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The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) in its meeting held on 21.09.2021, has analyzed the reports received from higher education institutions, including the overview of the holders of academic programs, regarding reaccreditation processes. The SCQ decided that from October 1, 2021, in addition to the criteria set out in the Administrative Instruction for Accreditation, program holders entering the accreditation process at the BA/BSc level must have at least 1 (one) scientific publication indexed from the field of study / program, while at the MA/MSc level they must have at least 2 (two) scientific publication from [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) started work on feasibility planning for the overall digitalization of processes in the Agency. With funding from the US Embassy in Prishtina this project is compiled by the American expert Dr. Trenia Walker. The State Council of Quality has delegated to contribute to this project, SCQ member and professor of Computer Science, Dr. Krenare Pireva Nuçi, while the coordinator from the KAA for this project is Mr. Flamur Abazaj. With this project, KAA will have at its disposal a general plan of digitalization of all its processes, which are expected to be implemented in practice in 2022.

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held on 09.09.2021 a workshop where the prepared draft of the three-year Strategic Plan of KAA was reviewed. The meeting was attended by the State Council of Quality, the Appeals Commission, representatives of the Heras Plus project and international expert Bastian Baumann. KAA has prepared an initial draft of the Strategic Plan, which was then supplemented by four local experts and now with the support of the Heras Plus Project, is being discussed by the international expert to harmonize with the recommendations of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and European [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Republic of Kosovo in its meeting held on September 7th, 2021, decided to supplment the Basic Principles of the Accreditation Manual, respectively points 3, 4 and 5 have been added, while the accreditation standards at the level of programs and at the institutional level have remained the same. In point 3 of the general principles of the Accreditation Manual, the criteria for accreditation of General Medicine programs are supplemented. In point 4 of the general principles of the Accreditation Manual are supplemented the criteria for accreditation of branches of higher education institutions. [...]

All students and graduates who need to obtain confirmations for the accreditation of their study programs can now get them online without having to physically visit the Kosovo Accreditation Agency. This project is funded by the US Embassy in Pristina, in the framework of supporting the capacity building of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency. This is a great achievement, because in addition to increasing the security of the issuance of documentation, and eliminating all possibilities for human error, this platform also increases the reliability of documents issued by the Kosovo Accreditation Agency to international partners. Every confirmation issued electronically, is verifiable [...]

The Director of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), Naim Gashi, met with Mr. Stergios Tragoudas, Program Manager - Education and Human Resources Development at the EU Office in Pristina. During the meeting they discussed about the planned support to KAA under IPA 2020. Mr. Tragoudas said that in its last report the European Commission has evaluated the work of KAA very positively. They discussed about the planned support to KAA under IPA 2020, to strengthen the capacities of KAA and to fulfil the recommendations for regaining the membership in ENQA and EQAR.

In order to be fully transparent and accountable to the public, the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has published today (13.08.2021) all decisions and final reports of the international accreditation experts. https://akreditimi.rks-gov.net/en/decisions/ Full transparency and accountability is one of the recommendations of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), which the KAA is fully implementing. The accreditation process for the programs of the academic year 2021/2022, started in January of this year and ended successfully on July 27, 2021, when the State Council of Quality made their decisions on the reports of international accreditation experts. After several years, for [...]

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has published on 06.08.2021 the list of accredited programs in higher education institutions in the Republic of Kosovo for the new academic year 2021/2022. The list of decisions with accredited programs includes the decisions of the State Council of Quality (SCQ) dated 27.07.2021, but also the programs that have had previous accreditation. All new students are informed that no academic program that is not on this list is valid in the Republic of Kosovo. The accreditation process started in January 2021, initially with institutional accreditation, and then continued the process of evaluation of academic programs. According [...]

On July 27th, 2021, the State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held its 87th meeting. In accordance with the agenda for the meeting, SCQ reviewed all the reports of international experts for institutional and programme accreditation. SCQ has decided on all reports of international experts and thus has created the opportunity for opening the call for admission of new student in all accredited institutions and programs in the Republic of Kosovo for the new academic year 2021/2022. In addition, SCQ has reviewed and decided on all complaints and requests submitted to this institution. All decisions of [...]

The Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA), for the second time in six months, also in July 2021, has introduced the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) as a success story in management of the accreditation process and quality assurance in higher education. CEENQA in the magazine of July 2021, has highly praised the completion of the accreditation process of 239 academic programs in Kosovo, despite the many limitations of the pandemic. CEENQA presented the successful work of KAA in these areas: - Drafting the Law on KAA; - Preparation of the Strategic Plan; - Preparation [...]