1. HAQAA Initiative:
Objectives, activities and structure of the ASG-QA Consultation workshop
Addis Ababa, November 2017

2. HAQAA= Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation
EU Service contract
Element of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership
‘Sister’ initiative of Tuning Africa
Implementing consortium: University of Barcelona (coordinator), AAU, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), European University Association (EUA) and European Association for Quality Assurance (ENQA)

3. HAQAA Objectives
Objective: “Contribute to and support the harmonisation of higher education programmes and the creation of a revitalised, distinctive, attractive and globally competitive African higher education space, through enhanced intra-African collaboration”
Development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation system at institutional level, national, regional and Pan-African continental level
Boost for the implementation of ‘PAQAF’ (Pan African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework), an official AU commitment

4. HAQAA: Contributing to PAQAF
Development of the African Standards and Guidelines for QA (ASG-QA)
Major guiding document for the continent – Common language for QA and baseline standards and principles - To be politically endorsed
Capacity building for QA bodies
Building a Common Language for QA in Africa («HAQAA Training Course»)
QA Agency reviews/consultation visits for agency building (2018)
Capacity building for institutional quality culture
AQRM evaluations in 15 universities
Stakeholder buy-in for PAQAF and promotion
African QA platform and database:
HAQAA Training Course
Advisory Board of key regional organisations

5. Online Consultation and Consultation workshop
2017 in review
Technical Working Group (TWG) for the development of African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ASG-QA)
Online Consultation and Consultation workshop
Training Course on a Common Language for QA in Africa (Training course in Brussels, Bonn and Accra, FR and ENG cohorts, Personal Action Plans)
Institutional evaluations employing the AQRM (15 universities in 5 regions)

6. This workshop
Present the ASG-QA to key stakeholders (QA bodies, ministries, student associations…) across the continent
Discussion Version 2 in depth, in working groups
Generate perspectives from student associations on the role of students in QA
Generate perspectives from regional and national QA bodies regarding the ASG-QA uptake and implementation
Prepare input for the Africa-EU Summit

7. Break out groups
Three rounds of break-outs to discuss each part of the ASG-QA
Group 1: Bi-lingual (FR/ENG)- Plenary room
Group 2: Anglophone – fourth floor
Group 3: Francophone – fourth floor
Chairs and rapporteurs from the TWG will rotate
Participants of each break out group are pre-assigned

8. Break-out groups: Guiding questions
Are the inter-linkage between the three parts (A,B,C) of the ASG-QA clear to everyone?
Discussion of the ASG-QA standard by standard:
Is each standard clearly addressed? Are there overlaps or redundancies? Should anything be merged?

9. Implementing team HAQAA website: www.aau.org/haqaa
Elizabeth Colucci and Nicole Font (UB):
Violet Makuku (AAU) and Jonathan Mba:
Paula Ranne (ENQA):
Gudrun Chazotte (DAAD):
Goran Dakovic (EUA):
HAQAA website: