“Mapping external quality assurance in Central and Eastern Europe. A comparative survey by the CEE Network” by Stefanie Hofmann, ACQUIN, was published in the series ENQA Occasional Papers, No. 8. A limited number of copies may be ordered free of charge by writing to Christina Rozsnyai at rozsnyai@mab.hu, or by linking to www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso
Jan Philipp Engelmann
CEE Network workshop in Poznan
The CEE Network held a workshop in Poznan, Poland, on 29 May 2005. (For pictures of the meeting please visit www.uka.amu.edu.pl/ceen_galeria.html.) Participants discussed the preliminary results of the CEE Network Survey on the activities and characteristics of its member agencies. The purpose of the Survey is to identify the similarities and dissimilarities in the evaluation and accreditation practices of the agencies and to explore ways of mutual recognition of accreditation in the future. On the preceding day the Steering Committee held its annual meeting.
The Minutes, program list of participants and Steering Committee meeting program can be found here.
You can also find Dr. Hofmann’s Power Point presentation here.
CEE Network General Assembly and workshop in Prague
The CEE Network held is biennial General Assembly on 23-24 October 2004 in Prague, hosted by the Czech Accreditation Commission and with the support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic.
The meeting was preceded by a workshop. The Vice-Minister for Education of the Czech Republic, Dr. Petr Kolar, welcomed the participants. The workshop theme was the survey of CEE Network member agencies, begun by Dr. Stefanie Hofmann. The survey is a stocktaking exercise on the basic practices and the procedural and legislative frameworks of member agencies, the expected outcome of which is to identify possible pathways to mutual recognition. The frame of reference, and thus the focus of the two discussion groups, were the proposed ENQA criteria for membership.
Two applications for new CEE Network membership were discuss: the Austrian Fachhochschulrat (FHR), established in 1993, was approved as a full member of the CEE Network by unanimous vote, while the Austrian Quality Assurance Agency (AQA), which began operating only in the beginning of 2004, was granted observer status until the next General Assembly in 2006. The Minutes of the General Assembly can be read here.
Publication
The latest publication of the CEE Network has just been issued by the Romanian National Council for Academic Assessment and Accreditation. The brochure Accreditation Commissions and Agencies in Central and Eastern Europe gives an overview on the CEE Network and its members.
CEE Network Statement to the Bologna Follow-up Group
The Steering Committee of the CEEN met in Bucharest on 1 November 2003 and adopted a Statement to the Bologna Follow- up Group regarding the CEEN position vis-á-vis the Bologna process. On the following day a workshop with CEEN members and others was held to discuss the Statement, which was subsequently approved by the full membership and sent to the Bologna Follow-up Group. Also in preparation for the Bergen meeting of Ministers of Education in 2005, the CEEN is conducting a survey of its member agencies to look into their current profiles, developments and practices in accreditation.