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On September 30, 2025, the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) organized the third annual International Conference on Higher Education under the theme: “Internationalized Higher Education: Crossing Borders to Unite People.” More than 160 participants from European countries, the region, the United States, and Kosovo took part in panel discussions addressing the advantages and challenges of higher education internationalization. Key topics included the role of ENQA and EQAR in building bridges between higher education institutions through the implementation of European quality standards; transnational education; the impact of internationalization on quality assurance and national education systems; cross-border cooperation; and the contribution of the diaspora. [...]

We are happy to welcome international and local panelist in Session 3 of 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. “Ensuring Quality in Transnational Education” will be the 3rd session of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. Meet Our Session 3 Panelists: Ms. Nataliia Stukalo, Vice-Head, NAQA (Ukraine) Mr. Iraj Hashi, Emeritus Professor of Economics, School of Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business, University of Staffordshire (UK) Mr. Solomon Tesfalidet, Associate Professor, Umeå University (Sweden) Mr. Trim Lajqi, Lab Leader, Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany) This session will be moderated by Mr. Aqim Emurli, Team Leader, SHER Programme

We are happy to welcome international and local panelist in Session 2 of 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. “International impact on National Quality Assurance and Accreditation Systems: Regional experiences, advantages and weaknesses” will be the 2nd  session of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. Meet our Session 2 Panelists: Mr.Peter Levente Lakatos, MAB Director General/ ENGA Board Member, Hungary Mr.Ivan Svetlik, Professor, Former Rector, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Mr.Geoftrey Pugh, Emeritus Professor In Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business, University of Staffordshire, UK Ms.Ferdije Zhushi Etemi, Professor, University of Prishtina, Kosovo This session will be moderated by Mr. Klemen Miklavić, Vice President of [...]

We are happy to welcome international and local panelist in Session 1 of 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. “Cooperation in Cross-Border Higher Education: Challenges and Best Practices” will be the 1st session of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. Meet Our Session 1 Panelists: Ms.Martina Vukasovic, Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway Mr.David Akrami Flores, Head of Erasmus+ Policy Support section, DAAD, Germany Ms.Doris Herrmann, ENQA Vice President, Germany Mr.Blerim Saqipi, Associate Professor, University of Prishtina, Kosovo This session will be moderated by Mr. Jaakko Kauko, Member of the State Council of Quality, KAA

On 10 September 2025, at the premises of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), the President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Prof. Hasnije Ilazi, and the Director General, Mr. Naim Gashi, received the Ambassador of Croatia to Kosovo, H.E. Danijela Barišić. The KAA leadership expressed their gratitude to the Ambassador for Croatia’s continuous support in helping the Agency meet European standards for membership in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). Ambassador Barišić congratulated the KAA leadership on the Agency’s accession to EQAR, describing it as a major achievement for the Republic of Kosovo, for KAA, and for [...]

Two senior officials of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), Ms. Kaltrina Hyseni and Ms. Leona Barbatovci, participated in the seminar organized by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) on the topic “European Dimension of Quality Assurance”, held on 9 September 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, at the Royal Library of Belgium. This seminar gathered representatives from quality assurance agencies and institutions across Europe to discuss the latest developments in higher education quality assurance policies and practices. The key topics included the Bologna Process, the European Commission’s priorities in higher education, the role of key stakeholder organizations in the [...]

We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Aleksandar Šušnjar as keynote 2 speaker at 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. ”Importance of ESG Compliance at the National and International Level” will be the 2nd keynote of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. This session will be moderated by Mr. Olgun Cicek, INQAAHE Board Director, Turkey

We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Doris Herrmann & Mr. Peter Levente Lakatos as keynote 1 speakers at 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. “Building Trust in European Higher Education – Quality Assurance, Internationalization and Emerging Trends in the EHEA” will be the 1st keynote of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. This session will be moderated by Ms. Danijela Horvatek Tomić, Director, The Agency for Science and Higher Education, Croatia

On August 28, 2025, the President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi, and the Director General of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), Mr. Naim Gashi, welcomed a delegation from the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, composed of Ms. Rebecca Satterfield, Deputy Public Affairs Officer, and Ms. Remzije Potoku, Education Policy Specialist. The meeting was also attended by Ms. Lenda Hyseni, Head of the Division for Evaluation and Accreditation, and Ms. Fjollë Ajeti, KAA’s Coordinator for membership in the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in the United States. Professor Ilazi expressed her gratitude to the U.S. Embassy delegation [...]

At its 141st regular meeting held on August 21, 2025, the State Council of Quality (SCQ) started the process of reviewing applications for institutional and program accreditation for the year 2026. In total, six applications for institutional accreditation and applications for program accreditation of nine higher education institutions were addressed. During the meeting, decisions were made regarding requests and appeals from higher education institutions. At the same time, the monitoring report of HEIs’ websites was also presented. As a regular agenda item, the SCQ also discussed the progress in organizing the annual conference on higher education in Kosovo, which will be [...]