ECA Work Plan 2013-2014 Approved by the Management Group on 3 October 2013 Working group 1 Mutual recognition and joint programmes Josep Grifoll (chair) (AQU Catalunya) Alenka Bracek Lalic (SQAA) Carme Edo Ros (AQU Catalunya) Mark Frederiks (ECA Coordinator) Ronny Heintze (AQAS) Hendrik Jan Hobbes (Expert Nuffic, Netherlands) Rafael Llavori/Olga Ayuso (ANECA) René-Paul Martin Denavit (CTI) Daisuke Motoki (FIBAA) Hanna Reczulska (Expert ENIC-NARIC Poland) Luis Velón (ACSUG) Maria Weber (AQ Austria) Paul Zevenbergen (NVAO) 1. The development of MULTRA Multilateral Recognition Agreement for Joint Programmes 2. Establishing a European Coordination Point for Joint Programmes. Submitting a proposal for EU funding. 3. Preparation for providing Single Accreditation Procedures for Joint Programmes as a service to HEIs in 2014 4. Updating the Benefits of MRAs paper, publish it and distribute it to stakeholders. 5. Accreditation/QA problems and issues related to the transnational delivery of HE programmes (e.g. through branch campuses, franchising, etc.). 6. Continued information exchange with ENIC-NARICs on the importance of accreditation for recognition and vice versa. 7. Following up on new initiatives regarding automatic mutual recognition of qualifications as the Bologna pathfinder group of countries and the UNESCO global recognition convention. 8. Investigation of possibilities for inclusion of recognition in QA procedures (Bucharest Communique). 1
19 June 2013, Madrid 30 October 2013, Vilnius 10 December, The Hague (ECA Winter Seminar) June 2014, Porto (ECA Workshop) 2
Working group 2 Internationalisation of accreditation and QA Chair: Ann Demeulemeester, NVAO ANECA: Olga Ayuso/María Becerro Torres AQ Austria: Maria Weber / Hannelore Weck-Hannemann AQAS: Ronny Heinze AQU Catalunya: Esther Huertas Hidalgo/Josep Manel Torres Solà Danish Accreditation Institution: Lars Pedersen ECA: Rolf Heusser/Mark Frederiks FIBAA: Brankica Assenmacher/Daisuke Motoki/Nina Hürter NVAO: Axel Aerden OAQ: Floriane Gasser/Katrin Meyer PKA: Mieczyslaw Socha ZEvA: Jürgen Petersen 1) Training of experts and staff a. For Internationalisation Certificate b. For Single Accreditation Procedures of Joint Programmes c. On demand of agencies (e.g. for staff members or institutional audits) 2) QA of internationalisation a. Setting up the certificate on internationalisation and organisation of pilots in the framework of CeQuInt b. Preparation for providing the ECA internationalisation certificate as a service to HEIs in 2014 c. Impact and analysis of assessing internationalisation 19 June 2013, Madrid 10 December 2013, The Hague (ECA Winter Seminar).. June 2014, Porto (ECA Workshop) 3
Working group 3 Qrossroads and information strategies Mark Frederiks (Chair; ECA Coordinator) Axel Aerden (Qrossroads Supervisor; NVAO) Pal Bakken, Runar Todok (NOKUT) Thomas Blanc de la Carrere (NVAO) Carme Edo Ros (AQU Catalunya) Emita Blagdan/Vlatka Derenčinović (ASHE) Daniel Sebastian Larsen (The Danish Accreditation Institution) Nina Huerter (FIBAA) Petra Lauk/Monika Risse Kuhn (OAQ) Barbara Michalk/Roger Wurm (HRK) Wolfgang Slatin (AQ Austria) Marta Reguero García (ANECA) Teresa Sánchez Chaparro/Julie Nolland (CTI) Klemen Subic (SQAA) Wojciech Wrona (PKA) 1. Restructuring the ECA website 2. Including Erasmus Mundus programmes in Qrossroads (JOQAR) 3. Supporting the development of the Knowledge Base for joint programmes (JOQAR) 4. Extension of Qrossroads 5. Implementation of the European Experts Exchange databases 6. Expanding the ECApedia 7. Promotion of ECA services through the ECA website and other information tools 8. Publication on QA and accreditation of ECA members (based on profiles in ECApedia and additional information) 19 June 2013, Madrid (ECA Workshop) 1 October 2013, Bonn 10 December 2013, The Hague (ECA Winter Seminar).. June 2014, Porto (ECA Workshop) 4
Working group 4 Mutual learning and best practices A3ES (Portugal): Madalena Fonseca ANECA (Spain): Rafael Van Grieken (chair) AQU (Spain): Anna Prades ASHE (Croatia): Durdica Dragojevic CHE (Israel): Michal Neumann CTI (France): Marie-Jo Goedert The Danish Accreditation Institution (Denmark): Inge Enroth NVAO (Netherlands and Flanders): Lucien Bollaert OAQ (Switzerland): Laura Beccari PKA (Poland): Mieczyslaw Socha 1. Main priority: Development of a new project European framework for external quality assurance for LO assessment 2. Other priorities for the WG 4 related with the innovation in QA: LO and massive open on-line courses (MOOCs) LO and Risk based approach LO and Global education LO and Relation with the labels 1st meeting (October 13): place to be determined. 2nd meeting (10 December 13): The Hague. 3rd meeting (April 14): Lisbon (to be confirmed) 4rd meeting (June 14): Porto 5