Council of Europe Forum

This event will marked the 3rd annual Council of Europe Higher Education Forum and looked at the triangle of public responsibility, governance and quality assurance. In particular, it focused on the roles and responsibilities of public authorities and institutions in quality assurance, and considered elements of importance to the legitimacy and acceptance of quality assurance methods and results. In keeping with the Council of Europe’s long-standing activities on the recognition of qualifications, the relationship between recognition and quality assurance was also among the discussions.
The forum gathered some 100 high level policy makers in quality assurance in higher education in Europe, including representatives from public authorities, higher education institutions, student representatives, other organisations/agencies active in quality assurance issues in higher education, in particular the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) as well as the European University Association (EUA).

Related documents

Forum The Legitimacy of Quality Assurance in Higher Education 2006 - documents

Programme
Conclusions and recommendations

Synopses of speakers
Written contributions of speakers

Examples of practice

Patricia Georgieva
Fergal Costello

Role, responsibilities and means of public authorities and institutions

Alberto Amaral
Ossi V Lindqvist
 
Jürgen Kohler - Quality Assurance: Role, Responsibilities, and Means of Public Authorities
 
Andrejs Rauhvargers - Quality assurance and recognition of qualifications
 
Peter Williams - Implementing the European Standards&Guidelines on Quality Assurance
 
Norman Sharp - The use of outcomes of quality assurance