On December 6-7, 2021 a conference "From Data to Policy – Linking Quality Assurance and Recognition” was held as part of the project DEQAR CONNECT. The conference was held online and involved more than 100 participants: representatives of ministries of education, quality assurance agencies, members of ENIC-NARIC and experts in quality assurance policy in higher education in the EHEA.

On November 25, 2021 the APQN Academic Conference and Annual General Meeting was held. This year the topic of the conference was devoted to the challenges, which educational institutions and accreditation agencies from different countries faced during the pandemic. The topic was «COVID-19 – Response Mechanism and Impact on Quality Assurance for Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region».