Legal Provisions and Responsibilities
The KAA’s primary responsibilities are:
- Accreditation of Public and Private Higher Education Institutions;
- Accreditation of new Higher Education Institutions and their programs;
- Accreditation of new programs at accredited Higher Education Institutions;
- Continuous monitoring of Quality at accredited Higher Education Institutions.
Legal dispositions
The Kosovo Accreditation Agency is a public quality assessment agency in public and private institutions of higher education. Through the accreditation process, it supports the development of quality in these institutions. The responsibilities of the KAA and the accreditation criteria are provided through the following documents:
- Law No.08,L-110 for Kosovo Accreditation Agency
- Law on Higher Education of the Republic of Kosova (Nr. 04/L-037) (PDF)
- AI on the Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Kosova (Nr. 15/2018) (PDF)
- AI Nr.02/2019 on the amendment and supplementing of AI Nr. 15/2018
- AI Nr.08/2019 on the amendment and supplementing of AI Nr. 15/2018
- AI Nr.13/2019 on the amendment and supplementing of AI Nr. 15/2018
- SCQ Regulation (PDF)
- Regulation on the Appeals Commission
- KAA Manual on Accreditation – Updated 2022
- Standards for Evaluation of Doctoral Programmes
- Decision on the long-distance accreditation process
- Manual on the KAA Staff Internal Evaluation
- Manual on the External Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions
- Monitoring Methodology and Post-Accreditation Procedures
- European Standards and Guidelines ESG-2015
- Regulation on Organization and Systematization of Jobs in the KAA 23.01.2024
- Regulation on the Selection, Engagement and Compesation Procedures of External Experts 03/2024
- Draft version of the KAA Accreditation Manual-2024
The legal obligations of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency are:
- Interpret the quality criteria set by law, through the drafting of guidelines and quality standards for accreditation;
- Development of instruments for regular control of higher education institutions if the requirements (by KAA) are met;
- Active participation in projects for international cooperation in the field of accreditation and quality assurance;
- Annual reporting on its activity.