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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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