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The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), in collaboration with American professor Christine Austin, has developed the document: Thematic Analysis of Processes Involved in Accrediting/Reaccrediting Study Programs: A Three-Year Review of Accreditation Processes for a Study Program (at both bachelor's and master's levels) at three public and three private institutions in the Republic of Kosovo. At the core of this analysis is the reflection of the interaction between accreditation standards governing the program evaluation process. As part of this activity, an analysis of self-assessment reports of higher education institutions and final reports of international experts engaged by KAA was conducted. This analysis included [...]

Following the approval by the State Council of Quality (SCQ), the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) on 29.03.2024 invites all stakeholders in higher education to provide their comments on the draft Accreditation Manual, which stems from the new Accreditation Standards approved last year. The document is open for public discussion for 15 days. All comments can be sent to the email arianit.m.krasniqi@rks-gov.net. Download Accreditation Manual  

The State Council of Quality and the staff of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, on March 25th and 26th, 2024, conducted the workshop where they reviewed the new draft of the Accreditation Manual. The review of the existing Manual comes as a result of the approval of the revised accreditation standards last year. The new draft of the Accreditation Manual will be sent for public discussion, after which the State Council of Quality will approve the final version of the document. Upon the initiative of the State Council of Quality, on the first day, the workshop was held at the University of [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held its 121st meeting on March 6, 2024. During this meeting, it was decided that the second International Conference of the KAA on the topic of quality enhancement in higher education will take place in Prishtina on September 24, 2024. The coordinator of this Conference from the SCQ is Professor Maja Martinovic, while Mr. Milot Hasanxhekaj has been appointed from the KAA administration. During this meeting, the SCQ reviewed the requests and appeals of higher education institutions and made decisions accordingly. Additionally, the SCQ also received several notifications from [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) delegation, on 6,7 and 8 March 2024, visited the institutions and stakeholders involved in the quality assurance (QA) of higher education in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland. The main purpose was to learn about good practice and discuss the experience in QA. Finland has had decades of tradition in quality enhancement of the research universities and universities of applied science through auditing and a range of other approaches. FINEEC is the Finnish counterpart to KAA and was the main host of the study visit. KAA director Naim Gashi and president of the KAA State Council on Quality Hasnije [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), on February 6th and 7th, 2024, convened its 120th meeting, during which it approved the Regulation for international accreditation experts. In accordance with the Law on KAA, this subordinate act regulates the process of work of international experts, starting from the announcement of the call, selection, payments, engagement, reporting, accountability, conflict of interest avoidance, confidentiality, etc. In this meeting, SCQ continued the process of reviewing applications for the accreditation of study programs. The State Council of Quality also discussed several other agenda items related to the activities of this [...]

President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ) at the Kosovo Accreditation Agency, Professor Hasnije Ilazi, SCQ member Gëzim Tosuni, and KAA Director Naim Gashi conducted a meeting with the Conference of Rectors from public universities in Kosovo. During the meeting, they deliberated on the progression of external assessment processes that influence the enhancement of quality in higher education. President Ilazi expressed in the meeting that KAA's partnership with higher education institutions and the implementation of European quality policies and standards are having positive effects on enhancing the quality of study programs in Kosovo. She emphasized that the Agency highly values [...]

Following approvals from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance and Transfers, the General Director of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), Naim Gashi, signed, on January 23, 2024, the Regulation for the Systematization of Job Positions within KAA, along with the new organizational chart. Director Gashi expressed gratitude to the Minister of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESI), Mrs. Arbërie Nagavci, for her support throughout this process, ensuring the operational and financial independence of KAA. With this regulation and the new organizational chart, KAA will have a professionally structured organization in full alignment with European Standards and Guidelines [...]

The Appeals Committee of the Kosovo Agency for Accreditation (AKA), in the meeting held on January 5, 2024, approved the Working Regulation which is in accordance with the new Law of the KAA. The Chairman of the Appeals Committee, professor Ibish Mazreku, has said that based on the Law of the KAA, the competences, work and scope of the Committee have been clarified and this will positively affect the handling of all appeals. Professor Mazreku has said that for the approval of the Regulation for the Complaints Commission, all the procedures of the legislation of the Republic of Kosovo in force [...]

On December 21, 2023, the State Council of Quality (SQC) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held its 119th meeting, during which it reviewed and made decisions regarding the accreditation applications for study programs. Due to the large number of applications, some of them will be reviewed in the next meeting. During this session, the SQC discussed the activity plan for the year 2024 and reviewed the requests and appeals from higher education institutions.