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The European Union and African Union Commissions are pleased to announce the publication of the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ASG-QA), under the ‘Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA)‘ Initiative, implemented by a consortium consisting of the University of Barcelona (Coordinator), the Association of African Universities (AAU), the European Network for Quality Assurance (ENQA), …
The Africa-Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs announced by President Juncker in the 2018 State of the European Union underlines the importance of higher education to build skills for the future of the continent and create jobs. This is to be achieved by improving the contents and relevance of education, enhancing innovation, facilitating the mobility of students and …
The Final Conference of HAQAA1; “Quality Assurance Hamonisation in African Higher Education: Taking stock, finding synergies, looking forward” took place on 3-4 December, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. Near 90 participants from 32 countries attended this final conference hosted by ANAQ-Sup the “Autorité Nationale d’Assurance Qualité de l’enseignement Supérieur”, which is the state agency under the administrative and technical supervision of …
AAU announces its 2019 Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP), which will take place at the Al-Azhar International Conference Center from 8 to 11 July 2019 in Cairo, Egypt. COREVIP is being organized in collaboration with the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Al-Azhar University. Find more information here: First Announcement Concept Note …
Last 16-17 November 2017 took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia the Stakeholder Consultation Workshop for the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA) which aimed to present and discuss the second draft of the document. This workshop aimed to bring key stakeholders together to discuss the second draft of the document. A first draft in four …
Al-Fanar Media developed a interactive map which provides detailed, country-specific information about how the quality of higher-education institutions is regulated and monitored in the Arab world. This resource is an ongoing project that currently includes information for 17 countries. Information for additional countries will be added as it is collected, and existing information will be updated regularly. Al-Fanar Media correspondents used …
This final phase of the HAQAA Training Course focused on the state of development of different QA systems in Africa and on how to advance the Pan African QA and Accreditation Framework –PAQAF– so as to respect the diversity in QA and accreditation approaches across the continent and enable capacity building. Background The first phase of the HAQAA Training Course …
New EU-Africa strategy: a major role for Erasmus+ and higher education cooperation European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
A two-day preparatory workshop on the African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM) institutional evaluation that was organized by the Association of African Universities (AAU), as one of the 5 partners of the Harmonization of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA) Initiative consortium ended on a high note in Accra, Ghana. The workshop that was held from the 28th -29th …
The third HAQAA Advisory Board (AB) meeting was held from the 17th to the 18th of January 2017 in Accra, Ghana. AB members discussed the 2017 Calendar of events wand put special emphasis on the development of the African Standards Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Africa (ASG-QA) – one of the major outputs of the HAQAA Initiative, the African Quality …
