In March 2020, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between The Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Education and Healthcare (ECAQA), Republic of Kazakhstan, and The National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research (ANACEC), Republic of Moldova. http://www.anacip.md/index.php/en/home-en-gb/missions

The areas of Understanding include:
1. Exchange of experience in external evaluation and accreditation of educational organisations and educational programmes;
2. Nomination of accreditation experts for the External Evaluation Commissions on accreditation;
3. Joint activities on the quality assurance of education and accreditation;
4. Preparation of joint publications on accreditation in education;
5. Participation in events, which are organised by the partner.

The ANACEC is an administrative authority that is subordinate to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova.

The ACACEC’s mission is to implement the state policy on quality assurance of all levels of education and research, which is focused on the best international practices and quality standards contributing to greater economic competitiveness and social cohesion in the Republic of Moldova.

The aim of ANACEC is to ensure an integrated, reliable, objective and transparent system of external evaluation and accreditation of educational institutions and educational programmes, external evaluation of organizations in the field of research and innovation, evaluation of scientific and scientific-didactic staff, control of the quality of all levels of education, including vocational education, higher and continuing education in the Republic of Moldova.

THE EURASIAN CENTRE FOR ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE (ECAQA) HAS RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC QUALITY REGISTER (APQR)

The external evaluation of the ECAQA was conducted for the compliance with 11 Chiba Principles and the requirements of the Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR).

The international team of experts expressed a high opinion of the system of external and internal quality assurance of ECAQA’s operations, which contribute to the harmonization and internationalization of higher education and research in the Central Asia.

By the decision of the APQR Council, the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care received international recognition and was included in the APQR in December 2019.

Congratulation Letter of APQR Inclusion

APQR Certificate – ECAQA

The Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR) was established in 2012 by decision of the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) https://www.apqr.co/

The APQR is the register of organizations (agencies, centres, associations) for quality assurance and accreditation in the Asia-Pacific.

An independent external evaluation of an accreditation agency for compliance with the Chiba Principles is carried out by an international expert group and includes an analysis of the Self-Evaluation Report, an on-site visit to the accreditation agency, preparation of a Final Report on the results of the external evaluation and the APQR Council’s decision-making.

Inclusion in the APQR is an indicator of the high quality of the accreditation process that is carried out by an accreditation agency.

The accreditation agencies which are included in the APQR demonstrate the transparency of key activities, sustainable development and the desire to improve in the area of quality assurance of education.

The accreditation agencies that are included in the APQR have the right to accredit foreign educational organizations and educational programmes in cooperation with the APQN.

ECAQA Outcome letter-Inclusion on APQR-24-Feb-2020

ECAQA is included on the National Register of Recognised Accrediting Agency by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science