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
Zenica
E1.1. All partners
Kick-off Meeting
Meeting, Management structure of the project; Project activities and rules Establishment of Project Consortium Board (PCB)
Split
E2.1. All partners
Study visit to Croatia (university of Split &AZVO)
Workshop, Models of institutional and study programme accreditation
Ljubljana
E2.2. All partners
Study visit to Slovenia (University of Ljubljana & NAKVIS)
Workshop, Models of institutional and study programme accreditation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
E4.5 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
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
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
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
Mostar
E 5.1. All partners and representatives of other higher education institutions
Final Conference
Conference, Presentation of the project results
University of Zenica,
Fakultetska 3, 72000 Zenica
smeqa@unze.ba
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