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PARTNERSHIPS
ÖAR is convinced that cooperation with other quality assurance bodies at a European level (and beyond) is essential for the fulfillment of its responsibilities. Only then can mutually shared criteria and methods of quality assurance be developed and eventually also the decisions made across national boundaries recognised. This in turn helps to streamline external quality assurance procedures and to limit bureaucracy.
ÖAR is a member of the following organisations:
Organisation
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Address
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ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education)
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Full member
Represented on the Board
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www.enqa.eu
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ECA (European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education)
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Full member
Represented in
- Management Group
- Working Group 1 "Mutual recognition"
- Working Group 2 "Institutional accreditations and audits"
- Working Group 3 "Qrossroads and information strategies"
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www.ecaconsortium.net
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INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) |
Full member
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www.inqaahe.org
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CEENQA (Network of Central and Eastern European Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education)
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Full member
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www.ceenetwork.hu
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European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education
ÖAR is a founding member of the European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA). This network, which is now made up of 17 quality assurance agencies from eleven European countries, is committed to the goal of mutually recognising accreditation and quality assurance decisions.
In addition to involvement in the Management Group and three working groups (see above)
ÖAR is actively involved in all ECA projects:
TEAM Project (2006-2008): Bilateral recognition of accreditation decisions >> more
TEAM2 project (2008-2010): Accreditation of Joint Programmes >> more
E-TRAIN-project (2010-2012): European training program for quality assurance experts >> more
JOQAR project (2010-2013): Joint Programmes: Simplified Recognition & Support Service >> more
Bilateral Cooperation Agreements
In addition to involvement in European and international organisations, ÖAR maintains bilateral cooperation with the following quality assurance bodies:
• since 2003: Organ für Akkreditierung und Qualitätssicherung der Schweizerischen Hochschulen (OAQ, Switzerland)
• since 2005: Agencia Nacional de Calidad y evaluación de la Acreditación, Spain (ANECA, Spain)
• since 2010: Agencija za osiguranje i Razvoj visokog obrazovanja kvaliteta, (BiH HEA; Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
