Background on the CEE Network Objectives Membership and membership criteria Activities

30/10/2009 Christina RozsnyaiCEEN Secretary General

• Background on the CEE Network

• Objectives

• Membership and membership criteria

• Activities

• Contribution to QA in the EHEA

• Outcomes

• Problems

• Future

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Content of presentation


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•to share experiences foster cooperation•to exchange information on background, aims, procedures and outcomes of activities of members•to recommend experts•to assist each other in elaborating measures for harmonizing activities in quality assurance• play a proactive role in shaping the European higher education area.

Main Objectives


•problems related to transition to democracy•consequences of autonomy granted to HEIS (relationship with governments) •relationship with Academies of Science (new Ph.D. vs. research degrees)•economic constraints (salaries, infrastructure, brain drain, etc.)•few applicants to academic profession•low student and staff mobility (money, language)•in Hungary also: considerable ethnic minority population in neighboring countries•in some countries: steep increase of private HEIS, need for quality control•..

Regional concerns when founded

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•Austria (Acc. Council, Fachh. Council, AQA)

•Albania•Bulgaria•Croatia•Czech Republic•Estonia •Germany (ACQUIN, FIBAA, ASIIN)

•Hungary

Membership: 21 agencies in 16 countries

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•Latvia •Lithuania •Macedonia•Poland (UC + PKA)

•Romania•Russian Federation•Slovakia•Slovenia


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Estonia

Estonia


“Membership is open to agencies/committees which are

•recognized as national or regional higher education quality assurance agencies

•by the lawful authority/ies in their respective Central and Eastern European country,

•and which operate on a non-profit and non-commercial basis”

Membership criteria: current Regulations

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• CEE Network is ENQA Affiliate since 2006

• CEE Network Cooperation agreement with – ANECA, Spain, 2003

– ECA, 2008

– INQAAHE, 2008

• Member agencies:–all are Bologna signatories

–ENQA members: 12 agencies

–INQAAHE members: 16 agencies

–ECA members: 6 agencies

Memberships, affiliations, agreements

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• website www.ceenetwork.hu• workshop (annually) on quality assurance issues• Steering Committee meeting (at least once a year)• General Assembly (biannually)• publication of “Mapping external quality assurance in Central and Eastern Europe: A comparative survey” by Stefanie Hofmann, ACQUIN• Statements:

– to BFUG on CEE Network fulfilling goals of Berlin Communiqué, 2003– to ENQA and EQAR, in response to EQAR, 2008

Activities

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Contribution to QA in the EHEA

• Was the first accreditation network in Europe

• the geographic range of membership: • has brought this range of agencies into a

forum for information exchange on• European trends in QA• special concerns for the region

• now all members are Bologna signatories


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Outcomes 1• 2000, Budapest:

– INQAAHE survey on agency tasks and scope• 2001, Krakow:

– Agency background reports published on website• 2002, Vienna:

– formal organization– Encouragement to join ENQA from its Steering Committee

member – workshop on institutional and program evaluation (national case

studies and „European” speakers)• 2003, Bucharest:

– workshop: „After Berlin: The Bologna Process and Evaluation / Accreditation in Central and Eastern Europe”

– statement to Ministers about CEE Network Contribution to EHEA


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Outcomes 2

• 2004, Prague:– workshop: “Convergence and Divergence in Quality “Convergence and Divergence in Quality

Assurance Systems. The CEE Contribution to the Assurance Systems. The CEE Contribution to the European Higher Education Area”European Higher Education Area”

– Statement on new ENQA membership criteria (pre-ESG): CEE Network supports them

• 2005, Poznan:– workshop “Mapping External quality Assurance in “Mapping External quality Assurance in

Central and Eastern Europe:Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative A Comparative Survey”Survey”

– subsequent publication by Dr. Stefanie Hofman


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Outcomes 3

• 2006 May, Leibnitz/Graz:– “Mapping external quality assurance in Central and

Eastern Europe: A comparative survey. Follow-up”.

• 2006 October, Vienna:– CEEN/ENQA workshop ”Implementation of the

Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA”

– WGs on ESG independence, external QA, appeals


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Outcomes 4

• 2007, St. Petersburg:– workshop “The European Standards and Guidelines in the Central and Eastern

European Context after London”• 2008, Albania:

– workshop: “Cooperation of accreditation agencies: Towards mutual recognition of accred. decisions”.

– presentation by chair of ENQA on EQAR– CEEN statement to ENQA and EQAR

• 2009, Vilnius: – Workshop: “External Reviews of Agencies: Lessons Learned” – Publication: „Directory” on CEEN agencies

• 2010, Bulgaria: – working title: The CEE Network Agencies Ten Years after Bologna– analyses of external reviews of member agencies


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Outcomes for members

• Contact• Invitation to sit on others’ Boards

• Information exchange• Which indirectly feed into:

• Bilateral projects• E.g. HAC hosted agency study visits from

Albania (2006)• Poland PKA (2009)


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Problems

• Lack of human resources to build up a more active organization

• Failure to register as legal entity• Partially related to human resources


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Future

• Next GA in Bulgaria next May• Revision of Regulations

• Reconsider requirement that members be non-profit (Austrian, German members not government supported)

• New Steering Committee• Expect increased activity

Background on the CEE Network Objectives Membership and membership criteria Activities

Documents

cee agencies

quality control

member agencies

outcomes of activities

eastern european country

heis relationship

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regional concerns