Cross-border quality assurance and multinational accreditation of joint programmes

Axel Aerden

27 March 2014

Quality assurance (<2010)

National procedure• Procedure by:

• Individual agency• Focus of procedure

• National offer• Whole joint programme

• Result: • National (accreditation)

Challenges overcome

Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation

Results regarding Joint Programmes

AT – BE - CO – DK – ES –FR – HR – NL – PL – SI

Coordination Point for Joint Programmes

Assessment Framework for Joint Programmes in Single Accreditation

Procedures

ECApedia

www.ecapedia.net

Shared European component

Additional national components

• Assessment criteria• Assessment procedure

• Self-evaluation report• Assessment panel• Site visit

• Assessment report• Decision-making process

• Assessment criteria• Assessment procedure

Guidelines for self-evaluation report

Multinational accreditation

Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation

Results regarding Joint Programmes

Assessment Framework for Joint Programmes in Single Accreditation

Procedures

• QA agency’s methodology• Standards and criteria• Panel composition

• Shared methodology• Standards and criteria• Panel composition

• Accreditation decisions• MULTRA countries• Ad-hoc arrangements

• Accreditation decisions• EHEA countries• Ad-hoc arrangements

Legal frameworks inspire choice

2015< : beyond EHEA 2015< : EHEAfor now

Single procedure• Procedure by:

• One agency• Focus of procedure

• Whole joint programme• Result:

• Multinational accreditations

Accreditation proceduresregarding joint programmes

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Bologna 2015?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

a.aerden@nvao.net - @AAerden