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The Kosova Accreditation Agency (KAA) and the Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) are discussing possibilities for collaboration. A delegation from KAA participated in the International Conference of THEQC in Ankara and held meetings with counterparts from agencies across Europe. The President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi, and the General Director of KAA, Naim Gashi, met with THEQC President, Professor Ümit Kocabiçak, to discuss fostering collaboration between the two agencies to enhance quality in higher education. The Conference also included leaders from the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the European Quality [...]

The State Council of Quality (SQC) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), in an extraordinary meeting held on April 29, 2024, approved the Regulation for the Accreditation Manual, which aligns with the new accreditation standards. During this meeting, the SQC reviewed the accepted comments from the public discussion and made decisions regarding them. The Accreditation Manual is a result of the new accreditation standards previously approved by the SQC, following a comprehensive process involving all stakeholders in higher education in the Republic of Kosovo. Following official translation, the Accreditation Manual will be published on the KAA website, in the two official [...]

During its 122nd session on April 22, 2024, the State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) reviewed and made decisions regarding several reports at the institutional and programmatic levels of accreditation. The meeting also addressed appeals and requests from higher education institutions. Furthermore, the State Quality Council discussed the dynamics of drafting and approving internal regulations and procedures of the Agency, aimed at enhancing the quality of higher education.

During the ENQA General Assembly, held at the 2024 Forum in Hanover, Germany, across three consecutive panels, Director General of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, Naim Gashi, presented the findings of the project on "The Role of Accreditation Agencies in the Internationalization of Higher Education in Europe." Representatives from accreditation agencies of five European countries participated in this study: Adriana Popoiu from ARACIS in Romania; Nataša Kramar from NAKVIS in Slovenia; Jasmine Rudolph from ACQUIN in Germany; Naim Gashi from KAA in Kosovo; and Sona Gewisslerova from SAAHE in Slovakia. On behalf of the five-country team, Director Gashi presented and subsequently discussed [...]

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), in collaboration with American professor Christine Austin, has developed the document: Thematic Analysis of Processes Involved in Accrediting/Reaccrediting Study Programs: A Three-Year Review of Accreditation Processes for a Study Program (at both bachelor's and master's levels) at three public and three private institutions in the Republic of Kosovo. At the core of this analysis is the reflection of the interaction between accreditation standards governing the program evaluation process. As part of this activity, an analysis of self-assessment reports of higher education institutions and final reports of international experts engaged by KAA was conducted. This analysis included [...]

Following the approval by the State Council of Quality (SCQ), the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) on 29.03.2024 invites all stakeholders in higher education to provide their comments on the draft Accreditation Manual, which stems from the new Accreditation Standards approved last year. The document is open for public discussion for 15 days. All comments can be sent to the email arianit.m.krasniqi@rks-gov.net. Download Accreditation Manual  

The State Council of Quality and the staff of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, on March 25th and 26th, 2024, conducted the workshop where they reviewed the new draft of the Accreditation Manual. The review of the existing Manual comes as a result of the approval of the revised accreditation standards last year. The new draft of the Accreditation Manual will be sent for public discussion, after which the State Council of Quality will approve the final version of the document. Upon the initiative of the State Council of Quality, on the first day, the workshop was held at the University of [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held its 121st meeting on March 6, 2024. During this meeting, it was decided that the second International Conference of the KAA on the topic of quality enhancement in higher education will take place in Prishtina on September 24, 2024. The coordinator of this Conference from the SCQ is Professor Maja Martinovic, while Mr. Milot Hasanxhekaj has been appointed from the KAA administration. During this meeting, the SCQ reviewed the requests and appeals of higher education institutions and made decisions accordingly. Additionally, the SCQ also received several notifications from [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) delegation, on 6,7 and 8 March 2024, visited the institutions and stakeholders involved in the quality assurance (QA) of higher education in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland. The main purpose was to learn about good practice and discuss the experience in QA. Finland has had decades of tradition in quality enhancement of the research universities and universities of applied science through auditing and a range of other approaches. FINEEC is the Finnish counterpart to KAA and was the main host of the study visit. KAA director Naim Gashi and president of the KAA State Council on Quality Hasnije [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), on February 6th and 7th, 2024, convened its 120th meeting, during which it approved the Regulation for international accreditation experts. In accordance with the Law on KAA, this subordinate act regulates the process of work of international experts, starting from the announcement of the call, selection, payments, engagement, reporting, accountability, conflict of interest avoidance, confidentiality, etc. In this meeting, SCQ continued the process of reviewing applications for the accreditation of study programs. The State Council of Quality also discussed several other agenda items related to the activities of this [...]