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The Kosovo Accreditation Agency and Higher Education Intervention 2025 project signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with the aim of further concretizing the cooperation and coordination of the activities supported by the project. The HEI'25 project aims to support key processes in higher education that are related to quality improvement. The support for KAA will be focused on the digitization of work processes and the further development of institutional capacity for more transparency and efficiency of work and higher credibility. The HEI'25 project is financed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), with the contribution of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and [...]

A team of experts from the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) conducted a progress visit to the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) on October 11th, 2023, in Pristina. International evaluators: Ms. Maria Weber (AQ Austria) and Mr. Klemen Subic (Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency) addressed all ESG chapter 3 standards, while discussing the progress made by KAA in its mission towards ENQA membership and registration in EQAR. During the progress visit, ENQA experts met with the State Council of Quality (SCQ), the staff of KAA, with representatives of higher education institutions, representatives of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology [...]

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency has held an information session with all HEIs on the process of application for accreditation and re-accreditation of institutions and study programs, as provided by the Law on Higher Education No. 04/L-037 and Administrative Instruction 15/2018 for the Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions. During this meeting, the application forms were presented as well as the data that must be uploaded to the e-accreditation platform. In this meeting, all questions from HEI representatives were addressed and further clarification was given by the staff of the Accreditation Agency. Additional information about the application process can be obtained at this [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), in its 116th meeting held on September 25, 2023, has approved the standards for accreditation/reaccreditation of higher education institutions at the institutional level and for bachelor and master programs. According to the KAA Law, these standards will come into effect after one year and will be applicable for all new applications submitted for accreditation/reaccreditation during the year 2024. For applications submitted to KAA from October 1 to October 31, 2023, the new standards will not be applicable, and the evaluation process will be conducted using the existing standards. KAA [...]

Agenda Speech of the Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo Mr. Albin Kurti Speech of the Minister of the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Mrs. Arberie Nagavci Speech of the President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi Galeria Presentations

Presentation of President of EQAR Mr. Stefane Lauwick Presentation of the Assistant Director of ASHI Croatia Ms. Sandra Bezjak Presentation of the Director of NAKVIS Slovenia Mr. Franci Demsar Presentation of the former President of EQAR Mr. Colin Tuck Presentation of the General Director of KAA Mr. Naim Gashi Presentation of the Head of NARIC Kosova Mrs. Kumrije Gagica Presentation of the Managing Director or ASIIN Dr. Iring Wasser Presentation of the Vice President of ENQA Ms. Kristina Ghitulica  

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The international conference of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), held in Pristina on 26.09.2023, has been presented on the official LinkedIn page of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). “ENQA: European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education engages in the 2023 conference on HE in #Kosovo #Pristina discussing the impact of QA mechanisms on establishing a quality culture. This morning our vice-president Cristina Ghitulica joined the panel on the relevance of international QA structures and initiatives for quality of HE, answering how ENQA supports further development of its members and affiliates, such as the #KosovoAccreditationAgency” is stated in the ENQA publication in its [...]

Pristine 26.09.2023 Dear Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Albin Kurti, Honorable Minister of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Ms. Arbërie Nagavci, Honored President of EQAR, Mr. Stéphane Lauëick, Honorable Vice President of ENQA, Ms. Cristina Ghitulica, Respected Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, Technology, Innovation, Culture, and Youth, Mr. Enis Kervan, Honorable Members of the Kosovo Parliament, Respected Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, Representative of the Embassy of Croatia, Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Deans, colleagues, Dear students, Distinguished guests, Education and learning are among the greatest blessings of humanity. Despite the fact that humans are not the [...]

The Kosova Accreditation Agency (AKA) held its first international conference on September 26, 2023, focused on ensuring quality in higher education. The conference brought together heads of state institutions, representatives from prominent European institutions, representatives of higher education institutions, the academic community, students, diplomatic envoys, and civil society representatives etc. Prime Minister Albin Kurti emphasized the high priority placed on quality in higher education in Kosova by the government. He noted that Kosova is a unique case where a university has established the state. "I regret that in recent years these reports have not been at the desirable level. That is [...]