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A delegation of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), for two days has participated in an event organized by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), in Cologne, Germany, where the process of external evaluation for membership in ENQA was discussed. The KAA delegation, the only delegation from the Balkan region, consisted of the President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi, the Director of the Agency Naim Gashi and the senior official Arianit Krasniqi. The purpose of this event, which was attended by 29 European countries, was to prepare accreditation agencies for ENQA review and [...]

In front of representatives and students from all Higher Education Institutions in Kosovo, KAA organized two informative events to present the Guidelines for Student Involvement in project "Increasing Student Involvement in Quality Assurance Procedures in Higher Education" funded by the US Embassy in Kosovo. The purpose of these informative events was to unveil the Guide to the representatives of higher education institutions as well as to the representatives of student organizations of all public and private institutions of higher education in Kosovo. For two days in a row, the international expert Mrs. Anca Prisacariu presented the principles and ways how to [...]

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has started the process of monitoring of higher education institutions in the Republic of Kosovo, thus fulfilling an important recommendation of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). The process of monitoring of higher education institutions and their academic programs is also one of the recommendations of the European Commission in the field of education in Kosovo within the framework of the Stabilization and Association Process. The team of the KAA, in accordance with the Monitoring Methodology and Post-Accreditation Procedures, at the beginning of the process, monitored the schedules of lectures and exercises, [...]

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) and the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASCAL) in Northern Macedonia have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in Skopje, which envisages the interstate cooperation in raising the quality of higher education. On the Kosovo side, the agreement was signed by the director of KAA, Naim Gashi, while for the Northern Macedonia, the agreement was signed by the director of ASCAL, Agim Rushiti. The agreement was signed during a visit to the counterpart agency of Northern Macedonia, by a delegation led by the Chairwoman of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi. Part [...]

In the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), students are recognized as key actors who should be involved in the shaping of their education and learning experience. The Prague Declaration signed by all EHEA education ministers stipulates that students should be considered equal members of the higher education academic community. The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) is committed to support the strengthening of the student role in the higher education system of the Republic of Kosovo. To this end, the KAA has developed a guide which is based on a set of European principles which provides assistance and guidelines to higher education institutions [...]