CEENQA’s thirteenth bi-monthly meeting took place on 16 November 2022 and included the following presentations:
Presentation of NEAA Bulgaria, Petya Kabakchieva
Presentation of KAA Kosovo, Flamur Abazaj
Quality Assurance of Digital Education, FIBAA, Diane Freiberger
We are happy to announce a new round of CEENQA’s staff exchange scheme, which has been running successfully for many years. Moreover, we are convinced that, as in previous years, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn from each other, exchange best practices and discuss current topics that are of interest to many of us in the world of quality assurance.
All our members can apply to participate in the staff exchange scheme, either in person or fully online. For further information, please refer to the official call. The deadline for applications is 3 November.
Our colleagues from NEAQA (Serbia) are looking for international experts for the accreditation of study programmes and higher education institutions in the Republic of Serbia. You can find all the details and information on how to apply here.
CEENQA’s annual General Assembly and Workshop took place on 23/24 September in Istanbul, generously hosted by the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs in Turkey (EPDAD).
The workshop on 23 September dealt with the topic “Independence of quality assurance agencies” and featured presentations from the president of ENQA, a representative of the European University Association, academia and members of the CEENQA community. You can find most of the workshop presentations below:
Franci Demšar: Independence in the public sector
Enora Bennetot Pruvot: University Autonomy in Europe: the EUA Scorecard
Douglas Blackstock: Agencies, independence and their relationship with the ESG
Maja Milas: Challenging Formal and Actual Independence of QA agencies – CEENQA study
The General Assembly on 24 September took some important decisions: Franci Demšar (NAKVIS, Slovenia) was re-elected for a second term as president of CEENQA, Dinçay Köksal (EPDAD, Turkey), Péter Levente Lakatos (MAB, Hungary) and Vesna Dodiković-Jurković (ASHE, Croatia) were newly elected to the board. The Turkish National Society of Assessment and Accreditation of Pharmacy Education (ECZAKDER) was welcomed as CEENQA’s newest member. Moreover, two agencies were expelled from the association: ARSA (Russia) due to non-compliance with its financial obligations and NCPA (Russia) as a clear sign that CEENQA opposes the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and considers it a violation of the fundamental values of the European Higher Education Area.
Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has recently launched a call for international higher education experts from all fields of studies to become a member of the expert panel.
The criteria and other information related to the procedures of becoming an expert for KAA can be found on the following website: https://akreditimi.rks-gov.net/2022/05/16/thirrje-per-eksperte/.