Networking
CEENQA
The Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA) is an association of national organizations which focus on the academic, research and educational networking.
CEENQA was founded on October, 13 2001 (Krakow, Poland). CEENQA was legally registered in Dusseldorf, Germany on July 4, 2011.
CEENQA’s Mission
The primary mission of CEENQA is to co-ordinate the international aspects of the academic, research and education networks in Central and Eastern Europe and in adjacent countries.
CEENQA’s Objectives
- • the promotion and support of the technical and organizational collaboration between national research networks
- • the support and organization of conferences, workshops and courses
- • the preparation and submission of project applications to European and other international organizations for promotion of the development of research networks
- • the formation of working parties to undertake technical activities which comply with the objectives of the Association
- • the publication and distribution of relevant documentation, brochures, magazines, in particular through the use of electronic media
- • the promotion and support of the development and establishment of corresponding national network services
- • if necessary the establishment and operation of joint network services and technical facilities
- • the safeguarding and pursuit of the common interests of the Association and its members in relation to other Organization
- • the exchange and provision of operational, organizational and technical information relating to research networks
CEENQA membership
Today the total CEENQA membership comprises 24 national research and education networks from the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, North Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Slovakia.Those interested in quality assurance in higher education and related matters can obtain further information about the Network from the Secretary or any of the other board members. While each board member is responsible for particular areas, board members are always pleased to discuss any matter of mutual interest.
The complete list of CEENQA members can be found on www.ceenetwork.hu
APQN
The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) was established in 2003 with the purpose of serving the needs of quality assurance agencies in higher education in a region that contains over half the world’s population. APQN is a regional network operating in association with the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education Incorporated (INQAAHE). World Bank and UNESCO are among the organizations that have contributed largely to the development of the APQN Network.
APQN’s Mission Statement
To enhance the quality of higher education in Asia and the Pacific region through strengthening the work of quality assurance agencies and extending the cooperation between them.’
APQN’s Objectives
- promote good practice in the maintenance and improvement of quality in higher education in the Asia-Pacific region
- facilitate research in the region into the practice of quality management in higher education and its effectiveness in improving the quality of higher education in the region
- provide advice and expertise to assist the development of new quality assurance agencies in the region
- facilitate links between quality assurance agencies and acceptance of each others' decisions and judgements
- assist members of APQN to determine standards of institutions operating across national borders
- permit better-informed international recognition of qualifications throughout the region
- assist in the development and use of credit transfer schemes to enhance the mobility of students between institutions both within and across national borders
- enable members of APQN to be alert to dubious accrediting practices and organisations
- where appropriate, represent the region and promote the interests of the region, e.g. vis-a-vis other networks and international organisations
APQN Membership
APQN has four levels of membership: Full Member, Intermediate Member, Associate Member and Institutional Member. APQN also accepts Observers for organisations outside the Asia-Pacific region.
Only Full and Intermediate Members are eligible to participate in the governance and administration of APQN.
Associate and Institutional Members may participate in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and other meetings of the General Council, but without the right to vote.
Nowadays APQN includes 208 organisations from 40 country of the Asia-Pacific Region: 41 full members, 22 intermediate members, 15 associate members and 120 institutional members. Ten otrganisations have an observer status.
The complete list of APQN members with the organisations’’ names, websites, and other contact information specified can be found on the APQN website http://www.apqn.org
INQAAHE
The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)
The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) was established in 1991 with only 8 members. Today the total membership exceeds 200 members. INQAAHE is a world-wide highly recognizable association active in the theory and practice of quality assurance in higher education.
INQAAHE’s Mission
INQAAHE has been established to enable quality assurance agencies to share information and experiences; lead the theoretical and practical foundations of the profession; develop and promote standards of professional practice in QA; and encourage and assist continuous improvement in member agencies, including professional development and capacity-building for the benefit of HE institutions, their students and their societies.
INQAAHE’s Objectives
- • promote good practices in the maintenance and improvement of quality in higher education;
- • facilitate research into the practice of quality management in higher education and its effectiveness;
- • be able to provide advice and expertise to assist the development of new quality assurance agencies; facilitate links between accrediting bodies especially insofar as they operate across national borders;
- • assist members in determining the standards of institutions operating across national borders;
- • permit better-informed international recognition of qualifications;
- • be able to assist in the development and use of credit transfer schemes in order to enhance the mobility of students between institutions within and across national borders;
- • and enable members to be alert to dubious accrediting practices and organisations.
INQAAHE Membership
The INQAAHE Network has two categories of membership, Full and Associate. Full Members are organisations responsible for assuring the academic quality of post-secondary institutions or education programmes other than their own, such as:
- • accrediting agencies
- • universities that accredit other institutions
- • evaluation agencies and similar organisations
- • those bodies responsible for the external quality assurance of such agencies
Associate Members are organisations with a major interest in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education, but without the responsibility for assuring quality of institutions or education programmes. Persons with a major interest in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education may affiliate to the Network.
Members of all categories may participate in the Administration of the Network, in the General Assembly and other governing bodies of the Network, but full members only have the right to vote.
Today the total INQAAHE membership includes 265 members: 165 full members, 63 associate members and 37 affiliates.
The complete list of INQAAHE members with the organisations’ names, websites, and other contact information specified can be found on the INQAAHE website http://www.inqaahe.org
ENQA
The European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education was established in 2000 to promote European co-operation in the field of quality assurance. In November 2004 the General Assembly transformed the Network into the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). The idea for the association originates from the European Pilot Project for Evaluating Quality in Higher Education (1994-95) which demonstrated the value of sharing and developing experience in the area of quality assurance. Subsequently, the idea was given momentum by the Recommendation of the Council (98/561/EC of 24 September 1998) on European co-operation in quality assurance in higher education and by the Bologna Declaration of 1999. The European Commission has, through grant support, financed the activities of ENQA since the very beginning.
ENQA Mission
ENQA has been established to promote European co-operation in the field of quality
assurance in higher education.
ENQA Objectives
- • to encourage and develop the exchange of information and experience relating to
- • the quality assurance of higher education, in particular on methodological
developments and examples of good practice; - • to function as a policy forum, developing and proposing standards, procedures
and guidelines for quality assurance; - • to fulfil requests for expertise and advice from European Ministers of Education,
national and regional public authorities and other bodies associated with the
European Higher Education Area (EHEA); - • to facilitate quality assurance activities in the area of transnational higher
education; - • to promote the development and implementation of effective systems for quality
assurance and accreditation agencies; - to co-ordinate the management of reviews of quality assurance and accreditation
agencies; - • to maintain and develop co-operation with other appropriate European
stakeholder organisations; - • to contribute to the establishment of the EHEA;
- • to conduct dialogues with other networks and regions.
ENQA Membership
Today the total ENQA membership includeы 41 full members and 49 Affiliates.
The complete list of ENQA members with the organisations’ names specified can be found on the ENQA website http://enqa.eu/