Supporting European QA Agencies in meeting the ESG (SEQA-ESG) II

The project’s main aim is to support Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Ukraine (five higher education systems in total) in achieving ESG compliance, including through the establishment of independent QA agencies. Specifically, the project’s objectives are to achieve:

1. The establishment of legal frameworks that support and enable ESG compliance of the agencies, including the de jure and de facto independence of the agencies (from ministries and from HEIs/other stakeholders);
2. The alignment of the methodology and processes used in each of the countries to the four stage peer-review method described in the ESG;
3. A connection of national/agency criteria with Part 1 of the ESG;
4. The creation of appropriate methods and criteria for the recruitment, selection, and training of peer review experts, including addressing issues of impartiality and independence of experts;
5. Adequate stakeholder involvement in external quality assurance.