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The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), concluded on 23.05.2022 its 99th meeting, which started on 13.05.2022, in which reviews and decisions were made on the reports of international experts of accreditation at the institutional level and some academic programs. With the participation of all members, the SCQ has reviewed all requests and complaints of higher education institutions. In today's meeting the SCQ has decided that the standard of "academic staff" and "infrastructure" be fulfilled mandatorily to be accredited for any higher education institution or study programs, starting from October 1, 2022. The State Council of [...]

KAA, within the project “Increasing student participation in internal and external quality assurance processes in Kosovo” funded by the U.S Embassy in Kosovo has prepared A guideline for Student engagement which aims to provide guidance on how students can contribute to quality provision and learning environments in higher education. The guidelines should also be used as a reference point when determining higher education legislation, accreditation provisions and institutional level regulations. The Guideline can be downloaded here.

With the support from the European Commission project TAIEX, the director of the Croatian Accreditation Agency, Sandra Bezjak, for three days engaged in the workshop organized by the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), where discussions took place about the quality assurance in higher education and benefitting from the  Croatian experience towards the returning of the KAA into the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and registering in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). Part of this workshop were the entire State Council of Quality (SCQ) and KAA staff, where the achievements of the KAA were discussed [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) in its 98th meeting, held on 26.04.2022, has discussed the setting of the weights of the standards for accreditation of study programs. Also, in today's meeting was discussed the document developed by the SCQ for determining the study fields (Kosovo Subject Area Codes). These two documents will be released for public discussion on May 4, 2022, where all interested parties will have the opportunity to contribute with their comments and feedback. Due to the absence of an international SCQ member, Mr. Miklavic, all other issues on the agenda, for [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) in its 97th meeting, held on 05.04.2022, has started the process of reviewing the reports of international accreditation experts at the level of institutions and study programs. In today's meeting some requests of higher education institutions were reviewed. SCQ has also discussed the process of reviewing standards at the bachelor and master level. A revised document is expected to be presented for public discussion soon.

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) and the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASCAL) in Albania, have signed on 30.03.2022 in Prishtina, a Memorandum of Cooperation which provides for interstate cooperation in raising the quality of higher education. On the Kosovo side the agreement was signed by the director of the KAA, Naim Gashi, while for the Albanian side the agreement was signed by the director of ASCAL, Xhiliola Bixheku. Director Gashi said that this agreement will contribute to increasing the quality of higher education and advancing academic studies in both our countries, and the continuous improvement of the quality of [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has successfully secured the support of the U.S Embassy in Kosovo for funding of the project “Increasing student participation in internal and external quality assurance processes in Kosovo”. The aim of the project is to encourage student participation in activities related to quality assurance which in turn contributes to the improvement of the teaching and the learning process. International and local experts engaged for the implementation of this project, have drafted a research report which provides a background, drawn from both theory and practice, grounding the Guidelines for student engagement in internal and external quality assurance of [...]

The President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi and the Director of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, Naim Gashi, on 23.03.2022 received in a meeting the Managing Director of WUS Austria, Mrs. Veronika Nitsche and Mrs. Gurdun Feucht, Heras Plus expert and a member of the Board of the Austrian Accreditation Agency. During this meeting discussions took place about the cooperation and activities planned in the framework of support from the Heras Plus project, as well as possible plans and proposals. The President of the SCQ, Professor Ilazi, said that KAA is working with increased intensity to meet [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency has been announced the winner of the TAIEX grant, a European Union program dedicated to assistance and support for institutions with Euro-integration aspirations. The project aims to support the KAA in the process of adopting and implementing the Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015). The project initiated and drafted by Mr. Shkelzen Gërxhaliu and prof. Krenare Pireva Nuci assures the KAA to be assisted one step further in its goal of membership in ENQA and EQAR, ensuring that in the Republic of Kosovo comparable international quality standards and criteria are [...]