National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NEAQA)

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- NEAQA has became full member of CEENQA
  May 27, 2020On May 15, 2020, National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NEAQA) has became a full member of the Central and Eastern European Higher Quality Assurance Agency Network (CEENQA). In March of 2020, NEAQA officially applied for membership to the Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA). CEENQA is a non-governmental, non-profit organization which unites quality assurance agencies across the Central and Eastern Europe. The Network aims to support cooperation in the field of quality assurance and quality improvement in higher education in Central and Eastern Europe by fostering the collaboration between the members. To become the Network member, the agencies have to comply with the internationally recognized standards and guidelines for quality assurance in higher education, such as Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015). CEENQA membership gives the opportunity to NEAQA to closely collaborate with the Network member agencies, to get involved in ongoing discussions on the quality assurance policy of higher education institutions and study programmes in the European region, to participate in joint projects, and to share experience with the member agencies. Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies presents an important platform for the internationalization of the quality assurance system in higher education and has affiliated status in European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)....
- NEAQA is granted affiliate status with ENQA
  May 8, 2020The Board of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), at its meeting on 28th April 2020, decided to grant the National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NEAQA) affiliate status with ENQA. Previous Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (“old” CAQA) has become a full ENQA member in April 2013. CAQA has done self-evaluation report in 2012 and 2017 which was the basis for its external evaluation performed by ENQA. In February 2018 ENQA did not renew CAQA’s full membership status and designated its position as “Member under review” for a period of two years. At almost the same time, instead of CAQA, the new National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NEAQA) was established by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia as a national independent body in institutional, financial, administrative and professional matters in accordance with the Law on Higher Education of 2017. NEAQA was enlisted in the state register on 9th March 2018 and its Steering Committee was constituted on 3rd May 2018. On the basis of a public competition the NEAQA’s Director was elected on 19th July 2018, as well as the members of the Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (“new” CAQA), which was constituted on 30th August 2018 as an expert body of NEAQA. As CAQA’s universal legal successor, NEAQA kept in ENQA the same status “member under review”, until February 2020. In the coming period NEAQA’s main goal is to comply with European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) according to ENQA’s remarks, particularly through the strengthening of the independence from the Ministry and the role of the external experts including students’ and labour market representatives, involving foreign experts in the evaluation processes, performing site-visits, etc. Its main goal is to achieve full membership in ENQA and registration on EQAR in next two years, to attain more complete internationalization and take adequate place in the European higher education area....

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