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

A Guide to Accredited Higher Education Institutions and Study Programs in the Republic of Serbia

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This electronic publication contains information on accredited higher education institutions and study programs concluding with the last session of the Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (CAQA), held on November 7th, 2019. The publication covers the results of accreditation in the period 2007-2019.
The accreditation period is 7 years.

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- Ministerial and QA agency representatives’ meeting in conjunction with the kick-off meeting of the SEQA-ESG2 project
  March 21, 2023(Legislative alignment with the ESG: the path towards meeting the Bologna Process key commitment on quality assurance in the Western Balkans) Ministerial and QA agency representatives’ meeting was held in Brussels on March 8-9, 2023, in which representatives of ministries and agencies for QA in higher education from the countries of the Western Balkans participated. The aim of the meeting was to promote the importance of harmonizing national higher education systems with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), with special reference to the role of each country’s legislative alignment in this regard. The hosts were the heads of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). Representatives from both NEAQA and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia actively participated in this meeting with colleagues from the countries of the Western Balkans. Since this event has been organized together with the kick-off meeting of the SEQA-ESG2 project, it was attended by representatives from Azerbaijan and Ukraine, as well as participants of the SEQA-ESG1 project. At the meeting in Brussels, ENQA and EQAR pointed out that QA is a key feature in developing mutual trust and in increasing mobility and fair recognition of qualifications and study periods throughout Europe. As stated in the Paris Communiqué by the Ministers of Higher Education in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in 2018 (http://www.ehea.info/media.ehea.info/file/2018_Paris/77/1/EHEAParis2018_Communique_final_952771.pdf), quality assurance is and remains one of the pillars of the EHEA. Having a quality assurance system in compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA (the ESG2), with regular external quality assurance performed by EQAR-registered agencies, is therefore a key commitment of the Bologna Process. However, several countries in Western Balkans, including Serbia, do not yet have an independent quality assurance agency or the agency is not yet in compliance with all aspects of the ESG. The meeting of representatives of agencies and ministries entitled Legislative alignment with the ESG: the path towards meeting the Bologna Process key commitment on quality assurance in the Western Balkans was therefore organized precisely to encourage the implementation of the key commitment of the Bologna Process in the countries of the Western Balkans: the establishment of a QA system which is compliant with “ESG” standards. Representatives of ministries and QA agencies from Slovenia and Croatia have also participated in the meeting considering the common characteristics of the QA system of higher education and their experience in supporting other national agencies to achieve compliance with “ESG”. Representatives of national agencies had the opportunity to participate in workshops on the following topics: Stakeholder involvement in building a fit-for-purpose QA agency; Engagement of peer-review experts, including students, for the provision of External Quality Assurance; Addressing the effectiveness of the internal quality assurance Processes of Higher Education Institutions as described in Part 1 of the ESG. A special part of the meeting entitled Roundtable: key challenges in reaching compliance with the ESG in Western Balkans was devoted to the representatives of the ministries, where all delegates presented the main challenges faced by their national higher education systems. On the second day of the meeting (March 9), delegates from Serbia, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan and Ukraine attended the kick-off meeting of the SEQA-ESG2 project, the aim of which is for the aforementioned countries to harmonize their higher education systems with ESG (you can read more about it in the International Projects section on this website)....
- Study Visit to SQAA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  December 2, 2022NEAQA delegation participated in a study visit to the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SQAA), in Ljubljana, in the Republic of Slovenia, from November 24 to 26, 2022, as part of the IPA project “EU Support for Education Reform in Serbia – REdiS 2030”. The purpose of this visit was to prepare NEAQA for the upcoming ENQA Review Panel’s progress visit. NEAQA was represented by Director prof. Ana Šijački, PhD, President of the Commission for Accreditation prof. Milorad Milovančević, PhD, Secretary, coordinators and employees of the Secretariat, members of the Commission for Accreditation, Appeals Commission and the Management Board. Our representatives had the opportunity to attend workshops dedicated to the principles of accreditation and quality assurance in higher education in the Republic of Slovenia, as well as a better understanding of ESG standards and, in general, the values on which the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) rests. On the first day of the visit, the director of SQAA, prof. Franci Demšar, PhD, presented the mission and values, organizational structure and strategy of SQAA, as well as the key element of stability of any agency for accreditation and quality assurance in higher education – Independence, while his colleagues spoke about the internal system of quality assurance and self-evaluation, as well as information technologies available to the agency (working in special applications “eNAKVIS” “iNAKVIS”). On the second day of the visit, our colleagues from Slovenia presented their standards and key segments of the accreditation and evaluation procedures of higher education institutions (HEIs) and study programs, with special reference to the role that SQAA plays in the development of the culture of quality in Slovenian higher education. Also, there were discussions about reviewers, their selection and training. The participants were also introduced to the work of the SQAA’s Agency Council, the highest body of this agency, which makes decisions and functions in accordance with the principles of preventing conflicts of interest and impartiality. At the very end, the work of the Appeals Committee was presented, including the method of selecting members, the rules of the appeals procedure harmonized with Slovenian administrative law and the experience of the second instance body in overcoming the main challenges in the appeals procedures of HEIs. SQAA and NEAQA continue their friendly cooperation and are looking forward to participating in the “CEENQA Staff Exchange Scheme” next year....

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