En 1995, sous l'impulsion de la Commission Européenne était institué le Mois de la Qualité.
L'évènement est depuis marqué par de nombreuses manifestations sur tout le territoire, organisées par les structures dédiées à la promotion de la qualité.
La Martinique n'est pas en reste puisque depuis un certain nombre d'années, de nombreuses actions destinées dans un premier temps à vulgariser la démarche qualité ont été mises en œuvre par Martinique Développement et ses partenaires.
Actuellement, les entreprises certifiées sont de plus en plus nombreuses, et elles "ont des besoins en termes d'outils permettant d'évaluer le niveau de maîtrise de leur système de management de la qualité, de le faire vivre et de l'optimiser".
Quant à celles qui ont entamé la démarche qualité, "elles éprouvent le besoin à un moment donné de mesurer l'avancement de cette démarche".
Cette 5e édition du Mois de la Qualité, qui se déroulera du 21 octobre au 21 novembre 2013, sera pour Martinique Développement, le Conseil Régional et leurs partenaires, l'occasion de promouvoir des outils adaptés aux besoins des entreprises engagées dans cette démarche.
Source : Martinique Développement
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23 october 2013: At its meeting in Ghent last week, the Register Committee accepted the following agencies to the Register. The Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency (EKKA), the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA, United Kingdom) and the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (SQAA).
The Register now features 32 agencies that have demonstrated to operate in substantial compliance with the European Standard and Guidelines.
European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education
In most European countries, higher education institutions or study programmes are subject to regular external review by a quality assurance agency. The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) is a register of such agencies, listing those that substantially comply with a common set of principles for quality assurance in Europe. These principles are laid down in the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance. The register is web-based and freely accessible for everyone. Read more...

Register of QA Agencies

En 1995, sous l'impulsion de la Commission Européenne était institué le Mois de la Qualité.
L'évènement est depuis marqué par de nombreuses manifestations sur tout le territoire, organisées par les structures dédiées à la promotion de la qualité.
La Martinique n'est pas en reste puisque depuis un certain nombre d'années, de nombreuses actions destinées dans un premier temps à vulgariser la démarche qualité ont été mises en œuvre par Martinique Développement et ses partenaires.
Actuellement, les entreprises certifiées sont de plus en plus nombreuses, et elles "ont des besoins en termes d'outils permettant d'évaluer le niveau de maîtrise de leur système de management de la qualité, de le faire vivre et de l'optimiser".
Quant à celles qui ont entamé la démarche qualité, "elles éprouvent le besoin à un moment donné de mesurer l'avancement de cette démarche".
Cette 5e édition du Mois de la Qualité, qui se déroulera du 21 octobre au 21 novembre 2013, sera pour Martinique Développement, le Conseil Régional et leurs partenaires, l'occasion de promouvoir des outils adaptés aux besoins des entreprises engagées dans cette démarche.

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Overall objectives

The QACHE project stems from a real and perceived need to address, in terms of information and practical support, the quality assurance of cross-border higher education (CBHE). The overall aim of the QACHE project is to enhance the development of the quality assurance of CBHE and to support the development of a European dimension in QA, by addressing common standards and principles for the quality assurance of CBHE by European providers. By doing so, the project also foresees to facilitate and enhance the engagement of European HEIs in CBHE reinforcing their accessibility and attractiveness in other parts of the world but also contributes to the protection of students against low standard provision and issues related to recognition of CBHE due to lack of collaboration in their QA.

Specific objectives

The project will assess the role of national quality assurance agencies in the QA or accreditation of CBHE and identify the main obstacles and challenges, and elaborate ways of addressing these issues. The project will analyse and compare examples of good practices from countries with extensive CBHE provision experience and further assess to what extend specific criteria and procedures are in place for CBHE as compared to those used in QA of education delivered in-country in order to create a set of criteria for European CBHE, compatible with the ESG. The project will also elaborate basic principles for a common approach to QA of European CBHE based on good practices from Europe, Australia, Asia-Pacific and the Gulf Region which is foreseen to facilitate collaboration with countries outside of Europe by providing a shared framework applicable to and used by all European countries. The project will also produce a toolkit for quality assurance agencies and higher education institutions with common approaches on QA of CBHE and a framework to guide the activities of internal and external QA processes of CBHE.

