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GEMMA RAURET DALMAU Directora ANECA

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION (tne) – From words to action Bologna Seminar organised by ENQA and hosted by QAA London, 1-2 December 2008. Regional developments and implementation in the regional networks of the UNESCO-OECD Guidelines – lessons learned. The case of RIACES.

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GEMMA RAURET DALMAU Directora ANECA

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  1. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION (tne) – From words to action Bologna Seminar organised by ENQA and hosted by QAA London, 1-2 December 2008 Regional developments and implementation in the regional networks of the UNESCO-OECD Guidelines – lessons learned. The case of RIACES GEMMA RAURET DALMAU Directora ANECA

  2. Índice The setting and the scenarios Transnational QA criteria and guidelines at the subregional level RIACES: perspectives for QA enhancement for agencies: CINTAS project

  3. Latin-America: the setting and the scenarios Members of RIACES Different academic flows intra- and inter-subregions: South-America Central-America Andean Area North-America Europe *Source: RIACES (www.riaces.net)

  4. Latin-America: the setting and the scenarios  POLITICAL WILL TOWARDS QA AND ACCREDITATION OF HE Different multilateral initiatives to shape a political integrity at the regional and trans-regional level: Ibero-American Summits. Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI). • The building of the Ibero-American Knowledge Area. Principles: • Gradual implementation • Flexibility • Priorisation of measures • Articulation of policies • Quality assurance • Corresponsibility • Solidarity • Mutual benefit 17th Ibero-American Summit, Chile 2007:Student Mobility Programme “Pablo Neruda”. Enhancing co-operation and integration focusing on student mobility at the postgraduate level

  5. Latin-America: the setting and the scenarios • Various solutions to face QA provision in trans-border HE: • OECD-UNESCO Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education: CONEAU, Argentina – 2007. Co-ordination: IESALC-UNESCO • INQAAHE Guidelines of Good Practice in Quality Assurance: • CNAP, Chile - 2006. Co-ordination: INQAAHE • European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Higher Education: ANECA, Spain – 2007. Co-ordination: ENQA

  6. Latin-America: the setting and the scenarios  REGIONAL SCHEMES RIACES – Ibero-American Network of Accreditation Agencies Networks of agencies Stages for the definition of QA mechanisms and practices involved in evaluation and accreditation processes* MEXA 2002- (Experimental Programme Accreditation Mechanism for Bachelor Degrees Recognition within the MERCOSUR countries plus Bolivia and Chile) RANA – 2007 (National Accreditation Agencies Network) Harmonisation and convergence of evaluation standards Requirements for the harmonisation and convergence of expert training Central-America: CCA Accreditation Agency accrediting QA-agencies at the sub-regional level International review of agencies *Source: Ernesto Villanueva, CONEAU (2007)

  7. Features: • Association of QA and accreditation agencies for HE • Independent of governments • Goals: • Promoting Ibero-American co-operation and exchange of good-practices on QA and accreditation of HE • Promoting QA enhancement in the countries • Strategic trends of the network: • Strengthening the role played by agencies within the network • Developing QA mechanisms at the regional level • Establishing a regional information office • Developing the technical profile of the staff through • Developing the technical training for evaluators

  8. RIACES as a reference framework: the manual for self-evaluation of agencies • To provide with basic elements for designing and conducting self-evaluation procedures to the evaluation and accreditation agencies • To establish the reference framework –the evaluation standards– for the development of self-evaluation procedures • To provide with a minimum structure to elaborate a self-evaluation report to the agency, as well as support information for the process • To prepare basic orientations towards the external review of the agency including the procedure, standards and central features of the review of the international panel and the preparation of the final report

  9. Transnational QA criteria and guidelines at the subregional level MERCOSUR* http://www.mercosur.int/MSWEB/portal%20intermediario/ES/index.htm MEXA- (Experimental Programme Accreditation Mechanism for the Recognition of Bachelor Degrees within the MERCOSUR countries plus Bolivia and Chile) RANA – 2007 (National Accreditation Agencies Network) • Agencies advanced in the convergence of evaluation standards through an effort towards harmonization of the evaluation processes in the area. • Accreditation is based upon a set of quality standards shared by the countries involved. • Accreditation is programme-oriented and focuses on graduate mobility. • This project has been possible because a three-fold legitimating process which involves: governments, agencies and disciplines. *Source: Ernesto Villanueva, CONEAU (2007)

  10. Transnational QA criteria and guidelines at the subregional level Central-American Accreditation Council (CCA) Mission: • To contribute to the on-going quality, relevance and integration of Central-American Higher Education through accreditation, the formal recognition of organisations for accrediting either institutions or programmes in every country or at the regional level. • The CCA has been recognised by the Ministers of Education of the eight countries, acting as a full-competence and supranational body responsible for accrediting agencies. • The recognition body at the subregional lies on the Central-American Integration Secretariat (SICA). *Source: Ernesto Villanueva, CONEAU (2007)

  11. QA enhancement for agencies: the CINTAS project The CINTAS project was designed by ANECA for RIACES. It focuses on the development of Internal Quality Assurance Systems of the agencies. • Objectives • Supporting the QA / accreditation agencies in developing their own procedures of internal quality assurance systems. • Building a shared reference framework for quality assurance to be used within the RIACES context.

  12. QA enhancement for agencies: the CINTAS project CINTAS Project Recommendations and international experiences On quality assurance National legal framework RIACES Guidelines CINTAS Steering Group: ANECA, Spain CNA, Colombia CONEAU, Argentina JAN, Cuba Internal Quality Assurance Project of agencies CINTAS Internal quality assurance Systems of the agencies

  13. RIACES General Assembly (Montevideo, 2007) approves implementing the project and entrusts ANECA the design of the project RIACES Board of Directors approves the proposal of the project ANECA designs the project and the Manual for the Internal Quality Assurance System RIACES’ Board of Directors approves CINTAS project (Madrid June 2007) Flow-chart of the Project CINTAS Commission is set up and defines the stages of the project (Bogotá Nov. 2007) The project is submitted/ Participation commitment of the agencies Training Seminars- workshops The participating agencies prepare the Internal Quality Assurance Manual (IQAS) Support and follow-up actions the implementation of IQAS

  14. BOLOGNA DECLARATION 2010 Bridging the gap ALC-UE HE AREA 2015

  15. Thank you www.aneca.es direccion@aneca.es

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