Current Projects and Engagements

European Quality Assurance and Recognition System

  • Ongoing
  • EU
  • ICF under a European Commission framework contract

Expert support for the European Quality Assurance and Recognition System, an action within the European Strategy for Universities, including input to an ongoing feasibilit study, stakeholer consultation and the proposal of a new Council Recommendation, featuring a proposal for cross-institutional external quality assurance of European University alliances.

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QualityLink project

  • Ongoing
  • EU
  • Knowledge Innovation Centre (KIC)

Contribution to various outputs of the Erasmus+ QualityLink project, aiming at aggregating quality data on micro-credentials in a single, open and interoperable one-stop shop. Together with DHBW Heilbronn as coordinator and EDEN Digital Learning Europe, the European University Foundation (EUF) & Mondragon Unibertsitatea as partners. Outputs include interoperable course identifiers and quality data standards to pilot data exchange and a "Micro-credential Clearinghouse".

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interoperability

data

European Tertiary Education Register (ETER)

  • Ongoing
  • Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
  • Consortium led by Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)

Regional expert for Western Balkans, supporting the data collection through contacts with ministries, statistics authorities and key stakeholders, as well as contribution to analyses of ETER data.

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EU

data

interoperability

Survey on Stakeholders’ Perception of the Bologna Process

  • Ongoing
  • EHEA
  • IN-GLOBAL project coordinated by CIMEA – Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence

Preparation and analysis of two surveys of stakeholders’s perceptions of the Bologna Process and EHEA.

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EHEA

Bologna Process

Database of European Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR)

  • Ongoing
  • EHEA
  • European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)

Technical support – in liaison with EQAR’s external software developer – for the ongoing maintenance and further development of the DEQAR database, including the inclusion of micro-credentials and alternative providers, as well as its connections with other systems,

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interoperability

micro-credentials

Completed Projects and Engagements

Needs assessment of NARIC Kosova Center

  • October - December 2023
  • Kosovo
  • Kosovo Education Center / HEI'25 project

Provide expertise in conducting a needs assessment of the National Center for Academic Recognition and Information (NARIC) Kosova with a focus on digitalization of work processes.

recognition

digitalisation

interoperability

European University alliance proposal

  • December 2023
  • Belgium
  • Odisee University of Applied Sciences

Review and provide feedback on the proposal for the creation of a new European University alliance dedicated to diversity, inclusion and equity, with a special focus on migration.

European Universities