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The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, has started on Thursday a series of visits to accredited institutions of higher education in the Republic of Kosovo, with the aim of mutual cooperation to increase the quality of higher education. The President of the SCQ, Professor Hasnije Ilazi, said that the purpose of these visits is to get acquainted more closely with the challenges faced by HEIs and to receive suggestions for the development of the education system. Head of the SCQ Ilazi added that the strategic orientation of the SCQis the development of the education system in [...]

As part of the visits to higher education institutions, the State Council  op Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, visited AAB College on Thursday, in order to discuss issues related to quality standards in higher education. The President of the SCQ, Professor Hasnije Ilazi, said that the institution she leads, takes very seriously the suggestions of HEIs, in the functioning of quality in higher education. Mayor Ilazi said that Kosovo, although the smallest country in the region, invests heavily in quality standards, as the entire accreditation process is based on the assessments and recommendations of international experts. The head of [...]

The President of the State Council of Quality, professor Hasnije Ilazi together with the SCQ member professor Krenare Pireva-Nuçi and representatives of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency met today with representatives of the Student Parliament of the University of Prishtina. Parties discussed different topics related to increasing the quality of studies at the University of Prishtina, including various concerns and challenges that students’ face during their studies. In addition, the SCQ and KAA representatives announced the steps that will be taken in order to advance and improve the current situation in the UP. Among other points, the work towards advancing the compliance [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) and WUS Kosovo on Septemer 28 2021, held the Closing Virtual Conference of the project “Support Kosovo Accreditation Agency on achieving some of the ENQA's recommendations”, funded from the US Embassy in Pristina, through the University Support Grants Program and administered by Kosovo United States Alumni (KUSA). The overall objective of the project was to support the Accreditation Agency in achieving the specific standard of "Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area", as required by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education in 2019. The project was implemented in the [...]

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.