The overall aim of the project is to assist Morocco in its ambition to further develop and enhance a new national Quality Assurance Agency for HE whose work will be aligned with the immediate and direct needs of society, whilst also meeting international expectations. The project is concerned specifically with the development, application and outcomes of academic QA and its improvement/enhancement.
The Project will identify and assist in the development of a) the essential components of QA system that meet national and institutional needs, and b) a ‘road map’ and White Paper setting out a reasonable transition from the current situation to one that demonstrably meets international norms and expectations.
The specific objectives for the Project include the development of:
The project will be divided in six main phases:
ENQA main activity is the organisation of a Roundtable on EU QA management for the Moroccan partners to be held in Brussels with the participation of ENQA member agencies.
ENQA will also chair the Quality Committee and develop a “Quality Plan” to perform monitoring and impact evaluation activities.
ENQA will contribute to the development of various deliverables, the White Paper, the Tool Kit and the Code of Practice described more in detail above. It will also contribute to different events as a speaker, in the planned Roundtable Discussion meetings, Study visits and Workshops in Morocco and in Europe
ENQA will also ensure to disseminate the project’s objectives and outcomes at the EU level.
The project brings together a consortium of 19 partners:
The project has received funding under Erasmus+ KA2 “Capacity building in the field of higher educational”.
TERM/DURATION
Original duration from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2020 (36 months), followed by an extension to 30 April 2021.
More information can be found on the project website here.