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AUC Harmonization & QA Initiatives Update at HAQAA Fifth Advisory Board Meeting

This text provides an update on the African Union Commission's harmonization and quality assurance initiatives presented at the HAQAA Fifth Advisory Board Meeting in Maputo, Mozambique. It covers the outcomes of the HAQAA initiative, points for consideration, communication strategy, main action lines of PAQAF, and the way forward.

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AUC Harmonization & QA Initiatives Update at HAQAA Fifth Advisory Board Meeting

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  1. HAQAA Fifth Advisory Board Meeting21- 22 March 2018Maputo, Mozambique Welcome from AUC and Update on AUC Harmonization and Quality Assurance Initiatives Presented by Dr. Yohannes Woldetensae Senior Education Expert African Union Commission 1

  2. Welcome Remarks • Greetings to all participants on behalf of AUC • All protocol observed • Gratitude to CNAQ and the HAQAA Implementing Consortium for organising the meeting • This gathering is useful event to discuss the updated version of ASG-QA and next steps • It is also a good forum to look at the proposed methodology for HAQAA external evaluations of QA agencies and consultancy visits

  3. Some Points for Consideration HAQAA initiative outcomes need to be documented • AAU AQRM evaluation reports and analysis of survey Register / Database (QAAs, QA experts, Ministries) • HAQAA-WG Finalized document of ASG-QA Report on external evaluations of QA agencies • DAAD Report on QA trainings outcomes

  4. Some Points for Consideration • HAQAA Secretariat Coordinate and manage outcome reporting process • Advisory Board Regional domestication of ASG-QA and other HAQAA initiatives • AU-EU Policy guidance and overall monitoring Communication Strategy Ensure visibility of African Union as HAQAA is implementation of its harmonisation agenda

  5. Main Action Lines of PAQAF • Facilitate collaboration and networking between national and regional QA/accreditation agencies • Initiate organizational set-up and legal framework of a Continental Accreditation Agency • Finalise the development of African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance • Advance the development of an African Credit Transfer System • Initiate the development of an African Continental Qualifications Frameworkbased on existing national and regional qualifications frameworks

  6. AUC Harmonisation and QA Initiatives ASG-QA HAQAA Initiative AQRM QAA Capacity REGISTER P A Q A F Academic Mobility ADDIS CONVENTION H A R M O N I S A T I O N Nyerere Scholarship ACQF TUNING ACTS CESA Agenda 2063 Continental Accreditation Agency

  7. Way Forward Increased engagement with key stakeholders • National QA Agencies • Ministries of Education • University Rectors • RECs HAQAA Advocacy • Upcoming regional and continental meetings as forums for awareness creation on HAQAA-PAQAF • Advancing external evaluations of QA agencies • Implementation of HAQAA Work plan for 2018

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