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Pristine 26.09.2023 Dear Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Albin Kurti, Honorable Minister of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Ms. Arbërie Nagavci, Honored President of EQAR, Mr. Stéphane Lauëick, Honorable Vice President of ENQA, Ms. Cristina Ghitulica, Respected Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, Technology, Innovation, Culture, and Youth, Mr. Enis Kervan, Honorable Members of the Kosovo Parliament, Respected Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, Representative of the Embassy of Croatia, Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Deans, colleagues, Dear students, Distinguished guests, Education and learning are among the greatest blessings of humanity. Despite the fact that humans are not the [...]

The Kosova Accreditation Agency (AKA) held its first international conference on September 26, 2023, focused on ensuring quality in higher education. The conference brought together heads of state institutions, representatives from prominent European institutions, representatives of higher education institutions, the academic community, students, diplomatic envoys, and civil society representatives etc. Prime Minister Albin Kurti emphasized the high priority placed on quality in higher education in Kosova by the government. He noted that Kosova is a unique case where a university has established the state. "I regret that in recent years these reports have not been at the desirable level. That is [...]

Kosovo Accreditation Agency is organizing its first international conference on higher education that will take place in Pristina on 26th September 2023. The conference, which aims to bring together important European and national stakeholders, will focus on the impact that various European mechanisms for quality assurance in higher education have on national agencies and, thus, higher education institutions. As the youngest European country, Kosovo has had a unique journey toward implementing European Standards and Guidelines. Despite its challenges, the national quality assurance system has benefited from the opportunities of this journey, and being a member of ENQA and EQAR is [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) in the continuation of meeting 115, approved the remaining reports of international accreditation experts, as well as agreed on the final drafts of the standards for institutional accreditation and for accreditation of Bachelor and Master programmes, which are shared for public debate until September 14th, 2023. The drafts of the new standards have been developed during a two years of work and several public hearings with the involvement of all stakeholders of higher education in the Republic of Kosovo. This process was financed by Heras Plus project. Local and [...]

The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held its 115th meeting on 25.08.2023, in which several items of the agenda were discussed and a number of decisions were made. SCQ has reviewed the reports of international accreditation experts and decided on on the same. In this meeting, the requests and appelas of higher education institutions were reviewed and decisions were made. The State Council of Quality has also discussed about the first draft of the revised standards for bachelor and master level, which will be published for public debate, as well as for the final preparations [...]