General Assembly 2025

The CEENQA Board would like to inform its members that the next General Assembly and workshop will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, on 13th and 14th June, and will be hosted by the Estonian Quality Agency for Education, HAKA.

The topic of the workshop will be “Higher Education’s Connection with the Labour Market.” The programme will be announced by the end of the year.


Bi-monthly meetings

CEENQA’s last bi-monthly meeting took place on 18 September with the following agenda:

10:00 – 10:15 CET: Board Members’ report
10:15 – 10:30 CET: Building a sustainable quality assurance system for university alliances: the YUFE approach
10:30 – 10:45 CET: Current reforms in Uzbekistan Higher Education (ARIA, Uzbekistan)
10:45 – 11:00 CET: Ceenqa Mobility experience (NAKVIS, Slovenia & NAB, The Czech Republic)
11:00 – 11:30 CET: Discussion

You can find the presentations here.


CEENQA General Assembly and Workshop 2024: Exploring Cross-Border Cooperation

The 2024 CEENQA General Assembly and Workshop took place on May 17-18 in Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted by the Education Quality Assurance Agency (TKTA). The workshop’s theme focused on cross-border cooperation.

The event addressed various topics related to cross-border cooperation, including trends and challenges in cross-border accreditation, the impact of cross-border accreditation on the world of work and the economy, best practices for the recognition of foreign qualifications, international accreditation and strategic planning for higher education institutions (HEIs), and the legal and political framework conditions for cross-border recognition.

The presentations from the workshop can be found here.

During the General Assembly, Vesna Dodiković-Jurković from the Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) was elected as the new president, succeeding Franci Demšar from the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education (NAKVIS). Additionally, the (re)election for four board members took place, resulting in the election of Vesna Dodiković-Jurković, Péter Levente Lakatos, Dinçay Köksal, and Hasan Ali Bicak as board members.

The 2024 General Assembly successfully conducted key elections, approved strategic initiatives, and financial matters, and made important decisions for CEENQA’s future. Overall, the assembly’s outcomes reflect a strong commitment to advancing CEENQA’s objectives and enhancing its network.


Publication: People and Culture in QA Agencies

Our publication reflects on the important priority of quality assurance agencies: ensuring employee access to appropriate education and training opportunities. Read more and access it here.