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Regional Quality Assurance Initiatives

 

Europe

ENQA, the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, www.enqa.eu disseminates information, experiences and good practices in the field of quality assurance (QA) in higher education to European QA agencies, public authorities and higher education institutions. ENQA initiates and coordinates transnational quality assurance projects, which aim to disseminate information at the European level and promote the establishment of the quality assurance framework of the European Higher Education Area. In 2005 it published Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area

 

Asia

Asia Pacific Quality Network www.apqn.org is a regional association of quality assurance agencies with a mission to improve the quality of education provision in one of the fastest growing regions in the world. The site hosts a virtual library which includes an article by AUQA's Kristoffersen and Woodhouse Overview of World Issues in Quality Assurance(2005)