On July 13, 2021 a progress visit of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education was held online.

On May 1, 2021 the Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR) comprises 58 247 educational programmes from 2768 HEIs of Europe and the world, including 565 educational programmes from 46 Russian HEIs. There are 41 accreditation agencies in the Register, including NCPA, which have a right to enter information about accredited HEIs and programmes.

The spring General Assembly of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) was held on 22 April 2021.

On April 16, 2021 parliamentary hearings «On Measures for Quality Improvement of Higher Education in the Russian Federation» organized by the Committee on Education and Science were held in the State Duma.