1. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General Harmonizing activities in quality assurance and playing an active role in shaping the European Higher Education Area www.ceenetwork.hu CEE Network The Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education 1

2. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General Background on the CEE Network Objectives Membership and membership criteria Activities Contribution to QA in the EHEA Outcomes Problems Future 2 Content of presentation

3. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General Founded October 13, 2001 in Krakow, Poland Formally established on October 19, 2002 Vienna, Austria Succeeds the Regional Subnetwork of the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education, established November 19, 2000 in Budapest, Hungary Previous meetings with some CEE agencies already in 1995, ’96, ‘97 The Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education 3

4. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 4 to share experiences  foster cooperation to exchange information on background, aims, procedures and outcomes of activities of members to recommend experts to assist each other in elaborating measures for harmonizing activities in quality assurance play a proactive role in shaping the European higher education area. Main Objectives

5. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General problems related to transition to democracy consequences of autonomy granted to HEIS (relationship with governments) relationship with Academies of Science (new Ph.D. vs. research degrees) economic constraints (salaries, infrastructure, brain drain, etc.) few applicants to academic profession low student and staff mobility (money, language) in Hungary also: considerable ethnic minority population in neighboring countries in some countries: steep increase of private HEIS, need for quality control.. Regional concerns when founded 5

6. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General Austria (Acc. Council, Fachh. Council, AQA) Albania Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Germany (ACQUIN, FIBAA, ASIIN) Hungary Membership: 21 agencies in 16 countries 6 Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Poland (UC + PKA) Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Slovenia

7. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 7 Estonia

8. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General “Membership is open to agencies/committees which are recognized as national or regional higher education quality assurance agencies by the lawful authority/ies in their respective Central and Eastern European country, and which operate on a non-profit and non- commercial basis” Membership criteria: current Regulations 8

9. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General CEE Network is ENQA Affiliate since 2006 CEE Network Cooperation agreement with – ANECA, Spain, 2003 – ECA, 2008 – INQAAHE, 2008 Member agencies: –all are Bologna signatories –ENQA members: 12 agencies –INQAAHE members: 16 agencies –ECA members: 6 agencies Memberships, affiliations, agreements 9

10. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General website www.ceenetwork.hu workshop (annually) on quality assurance issues Steering Committee meeting (at least once a year) General Assembly (biannually ) publication of “Mapping external quality assurance in Central and Eastern Europe: A comparative survey” by Stefanie Hofmann, ACQUIN Statements: – to BFUG on CEE Network fulfilling goals of Berlin Communiqué, 2003 – to ENQA and EQAR, in response to EQAR, 2008 Activities 10

11. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 11 Contribution to QA in the EHEA Was the first accreditation network in Europe the geographic range of membership: has brought this range of agencies into a forum for information exchange on European trends in QA special concerns for the region now all members are Bologna signatories

12. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 12 Outcomes 1 2000, Budapest: –INQAAHE survey on agency tasks and scope 2001, Krakow: –Agency background reports published on website 2002, Vienna: –formal organization –Encouragement to join ENQA from its Steering Committee member –workshop on institutional and program evaluation (national case studies and „European” speakers) 2003, Bucharest: –workshop: „After Berlin: The Bologna Process and Evaluation / Accreditation in Central and Eastern Europe” –statement to Ministers about CEE Network Contribution to EHEA

13. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 13 Outcomes 2 2004, Prague: “Convergence and Divergence in Quality Assurance Systems. The CEE Contribution to the European Higher Education Area” –workshop: “Convergence and Divergence in Quality Assurance Systems. The CEE Contribution to the European Higher Education Area” –Statement on new ENQA membership criteria (pre- ESG): CEE Network supports them 2005, Poznan: “Mapping External quality Assurance in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Survey” –workshop “Mapping External quality Assurance in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Survey” –subsequent publication by Dr. Stefanie Hofman

14. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 14 Outcomes 3 2006 May, Leibnitz/Graz: –“Mapping external quality assurance in Central and Eastern Europe: A comparative survey. Follow-up”. 2006 October, Vienna: –CEEN/ENQA workshop ”Implementation of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA” –WGs on ESG independence, external QA, appeals

15. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 15 Outcomes 4 2007, St. Petersburg: –workshop “The European Standards and Guidelines in the Central and Eastern European Context after London” 2008, Albania: –workshop: “Cooperation of accreditation agencies: Towards mutual recognition of accred. decisions”. –presentation by chair of ENQA on EQAR –CEEN statement to ENQA and EQAR 2009, Vilnius: –Workshop: “External Reviews of Agencies: Lessons Learned” –Publication: „Directory” on CEEN agencies 2010, Bulgaria: –working title: The CEE Network Agencies Ten Years after Bologna –analyses of external reviews of member agencies

16. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 16 Outcomes for members Contact Invitation to sit on others’ Boards Information exchange Which indirectly feed into: Bilateral projects E.g. HAC hosted agency study visits from Albania (2006) Poland PKA (2009)

17. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 17 Problems Lack of human resources to build up a more active organization Failure to register as legal entity Partially related to human resources

18. 30/10/2009Christina Rozsnyai CEEN Secretary General 18 Future Next GA in Bulgaria next May Revision of Regulations Reconsider requirement that members be non-profit (Austrian, German members not government supported) New Steering Committee Expect increased activity