“Supporting and Developing the Structures for the Q&A at the Private Higher Education Institutions in Kosova ”

1. Project is funded by: “Supporting and Developing the Structures for the Q&A at the Private Higher Education Institutions in Kosova” Structural Measures 2009 Project number: 159051- AT - SMGR

2. The objective of the project • The goal of the project is the establishment and strengthening of quality assurance centers at the ten Private Higher Education Provides in Kosova. • The main long term objective is the improvement of the quality assurance aspects of the Higher Education System in Kosova in accordance to the goals of the Strategy for the High Education and Bologna principles and to contribute in reaching the recommendations of the British Accreditation Council regarding the organization of the Quality Assurance

3. Partners of the Project • University of Salzburg, Austria - Contractor, • University College Cork, Ireland • University POLITEHNICA from Bucharest, Romania • Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Department of the Higher Education • KosovaAccreditation Agency • WUS Austria

4. Private Higher Education Providers of Kosova (PHEP) • AAB – RIINVEST • BIZNESI • DARDANIA • EVOLUCIONI • FAMA • ILIRIA • PJETËR BUDI • TEMPULLI • UBT • UNIVERSUM

5. Outcomes/outputs of the Project 1. Awareness-raising and deep need analysis regarding the Quality Assurance at the Private Higher Education Institutions; 2. Capacity building; 3. Developing the Q&A system at the Private Higher Education Institutions in Kosova; 4. Dissemination; 5. Sustaininability; 6. Quality Control and Monitoring; 7. Project Management.

6. 1. Awareness-raising & 2. Capacity building; 1.1. Organization of the Information Days 1.2 Development of questionnaires 1.3.Distribution, collection and analyzing of the questionnaires 2.1Training of the university management and teachers; 2.2. Training for students; 2.3 Training for administration. 2.4 Stakeholder meeting.

7. 3. Developing the Q&A system at the PHEP 3.1 Staff recruitment; 3.2 Q&A centres establishment/upgrading; 3.2.1 Equipment purchase; 3.3 Manual development for managers; 3.4 Development of the guidelines for self-evaluation -first workshop 3.5. Development of the guidelines-second workshop 3.6. Finalisation of the guidelines-third workshop

8. 4. Dissemination 4.1 Seminars 4.2 Printing and distribution of the guidelines 4.3 Awareness raising in all Q&A sectors at the private HE institutions 4.4 Development of the webpage/networking 4.5. Developing/advancing webpages of the private HE Institutions 4.6 Publishing and distribution of the survey results 4.7 Printing and publishing 4.7.1 Flyers, posters 4.7.2 Manuals, guidelines

9. 5. Sustainability 5.1. Takeover of the Q&A centres by the private HE Institutions. 5.2. Yearly meetings about QA trends and developments; 5.3. Joint stakeholder meetings

10. 6. Quality Control and Monitoring 6.1. Self-evaluation during the Consortium Meetings 6.2. Questionnaire distributions 6.3. Quality control and monitoring of the project implementation and management plan of the project

11. 7. Project Management 7.1. Coordination of partners and activity implementation 7.2. Legal issues and contracting 7.3. Budgetary issues and controlling 7.4. Reporting to the EU

12. Realized activities: • Staff recruitment (where there was no QA officer employed) • QA status quo analysis (questionnaire distribution) • Study visits at the University of Salzburg • Organization of the Information Days during October 11th – 15th , 2010 at ten PHEP

13. Upcoming activities. • Tender announcement on equipment purchase for QA offices • Trainings for: • Students • Teacher • Management & Administration • Tender announcement on equipment purchase for QA offices • Organization of workshops • Preparation of Manual for Managers • Preparation of guidelines for internal self-evaluation

14. Thank you for your attention!