Activities and Introduction of working group 3 - WP PR EP Quality assessment and accreditation Pierluigi Febo, Jens Fehrmann Roma, 05. October

TU Dresden, Folie 2 von 14 Responsibilities and main tasks of WG3 1.Strategies for the recognition procedure of the European programmes of studies in AgEng with FEANI and EurAgEng 2.Development of the process for recognition of the new Agricultural and Biological Engineering Programmes 3.Development of an organizational scheme in close collaboration with EurAgEng 4.Application of the European Qualifications framework for Quality assessment and assurance to European programmes of studies in AgEng and Biosystems Engineering 5.Eur-Ace Implementation and adoption of the European Quality Label

TU Dresden, Folie 3 von 14 Synergy of WG3 with WG1 and WG2 (first two years) for developing outcomes P5, P7, P11 and P12  Preparatory work on the operational activities of Workpackage PR EP  Strategic plan of the work to be followed  Establish synergic activities with related thematic networks and other organisations and the industrial sector  Analyse the contemporary developments in the HEA of Europe with regard to the Quality Assessment and Assurance Frameworks and Accreditation Strategies and Schemes Deadline:

TU Dresden, Folie 4 von 14 Synergy of WG3 with WG1 and WG2 (third year) for developing outcomes P5, P7, P11 and P12  Integration of activities of PR EA and RES with the outcomes of the PR EP Workpackage with the contribution of selected synergies  Evaluation on the progress made  Investigation of related topics Deadline: Cooperation of WG3 with WG1 and WG2 in support of WG4 (all three years) for developing outcomes P6, P13, P14 and P15 Provision of information and feedback in support of the operational objectives of Workpackage PR OM Deadline: Cooperation of WG3 with WG1, WG2 and WG4 in support of WG5 for organising and carrying out dissemination and exploitation activities Provision of information and feedback in support of the operational objectives of Workpackage DISS-EXP Deadline:

TU Dresden, Folie 5 von 14 TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE INTERIM REPORT BY OUTCOMEDEADLINERESPONSIBLE PARTNER PARTICIPATING PARTNERS STATUS 1Preparatory work related to P5, P7, P11 and P12 (progress report based on the final guidelines out of which data related to P7, P11 and P12 will be extracted) combined with the outcomes-reports of current status of synergies with WG 1, WG2 and the derived conclusions; to be submitted to the coordinator by the WG leader J. FehrmannWG3done

TU Dresden, Folie 6 von 14 TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE FINAL REPORT BY P5- Proceedings of the fifth Workshop AUAAll partners PENDING 3 P7- Investigation of recognition procedure schemes DRESDEN/ PALERMO All partners PENDING 4 P11- Tools for Quality Assurance and Assessment Frameworks of Biosystems Engineering studies DRESDEN/ PALERMO All partners PENDING 5 P12- A scheme for the accreditation of new European programs of studies in Biosystems Engineering in synergy with EUR- ACE-IMPLEMENTATION DRESDEN/ PALERMO All partners PENDING

TU Dresden, Folie 7 von 14 P5 “Proceedings of the 5th Workshop” (deadline : ) WG 3 will develop the guidelines for the fifth workshop with the following contents: 1.Every network partner should work out the accreditation procedure regarding AgEng courses in their countries: 2.Who is doing the accreditation? 3.Is it comparable with the FEANI document? 4.Will there be changes in the near future? 5.European Qualification framework 6.Every working group partner should work out what the impact of the EQF on the national accreditation procedure is? 7.Furthermore Workshop 5 will have to deal with the different interpretation and implementation of those standards and principles in different EU countries. Appropriate topics will be included into the guidelines.

TU Dresden, Folie 8 von 14 P7 “Investigation of recognition procedure schemes” (deadline : ) EurAgEng- USAEE Recognition Process Only few progress with EurAgEng -During the last EURAGENG Executive meeting, no progress with ERABEE reported -EurAgEng has already the list of volunteer assessors – Member of Steering Committee and Jan W. Hofstee -Eurageng promises to contact UPM in Spain and Latvian Agricultural University as possible test candidates Other possible university candidates?

