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Membership Type: Observer Email: medjunarodna@azvo.hr Year in which Organisation/Agency commenced operations: 2005 Countries/regions/states of operation: croatia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Title: Prof. First Name: Jasmina Surname: Havranek Job Title: Director Email Id: ured@azvo.hr Alternative Email Id: jasmina.havranek@azvo.hr Nominated Contact Person (if different from CEO) First Name: Emita Surname: Blagdan Job Title: Assistant Director Email Id: medjunarodna@azvo.hr Organisation Details Agency for Science and Higher Education Address: Donje Svetice 38/5, 10 000 ZAGREB Croatia Website: www.azvo.hr Additional Contacts Criteria Requirements for Full Member1 Criterion: Nature of the operations of the agency: Measure: The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 2 Criterion: Mission statement and objectives: Measure: The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 3 Criterion: Agency staff, Numbers, Profile, Roles: Measure: The profile of the staff is consistent with the Mission Statement Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 4 Criterion: Profile of reviewers: Measure: The profile of the reviewers is consistent with the Mission Statement Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 5 Criterion: Independence: Measure: The judgements and recommendations of the agency’s reports cannot be changed by third parties Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 6 Criterion: Resources: Measure: The agency has sufficient resources to run its operations in accordance with its mission statement and objectives Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 7 Criterion: External quality assurance criteria and processes: Measure: The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include: self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure Description: Applicable Only For Full Members 8 Criterion: Quality assurance: Measure: The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include: self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure Description: Applicable Only For Full Members Criteria Requirements for Institutional MemberInstitutional Member Criteria: Measure: Institutional Members are institutions of higher education in the region that are in good standing with the relevant quality assurance agency if one exists. Proof of recognition as a Higher Education Institution: Applicable Only For Institutional Members Proof of the organisation’s good standing with the local QA agency: Applicable Only For Institutional Members Criteria Requirements for Associate MemberAssociate Member Criteria: Measure:Associate Members are organisations with a major interest and active involvement in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education, but without the responsibility for assuring the quality of institutions, education programs, or external quality assurance agencies Applicable Only For Associate Members Criteria Requirements for Intermediate Member1 Criterion: Nature of the operations of the agency: Measure: The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies Description: Applicable Only For Intermediate Members 2 Criterion: Mission statement and objectives: Measure: The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency Applicable Only For Intermediate Members 3 Criterion: : Proof of the organisation’s good standing with the local QA agency Applicable Only For Intermediate Members Criteria Requirements for ObserverCriterion For Observers: Measure: APQN accepts as Observers organisations outside the Asia-Pacific region, including: external quality assurance agencies; institutions with a major interest in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education; other regional networks that have major interests in and strong links with the region Criteria Requirements for Observer: The Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) was modelled after the best European practices in quality assurance in science and higher education. Becoming a full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) and being listed in EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education) in 2011, the Agency proved its reliability as a quality assurance agency working in the European Higher Education Area. ASHE mission is to continuously support quality improvement of science and higher education, by applying European and international best practices. According to the Act on Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education the Agency performs a part of the procedure of initial accreditation, procedures of reaccreditation, thematic evaluation and audit, collects and processes data on Croatian higher education, science and related systems, which serve as a basis for analyses necessary to establish standards and criteria of evaluations carried out by ASHE, as well as a basis for informed and evidence-based strategic decision-making of bodies in the system of higher education and science. ASHE also provides information and unifies data on the conditions of enrolment to higher education institutions in the Republic of Croatia. One of the ASHE tasks is to administer and support the activities of the National Council for Higher Education, National Council for Science, Council for Financing Scientific Activity and Higher Education, Ethics Committee in Science and Higher Education, Area Councils, Scientific Field Committees, Humanities and Arts Committees and expert panels. ASHE is actively involved in the activities of European and global networks fostering mobility and recognition of foreign higher education qualifications (ENIC and NARIC network) and is a member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education), CEENQA (Network of Central and Eastern European Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) and OECD IMHE (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development â?? Programme for Institutional management in Higher Education), as well as listed in EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education). Wishing to extend its global network, ASHE would like to achieve an observer status in the Asia-Pacific Quality Network, in order to exchange experiences and good practices and foster the connections of Croatian and European higher education with the systems of the Asian-Pacific region. Documentation and Fees Additional Information: No additional information is required for my application Upon approval of my application I agree to pay:
I will be applying for support for: None Documents Submitted Located in: APQN Members
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