well as additional (increasing the value of qualification) elements of competence.

17.4. Reservations to the standard content of research (creative) competencies corresponding to the established doctoral qualifications:

a) content of competencies is conditional. It is based on the assumption that high level of scientific and educational qualification of an effective scientist, and personal (psychological and moral) features obviously relevant to this level of intellectual development hypothetically (with high probability) should allow an appropriate person to successfully perform teaching and professional functions of significant complexity and requiring high professionalism of the performer. Moreover the following probability is substantiated: higher level of intellectual and analytical capabilities of an individual (other things being equal) presupposes a correspondingly higher level of a professional qualification of a person.

b) Regardless of any actual scientific and educational qualifications of a scientist, his functional capabilities (pedagogical and professional potential) are largely pre-determined by individual psychological characteristics and the social status (role) of such a person. These (extremely diverse in terms of their practical expression) subjective characteristics of various individuals can not be objectively considered as a standard assumption that allows to form a stable (objective) analytical condition, based on the representative statistical sample. Hypothetical standardization of the generalized and unified social and psychological status of the scientist (while determining the level of his competence), would lead to a significant statistical and analytical error in the fixation of the scientist's functionality, directly depending on his social status and activity. In this regard, factors of influence of personal features on the degree and nature of correspondence of educational and research qualifications to functional qualifications in the field of educational and professional activities are absorbed by logical assumption «other things being equal».

c) In most cases, the execution of various professional responsibilities in вшааукуте areas of public life and production involves the necessity of gradual acquisition (by a specialist) of necessary professional skills, not connected directly with the objective level of his knowledge. Therefore, the condition of practical approbation and practical fixation of knowledge during the comparison of competencies should be taken into account a priori.

d) The principle of comparison and correspondence of competences ignores the fact of special talents (gifted or genius person) of individuals, as well as their deep inclination to a certain kind of activity. In this regard, such factors as the ability of the holder of a lower educational and research qualification to perform professional and pedagogical functions of higher level may occur in practice. They are not anyway reflected in the system of qualifications comparison as the statistically obvious fact.

e) Total amount of educational competencies may ignore individual functional elements naturally inherent or traditionally associated with the above-stated main abilities, capabilities or inclinations of persons concerned.

e) Recognition and formalization of competencies of the relevant applicant from the side of the IASHE through giving that person a particular doctor's qualification, makes him obliged to follow all the rules of this Provision. 

18. Research (creative) doctoral qualifications as well as certain status options correspond to the following minimal qualification requirements:

* - If at the end of the year a GISAP project participant has significant results and achievements, which anyway do not meet the qualification values of ?equating of results of the project participation with requirements of the relevant scientific and analytical degree of the IASHE indicated in the table, such person will have a chance to ask the IASHE to exchange excessive credits of higher assessment value for insufficient credits of lower assessment value.

** - After a long-term participation in the GISAP project a person may be a holder of two or more scientific and analytical degrees of the IASHE of lower level. In this case a person may convert such regalia in the appropriate scientific and analytical degree of higher level upon the abovementioned proprtions.

*** - «Conditional diploma» is an abstract accounting and statistical unit, allowing reasonably and fairly determine the degree of success of research-analytical activities of the person within the GISAP project. Within championships of an appropriate level (national, continental, world championships) and taking the status of the results (based on the results of the stage or all the championship of the year) «conditional diplomas» correspond to actual diplomas in the following proportion: 1 golden diploma equals 3 conditional diplomas; 1 silver diploma equals 2 conditional diplomas, 1 bronze diploma is equal to 1 conditional diploma.

**** - An alternative (accumulative) method of acquisition of the International Doctor of Philosophy and Science Analytics (IDPSA) degree is a special procedure mentioned in «General Regulations for conducting championships (competitions) in research analytics».

19.1. Accumulative conversion involves an option (possibility) available for long-term participants of the GISAP - holders of two or more scientific and analytical low-level degrees of the IASHE. The option allows such a person to convert theses degrees in the appropriate scientific and analytical degree of higher rank (on the basis of proportions, presented in Section 18 of this Provision).

19.2. Accumulative conversion is a factor of qualification characteristics of a consistently high level of  a person's research activity, as well as high opinion of it from the side scientists and professionals from different countries and the wide international promulgation. 

20.1. Interchangeability of qualification criteria involves the following option (possibility): following the results of the reporting year, a participant of the GISAP with results and achievements in research analytics championships that do not fully meet the qualification requirements of a certain scientific-analytical degree of the IASHE may apply to the IASHE with an application concerning the exchange of excessive credits of higher assessment value for the needed (insufficient) credits of lower assessment value.