TU Dresden, Folie 9 von 14 P11- “Tools for Quality Assurance and Assessment Frameworks of Biosystems Engineering studies” ENQA, the European Association of Quality assurance in Higher Education published principles, which should be taken as guidelines, when developing an assessment framework for Biosystems Engineering. Those, together with the “Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in European Higher Education area” are the fundamentals for the development of tools. Workshop 5 will have to deal with the different interpretation and implementation of those standards and principles in different EU countries.

TU Dresden, Folie 10 von 14 TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE FINAL REPORT BY  Synergy of WG3 with WG1 and WG2 (first two years) for developing outcomes P5, P7, P11 and P12  Preparatory work on the operational activities of Workpackage PR EP  Strategic plan of the work to be followed  Establish synergic activities with related thematic networks and other organisations and the industrial sector  Analyse the contemporary developments in the HEA of Europe with regard to the Quality Assessment and Assurance Frameworks and Accreditation Strategies and Schemes  Integration of activities of PR EA and RES with the outcomes of the PR EP Workpackage with the contribution of selected synergies  Evaluation on the progress made  Investigation of related topics WG3 MembersWG3 membersPENDING

TU Dresden, Folie 11 von 14 7Cooperation of WG3 with WG1 and WG2 in support of WG4 (all three years) for developing outcomes P6, P13, P14 and P15  Provision of information and feedback in support of the operational objectives of Workpackage PR OM WG3 MembersWG3 membersPENDING 8Cooperation of WG2 with WG1, WG3 and WG4 in support of WG5 for organising and carrying out dissemination and exploitation activities  Provision of information and feedback in support of the operational objectives of Workpackage DISS-EXP WG3 MembersWG3 membersPENDING 9WG3 Final Report to be submitted to the coordinator by the WG leader (e.g. update of all above outcomes if needed, synergies, networking activities; final synthesis of (1)-(8) and final conclusions) WG3 MembersWG3 membersPENDING TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE FINAL REPORT BY

TU Dresden, Folie 12 von 14 Strategies for the recognition procedure to promote QA within the network 1.Present the framework of Quality Assessment (QA) and the framework of EURACE 2.Indicate the steps to be followed by a Biosystems Engineering Programme to meet these Quality assessment and accreditation requirements 3.Identify the weak and strong points to meet these requirements at national level (partners necessary) 4.Propose steps to be taken to implement EurAgEng recognition and Eurace accreditation

TU Dresden, Folie 13 von 14 Latest developments in WG 3 – Status Sept from Jens to Greece from june 19th after a meeting with Dave Tinker in Brussels I met Dave Tinker three weeks ago and spoke with him about the EurAgEng recognition. He still has concerns about the legal aspects in the recognition of foreign (not UK) universities and he does not know, how to finance the work within EurAgEng necessary for the recognition process. He underlined that EurAgEng is interested in that process, but I do not see any progress in that matter Answer from Greece We propose that the national associations of Agricultural Engineers may also be assigned the responsibility to organize the trials under the auspices of EurAgEng. The later will assign an expert committee consisting of ERABEE’s Steering Committee members. The national association will collect the required documents and provide them to the experts committee and receive the results of the evaluation that will afterwards be communicated to the applicant. The whole procedure will remain confidential but in case the results are positive the assessment will be communicated to EurAgEng. It is its responsibility to issue the recognition and make it public.

TU Dresden, Folie 14 von 14 Participation at the Conference (Jens Fehrmann) Defining Quality - The Relevance of Field-specific Approaches to Quality Assurance in Higher Education November, 2009, Bonn, Germany (see agenda enclosed) Information about the conference will be given during the meeting in Malta on the second day