{"id":30300,"date":"2025-09-11T13:24:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/?p=12467"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:50:10","slug":"kosovo-and-croatia-strengthen-cooperation-in-the-field-of-quality-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/kosovo-and-croatia-strengthen-cooperation-in-the-field-of-quality-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo and Croatia Strengthen Cooperation in the Field of Quality in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">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 Bari\u0161i\u0107.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The KAA leadership expressed their gratitude to the Ambassador for Croatia\u2019s continuous support in helping the Agency meet European standards for membership in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Ambassador Bari\u0161i\u0107 congratulated the KAA leadership on the Agency\u2019s accession to EQAR, describing it as a major achievement for the Republic of Kosovo, for KAA, and for the higher education system in the country. She emphasized that Croatia\u2019s support will continue in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">On this occasion, the President of the SCQ presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Embassy of Croatia, as a token of gratitude for the Embassy\u2019s valuable contribution and consistent support to KAA during the EQAR membership process.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">President Ilazi underlined that Croatia\u2019s counterpart institution, the Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE), has continuously provided professional expertise to strengthen KAA\u2019s technical, regulatory, and institutional capacities in implementing European quality standards. She also expressed appreciation for the Embassy of Croatia\u2019s recommendation regarding the appointment of Prof. Maja Martinovi\u0107 to the SCQ Board, highlighting her significant contribution to the Agency\u2019s development.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">For his part, Director Gashi commended Croatia and ASHE as exemplary models of quality assurance in higher education. He noted that a considerable number of Croatian accreditation experts have been engaged in evaluation processes in Kosovo, thereby contributing to the enhancement and advancement of study programs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">At the end of the meeting, Ambassador Bari\u0161i\u0107, accompanied by Dr. Nedjeljko \u0160pilek, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Croatia, toured the new premises of KAA and was introduced to the Agency\u2019s staff.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/KAA-Croatia-02-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12469 size-fusion-600\" src=\"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/KAA-Croatia-02-600x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Bari\u0161i\u0107. The KAA leadership expressed their gratitude to the Ambassador for Croatia\u2019s continuous support in helping the Agency meet European standards for membership in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). Ambassador Bari\u0161i\u0107 congratulated the KAA leadership on the Agency\u2019s accession to EQAR, describing it as a major achievement for the Republic of Kosovo, for KAA, and for the higher education system in the country. She emphasized that Croatia\u2019s support will continue in the future. On this occasion, the President of the SCQ presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Embassy of Croatia, as a token of gratitude for the Embassy\u2019s valuable contribution and consistent support to KAA during the EQAR membership process. President Ilazi underlined that Croatia\u2019s counterpart institution, the Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE), has continuously provided professional expertise to strengthen KAA\u2019s technical, regulatory, and institutional capacities in implementing European quality standards. She also expressed appreciation for the Embassy of Croatia\u2019s recommendation regarding the appointment of Prof. Maja Martinovi\u0107 to the SCQ Board, highlighting her significant contribution to the Agency\u2019s development. For his part, Director Gashi commended Croatia and ASHE as exemplary models of quality assurance in higher education. He noted that a considerable number of Croatian accreditation experts have been engaged in evaluation processes in Kosovo, thereby contributing to the enhancement and advancement of study programs. At the end of the meeting, Ambassador Bari\u0161i\u0107, accompanied by Dr. Nedjeljko \u0160pilek, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Croatia, toured the new premises of KAA and was introduced to the Agency\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30886,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions\/30886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akreditimi.rks-gov.net\/newweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}