The DEQAR Connect project focuses on two of the Key Commitments agreed for the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), on quality and recognition. The project aims at expanding the coverage of the Europe-wide Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR), which ensures a one-stop-shop access to reliable information on the quality of higher education. The project will enhance DEQAR’s connectivity with other tools and initiatives in the field of digitalisation, QA and recognition.
DEQAR CONNECT will broaden the knowledge base on external quality assurance in the EHEA and contribute to making recognition more efficient, seamless and ultimately automatic. The project’s direct beneficiaries include quality assurance agencies, recognition information centres (ENIC-NARICs) and national authorities in the EHEA. At the same time, also higher education institutions, students and employers will reap the broader benefits.
EURASHE is an associate partner of the DEQAR Connect project consortium and its role includes providing policy advice, supporting dissemination and making the project visible in the European higher education sphere.
Partners
Stakeholders & users will be involved in ensuring relevance of the database and links with the end users:
- ENQA – The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
- ESU– European Students Union
- EUA – European University Association
- EURASHE – European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
- EI – Education International
- CIMEA – Centro di Informazione sulla Mobilità e le Equivalenze (italian ENIC-NARIC)
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Research Centre will be responsible for piloting studies in the use of the database:
17 QA agencies1 as well as GAC and HRK
- A3ES – Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (PT)
- ACPUA – Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education (ES)
- ACSUG – Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ES)
- ANECA – National Agency for the Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ES)
- AQU – Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (ES)
- ARACIS – Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (RO)
- ASHE – Agency for Science and Higher Education (HR)
- ASIIN e.V. – Global Leader in Quality Assurance in Higher Education (DE)
- BAC – British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education (UK)
- EKKA – Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EE)
- fmid – Fundación para el Conocimiento Madrimasd (ES)
- HCERES – High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (FR)
- PKA – Polish Accreditation Committee (PL)
- NVAO – Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (BE-FL )
- SQAA – Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SI)
- Unibasq – Agency for Quality of the Basque University System (ES)
- GAC – German Accreditation Council (DE)
- HRK – Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (DE)
Associate Partners:
Associate partners (do not benefit from the EU grant and may come from non-EU countries):
ECA will contribute experience and expertise from Qrossroads
- ECA – European Consortium for Accreditation (BE)
Registered QA agencies from non-eligible countries will be involved in the technical implementation of the database:
- AKKORK – The Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development (RU)
- KAA – Kosovo Accreditation Agency XK3
- NCPA – National Center for Public Accreditation (RU)