20.2. The interchangeability of qualification criteria is a reasonable and objective instrument of variable and situational multi-factoral accounting of qualitative and quantitative features of research activities (at the same time maintaining a consistently high and proportionate level of requirements to them). 

21. Conditional parameters of correlation of research (creative) doctoral qualifications and degrees, traditionally acquired within the framework of standard academic (educational) process (hereinafter referred to as - parameters)

21.1. Parameters have approximately the following content:

21.2. Parameters are not an official fixation and not the absolute criterion of comparative correlation of academic degrees. They are the approximate mechanisms of conditional comparison of scientific regalia on the basis of their compliance with certain quantitative and qualitative parameters of the scientist's research activities, general accessibility, systematic character and innovativeness of his scientific publications, international  assessment and recognition of academic achievements (research results).

21.3. Parameters are informal and should be used to facilitate the understanding of assumed content and status significance of research (creative) doctoral qualifications.

21.4. Taking the characteristics of parameters into account, it is necessary to bear in mind that in different countries and in different educational institutions assigning academic degrees, the same regalia can meet various requirements to scientific activities, have different scientific and educational content and be assigned on the basis of passing of completely different certification and qualification procedures by candidates. That is why even concerning the same research (creative) doctoral qualifications different formats of correlation with certain traditional academic and professional degrees of various educational systems and institutions are applied in parameters.

21.5. The main vectors of comparison of doctoral qualifications, used in the parameters:

a) actual characteristics of scientific activity of an applicant: intensity (scale), quality, consistency, creativity, independence, activity, innovativeness, competitiveness, publication of researches, international assessment;

b) demand, complexity and scientific fullness of procedures of doctoral programs passing: quantitative and qualitative scale of publications, their assessment by the international scientific community, the scale of requirements to the applicant and his research activity, competitiveness (competitive nature), potential reachability (availability) of doctoral degrees.

21.6. Comparative elements of correlation used in parameters are based on the approximate assessment characteristics of quality and extent of scientific studies, as well as the content of the applicant's efforts (without formal and bureaucratic content), corresponding to one or another research qualification (doctoral degree).

21.7. Parameters do not fix any priority, benefits, prevailing significance ??or status in the process of comparison of different doctoral qualifications. They just state conditional results of approximate comparison of requirements and the level of complexity of scientific tasks for potential applicants and relevant to one or another doctoral qualification.

21.8. Parameters do not indicate the level of international distribution and recognition, as well as the legitimacy of one or another doctoral qualifications. 

22. Doctoral qualifications and the expert status of the International Union of Commerce and Industry (IUCI, London, UK)

22.1. Holders of doctoral qualifications obtain the corresponding IUCI expert status of a certain level. They are to be involved in the IUCI commercial programs for a fee.

22.2. The IUCI expert status of the same level can not be assigned twice.

22.3. The correlation between a doctoral qualifications and status levels of expert of IUCI:

23.1. Automatic academic status - a status role of a particular person in relation to the IASHE and its activities, corresponding to the position (place) of such a person in the organizational structure of the Academy.

23.2. Certain automatic academic status is given to the relevant person without any additional conditions when such person receives doctoral qualification of an appropriate level.

23.3. The correlation between certain doctoral qualifications and academic statuses of an appropriate level:

24.1. Possible list of documents, subject to registration upon the results of successful completion of a doctoral program (doctoral package):

a) Doctoral diploma;

b) Doctoral wall-mounted diploma;

c) All-European supplement to the doctoral diploma - Europass Diploma Supplement (DS);

g) The European mobility passport - Europass Mobility (EM);

d) The IUCI expert certificate;

e) Academic status certificate.

24.2. A specific set of documents (individual doctoral package), approving the passage of the doctoral program and obtaining the research (creative) doctoral qualification is determined by the person concerned.

24.3. Compulsory element of the package is the Doctoral diploma.

24.4. At the request of the person concerned all possible documents except the DS and EM (do not require any forms of certification) may be stamped with the UK apostille.

24.5. Documents of the doctoral package are drawn up for a fee.

24.6. Doctoral diplomas and doctoral wall-mounted diplomas are the documents, given in perpetuity to the person, named on them, but belonging to the IASHE.

24.7. Recognition and registration of competencies of the relevant applicant from the side of the IASHE by providing this person with a particular doctoral qualification and its documentation, make a person obliged to follow all the rules of this Provision..

24.8. An additional (symbolic) element attached to the doctoral package is the «Doctoral sign of the IASHE». 

25.1. Exclusive copyright for doctoral programs, principles and mechanisms of their implementation, as well as exclusive naming of elements of doctoral programs regulated in this Provision belong to the  IASHE.

25.2. Any copying or other usage of objects of copyright of the IASHE is possible only with the permission of the Academy and on the basis of an agreement with it.