Target groups

The direct target groups of the project are primarily the quality assurance agencies within and outside of Europe and the European providers of cross-border education (HEIs). Students, national and European policy makers and the higher education sector are indirect target groups who will benefit from the project outcomes.

Methodology and activities

In order to achieve the objectives and aims of the QACHE project, the project will include the following activities:

• A survey of QA agencies in Europe to collect information on how the agencies address QA and/or accreditation of CBHE; to detect the use and impact of international guidelines on national QA practices of CBHE; to investigate on the standards used for QA of CBHE and to collect information on good practices and challenges
• A survey of QA agencies members of ANQAHE and APQN, to collect information on the “host country perspective”; to collect information on good practice of cooperation with European QA agencies or institutions for the QA and recognition of education delivered by foreign providers/leading to a foreign qualification; detecting needs, concerns and legal conditions for accreditation/QA of imported higher education and recognition requirements
• Country reports and identification of case examples and good practice in the core provider countries in Europe in QA of CBHE
• A survey of CBHE in Europe to investigate their views on the current criteria, standards and procedures in place and their usefulness; to collect information on the support needs of HEIs and their QA offices by QA agencies
• A European Expert Forum, to validate the findings at the European level and support the preparation of the shared standards and common principles and approaches to be proposed to HEIs and QA agencies in Europe; and to disseminate and discuss the first project findings (outcomes of surveys and good practice)
• Two regional seminars, in the Gulf Region and in East Asia, to validate and enrich findings from the two regional surveys; to disseminate information on the status QA of CBHE in Europe (outcomes of the European survey and other activities); to establish and reinforce collaborative links between QA agencies in Europe and in the target regions and to further open a dialogue on the development of dual procedures for the QA of CBHE
• Elaboration of a toolkit on QA of CBHE for QA agencies and HEIs
• Elaboration of common criteria for QA of CBHE for QA agencies and HEIs
• Development of a format for a pilot testing to be applied voluntarily by identified CBHE initiatives to support sustainability of the project outcomes
• Publication of the project outcomes and the comprehensive final report including the main recommendations
• Final dissemination conference.

PROJECT OUTCOMES

The main project outcomes include the elaboration of a toolkit on QA of CBHE and common criteria for QA of CBHE for quality assurance agencies and HEIs. The project will result in a comprehensive final report including the main recommendations to European providers of CBHE, European quality assurance agencies and other quality assurance agencies outside of Europe.

The project results will facilitate collaboration with regions outside Europe while supporting the internationalisation of European higher education and strengthening its attractiveness through increased efficiency of QA of CBHE. Higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies will receive support in establishing QA procedures for CBHE, thus, enabling higher education provided by European institutions to be of comparable quality and meet the same standards within or outside Europe and being recognised in the host country without facing double procedures.
PROJECT EVENTS
In order to validate the findings of the information collection, and to support the creation and reinforcement of mutual understanding and collaborative links, and to reinforce the policy dialogue, three regional events will be organised during the project lifespan:

• A European Expert Forum, to validate the findings at the European level and support the preparation of the shared standards and common principles and approaches to be proposed to HEIs and QA agencies in Europe; and to disseminate and discuss the first project findings (outcomes of surveys and good practice);
• Two regional seminars, in the Gulf Region and in East Asia, to validate and enrich findings from the two regional surveys; to disseminate information on the status QA of CBHE in Europe (outcomes of the European survey and other activities); to establish and reinforce collaborative links between QA agencies in Europe and in the target regions and to further open a dialogue on the development of dual procedures for the QA of CBHE.
A final dissemination conference will take place towards the end of the project gathering participants among practitioners of QA, providers of CBHE, policy makers, and stakeholders. This is the main dissemination event of the project. As the subject is not only related to quality assurance, the conference is also an interest to professionals dealing with the inetrnationalisation of higher education and the promotion of European higher education in other regions of the world.
More information on the project activities and results will be published as the project advances.
This project has been funded with the support of the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Union.