Activities and Planned Events

Activities

Task 1.1.

Kick-off and Project Consortium Board (PCB) meetings

Task 1.2.

Financial and administrative management of all project activities

Task 2.1.

Analysis of regulations and procedures in QA in higher education in B&H

Task 2.2.

BH partners conference

Task 2.3.

Study visits to EU partners

Task 2.4.

International conference.

Task 2.5.

Enhancing models of external evaluation

Task 2.6.

Proposing mechanism for coordination and harmonization.

Task 3.1.

Study visits to partners from the EU and associated countries on the topic of internal quality assurance systems and evaluation

Task 3.2.

Analysis of the model of internal quality assurance systems and evaluations at the universities in B&H

Task 3.3.

Conference on the topic internal evaluation and quality assurance systems – public debate

Task 3.4.

Recommendations for regulating the internal quality assurance systems and evaluation procedures

Task 3.5.

Piloting the procedure for internal evaluation .

Task 4.1.

EU partners Workshop on external quality assurance support.

Task 4.2.

External Quality Assurance Workshops for BiH HEIs and CEAs.

Task 4.3.

Experts trainings.

Task 4.4.

Round tableon the lessons learned from piloting the procedure for internal evaluation and proposal of a new set of criteria for experts and experts trainings.

Task 5.1.

Project dissemination and exploitation plan

Task 5.2.

Project website and social media profile

Task 5.3.

Project promotional materials, presentations and publications

Task 5.4.

Final conference

Task 6.1.

Quality plan, standards, and procedures.

Task 6.2.

Periodical Quality reports.

Task 6.3.

External Expert Appointment and report.

Planned Events

Zenica

E1.1. All partners 

Kick-off Meeting 

Meeting, Management structure of the project; Project activities and rules Establishment of Project Consortium Board (PCB) 

Banja Luka

E2.3. All partners 

International Conference 

Conference, Presentation of ARQA Report and defining main principles for enhancing models of external evaluation in institutional and programme accreditation

Sarajevo

E 3.3. All partners 

Conference “Analysis of the existing models of Internal Quality Assurance Systems and evaluation in B&H”

Conference, Presentation of practices and existing models 

Sarajevo

E4.3 All partners and affiliated HEIs and CEAs, but NOT EU universities

External Quality Assurance

Workshop, Topics: 

  • preparation of a self-evaluation report according to accreditation models

Skills/knowledge:

  • adjusting the methodology for preparing a self-evaluation report according to accreditation models (institutional level and study program level)

Banja Luka

E4.6 Academic staff, students, international experts, practice experts, AZVO, HEA, AVORS

Experts training 

Training, Topics:

  • documentation analysis and interviews with HEI representatives
  • methodology for preparing expert panel reports 

Skills/knowledge:

  • assessment of the fulfillment of the accreditation criteria
  • preparation of expert panel report 

Mostar

E 5.1. All partners and representatives of other higher education institutions 

Final Conference 

Conference, Presentation of the project results

Split

E2.1. All partners 

Study visit to Croatia (university of Split &AZVO)

Workshop, Models of institutional and study programme accreditation

Ljubljana

E3.1. All partners 

Workshop on the topic of Internal Quality Assurance 

Workshop, Presentation of regulations, rulebooks and Systems practices of the host institution

Banja Luka

E4.1 All partners, but NOT EU universities       

External Quality Assurance support in higher education           

Workshop, Topics: 

  • implementation of proposed accreditation models,
  • the role of all participants in the accreditation process. 

Skills/knowledge:

  • methodology for preparing reports in the accreditation process (self-evaluation report, expert report, action plans)
  • conducting follow-up activities

Zenica

E4.4 All partners and affiliated HEIs and CEAs, but NOT EU universities

External Quality Assurance

Workshop, Topics:

  • data collection and statistical data processing at the institutional and study program level

Skills/knowledge:

  • adaptation of data collection and statistical processing depending on the types of study programs (specializations, double-major study programs)

Mostar

E4.7 Academic staff, students, international experts, practice experts, NAKVIS, HEA, AVORS

Experts training 

Training, Topics:

  • documentation analysis and interviews with HEI representatives
  • methodology for preparing expert panel reports 

Skills/knowledge:

  •  assessment of the fulfillment of the accreditation criteria
  • preparation of expert panel report 

Ljubljana

E2.2. All partners 

Study visit to Slovenia (University of Ljubljana & NAKVIS)

Workshop, Models of institutional and study programme accreditation

Split

E3.2. All partners 

Workshop on the topic of Internal Quality Assurance Systems

Workshop, Presentation of regulations, rulebooks and practices of the host institution

Banja Luka

E4.2 All partners and affiliated HEIs and CEAs, but NOT EU 

External Quality Assurance 

Workshop, Topics:

  • preparation and organization of the universities expert panel in the accreditation process

Skills/knowledge:

  • preparation of the documentation as well as representatives of internal and external users for expert panel

Mostar

E4.5 All partners and affiliated HEIs and CEAs, but NOT EU universities

External Quality Assurance

Workshop, Topics:

  • follow-up activities

Skills/knowledge:

  • adjusting action plans at institutional level and the level of a study program

Sarajevo

E4.8. All partners, affiliated B&H HEIs and CEA

Round table 

Round table, Topics:

  • results and conclusions about piloting the procedure for internal evaluation
  • criteria for selection and appointment of experts and their trainings

Skills/knowledge:

  • assessment of the efficiency and usefulness of the internal evaluation and fulfillment of the criteria
  • internal evaluation reports
  • preparation of the expert panel report
  • adjusting action plans at institutional level and the level of a study program