Results from ECA Annual Meeting in Ljubljana
On 28 and 29 June 2018 ECA held its annual Workshop hosted by SQAA in Ljubljana. The main results of the meeting are: A new Board was appointed by the members. Members agreed on the ECA strategy for 2018-2023. The annual report 2017, the revised budget 2018 and draft budget 2019 with the same membership […]
Launching of the ImpEA project
“Facilitating implementation of the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes – ImpEA” project has been officially launched on 22nd of November 2017 in Warsaw. The kick-off meeting gathered representatives of all project’s partners and associated partner. About project consortium The partnership is composed of 9 partners from 5 countries: Polish Accreditation Committee (Poland) […]
Outcomes Peer Learning Activity on the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes
On 5-6 October 2017, the Erasmus+ National Agency, Nuffic, The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and NVAO organised an international Peer Learning Activity (PLA) on the new European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes. This European Approach makes it possible for international joint and double/multiple degree programmes to undergo one single accreditation […]
ECA Trainings in 2017
Some forty participants from a dozen countries followed three ECA trainings in 2017: Two trainings on Assessing Internationalisation were organised on 28-29 June and 6-7 September in The Hague. The trainings were facilitated by Maciej Markowski (PKA) and Dagmar Provijn (NVAO). The training prepared participants for the assessment of internationalisation in the framework of the […]
Seminar “Evaluating programmes within institutional evaluations”
On 20-21 October 2017 ASHE hosted a seminar at the University of Dubrovnik. The seminar was the second thematic and regional seminar initiated by Working Group 2 of ECA (the first one was held in Lisbon). The title of the seminar was “Evaluating programmes within institutional evaluations” and the participants were representatives from QA agencies. The […]
NVAO assesses higher education institution in Luxembourg
The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) has assessed the Luxembourg School of Business and its MBA programme in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, at the invitation of the Luxembourg Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The review by a panel of international experts resulted in a positive recommendation on both institutional and […]
Presentations of ECA Workshop in Paris online
The 20th ECA Workshop hosted by HCERES in Paris took place on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 June 2017. ECA members, observers and experts particpating in the working groups were invited to attend. During the Workshop the Annual Meeting and meetings of the three working groups, Certification Group and Board took place. At the last day […]
NVAO: New Ways
ECA member agency NVAO (Accreditation Agency of The Netherlands and Flanders) has published its annual report for 2016 under the title “New Ways”. In 2016 , NVAO focused on the development of the route it is to take over the 2017-2020 period. As requested by the Committee of Ministers, it outlined a new vision for […]
Final report FaBoTo project approved
The project results “Facilitating the Use of Bologna Tools for HEIs and QA Agencies” (FaBoTo) were rewarded with a good score (8 of 10) by the EU agency EACEA. The FaBoTo project was coordinated by Nuffic and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. NVAO was a project partner with the special task of […]
First ECA regional seminar held in Lisbon
The first ECA regional thematic seminar was held in Lisbon on 31st January 2017. The seminar was hosted by the Portuguese agency A3ES. These regional seminars are an iniative of ECA Working Group 2 and have the aim of organising small-scale thematic seminars, always in a different region and on a topic that is relevant locally. The […]
