In September 2018, the BFUG formally established the Thematic Peer Group C on Quality Assurance (TPG C on QA) to support the implementation of the key commitment within the European Higher Education Area on quality assurance. As reaffirmed by the ministers in the Tirana Communiqué, the key commitment to quality assurance focuses on promoting a quality culture in higher education, fostered by fit-for-purpose quality assurance processes in line with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG).

In line with the peer support approach, the TPG C supports members in implementing reforms and represents a forum for exchange for both countries, having successfully implemented the key commitment to quality assurance and countries working on implementation. The Thematic Peer Groups adopt their action plan, outlining the activities to be carried out for the working cycle (peer learning activities, staff exchanges, TPG meetings, and national actions collected from countries). 

In the 2024-2027 period, the national actions that countries implement to support the key commitment to quality assurance will be part of the National Action Plans that BFUG members submit to the BFUG in accordance with the commitments of the Tirana Communiqué. 

The TPG C focuses on thematic indications for their work, which during the 2018-2024 period consisted of:

• legislative framework in line with the ESG (introducing changes),
• ensuring effectiveness of internal quality assurance arrangements, including the use of QA results in the decision-making process and quality culture as well as links to learning and teaching,
• the role and engagement of stakeholders in internal and external QA (students, teachers, employers),
• Cross-border QA,
• European Approach to the QA of joint programmes.

Thematic Peer Group C Meetings 2024-2027

1. First meeting of the Thematic Peer Group C on Quality Assurance, Ghent, 28-29.11.2025

00. Agenda of the 1st TPG C meeting - Nov 2024, Ghent

01. Report IMINQA TPG C on QA

02. BPIR TPGC

02. The European Higher Education Area in 2024 - implementation report

03. Bologna Follow-Up Group HU IS Work Programme 2024-2027

03. EHEA Work Programme 2024-2027 presentation

04. ESG revision process and structures

04. QA FIT Agencies Perspective

05. TPG C Work plan 2024

06. ENQA WG academic integrity

06. ENQA WG Report on Academic Integrity

06. Global Academic Integrity Network (GAIN) presentation

07. Trends 2024 - European higher education institutions in times of transition - 1

07. Trends 2024 - European higher education institutions in times of transition - 2

08. European Alliances

09. Feasibility Study - QL for MCs EQAR

10. Brief for the Parallel Session - Recommendations for the digitalisation of QA processes

10. Digitalisation of QA processes - presentation

Previous Thematic Peer Group C Meetings

1. TPG C on QA activities 2021-2024

Action plan of the Thematic Peer Group C on Quality Assurance 2021-2024  

Documents produced in the context of the IMINQA project supporting the TPG C 2021-2024: 

Thematic Analysis: European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes
QA of European Universities Desk Research Analysis
Aligning the legal frameworks with the ESG Thematic Analysis
A report on policies and practices to assure the quality of microcredentials in the European Higher Education Area
Quality assurance of micro-credentials Reflective questions for internal and external quality assurance
Thematic Analysis: Cross-Border Quality Assurance and Quality Assurance of Transnational Education
Quality assurance of micro-credentials Desk research

2. TPG C on QA activities 2018-2020