Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA)

The Network of Central and Eastern European Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education was founded on October 13, 2001 in Krakow, Poland, after a first meeting in Budapest, Hungary the year before. CEENQA was legally registered in Düsseldorf, Germany on July 4, 2011.

The CEE Network is a non-governmental and non-profit organization.

According to its Statutes, “The purpose of the Association is the cooperation between the member organizations in the development and harmonization of their activities in the field of quality assurance and quality improvement in higher education in Central and Eastern Europe, thereby making a contribution towards the development and implementation of the European Higher Education Area.” (See also under Legal Framework in the Statutes)

Tangible benefits for membership:

• Visibility: we have a nice membership brochure in which every agency(/country presents itself; in case you decide to join I would like to ask you to provide a one page description along the same lines
• Informative newsletters about developments in our regions are appearing three times a year
• Invitation to our annual workshops and general assembly: the next meeting is scheduled to take place on the 28/29 th of April, the place will be either Zagreb or Banja Luka (members are voting on this at the very moment)
• Participation in European projects (for more details see the attached presentation)
• Membership in the board: there are elections this year as a number of board members are stepping down

Links to international networks on medical education and accreditation:

• World Federation for Medical Education (WFME);
• The European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education – ENQA;
• The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE);
• The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN);
• Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (AQAAIW) ;
• Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA);
• IREG;
• The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE);
• The Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE);
• The Assocation of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE);
• ORPHEUS (Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System.) is an association of European biomedical and health science faculties and institutions;
• European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance (EASPA);
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) India;
• European Quality Assurance Agency (EQAA);
• Asia Pacific Quality Register (APQR).