Organization
Short history
In 1995 the Hungarian Accreditation Committee convened a “Regional Meeting of Accreditation Bodies in CEE Countries for a two-day meeting”. In 2000, representatives responsible for quality assurance in Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia met in Budapest with the goal to form the CEE Network as a sub-network under the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies. Meeting in Krakow in 2001, the CEE Network was founded and statutes were adopted by the initial 13 members. The meeting adopted the network’s first regulations that went into force in 2002. In 2011, the CEE Network took the acronym CEENQA, when it was registered as an Association in Düsseldorf, Germany.
CEENQA entities
General Assembly
The General Assembly is the highest decision-making and supervisory organ of the Association and consists of representatives of the members. The functions of the General Assembly are:
- to elect the members of the Executive Board,
- to elect the President and Vice President from among the members of the Executive Board members,
- to elect the Treasurer from among the Executive Board members,
- to consider the recommendations of the Executive Board concerning new membership applications and to decide upon admissions,
- to consider the recommendations of the Executive Board regarding the exclusion of members and to make decisions to that effect,
- to discuss and confirm the work programme of the Association, following preparation of the programme by the Executive Board,
- to vote on the financial statements for the financial year, the financial budget for the next year and the membership fees,
- to discuss and adopt the procedures for internal audits,
- to elect the internal auditors,
- to decide on other issues on the proposal of the Executive Board or one or more members.
Executive Board
Simona Lache, ARACIS (Romania)
President
CEENQA President since 2026 and Board member since 2021. Director of the Accreditation Department of the Romanian Agency of Quality assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) and Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Quality Evaluation at Transilvania University.
Lasha Margishvili, NCEQE (Georgia)
Vice - president
CEENQA Vice-President since 2026 and Board member since 2025. Deputy Director at National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement.
Yuliia Bleshmudt, FIBAA (Germany)
Treasurer, Executive Board Member
CEENQA Board member since 2026. Division Manager for International Accreditation Procedures at Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).
Benjamin Muhamedbegović, HEA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Executive Board Member
CEENQA Board member since 2021. Assistant Director for Quality Assurance in the Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HEA BiH)
Marina Grubišić, ASHE (Croatia)
Executive Board Member
CEENQA Board member since 2026. Head of the Division for Evaluation Procedures in Higher Education and Assistant Director at Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE).
Nataliia Stukalo, NAQA (Ukraine)
Executive Board Member
CEENQA Board member since 2026. Vice-head at National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (NAQA).
Sibel Süzen, ECZAKDER (Türkiye)
Executive Board Member
CEENQA Board member since 2026. Head of the Progression of International Activities Working Group at ECZAKDER. Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy.
Nebojša Zdravković, NEAQA (Serbia)
Executive Board Member
CEENQA Board member since 2026. Director of National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NEAQA).
Secretary-General
Nataša Kramar
Secretary-General
Nataša Kramar works in the Department for Quality Assurance and International Cooperation at the Slovenian QA agency (NAKVIS).
Jan Philipp Engelmann
Administrative Support
Jan Philipp Engelmann works as a quality assurance and enhancement officer at the University of Münster, Germany.
