Agenda

EQAR Members' Dialogue 2023: EQAR, quo vadis?

This year’s Members’ Dialogue (MD), hosted by the University of Granada in the Advanced Technical School for Building Engineering focused  on exchanges in the framework of the QA FIT project, as well as on the EQAR strategy 2024-2028.

Agenda of the MD (Granada, 9-10 November)

9 November 2023

09:00 09:00-10:00 Welcome coffee and registration (next to Salón de Grados, 2nd floor)

09:15 – 09:45 Information Session for Newcomers (Classrooms D-11A)
presented by Stéphane Lauwick, President, EQAR
10:00 Plenary Session – Opening and Introduction (Salón de Grados, 2nd floor)

  • Emilio Gómez Cobos, Deputy Director, School of Building Engineering, University of Granada
  • Ana Rivas, Vice-Rector for Quality, Teaching Innovation and Undergraduate Studies, University of Granada
  • Stéphane Lauwick, President, EQAR
10:15 Plenary session – Interactive panel: QA-FIT and the ESG
(Salón de Grados, 2nd floor)
During this session, extracts from various QA-FIT project papers will be presented and then discussed.
Panel members:

  • Douglas Blackstock, President, ENQA
  • Jakub Grodecki, Policy and Project Manager, EURASHE, EQAR Board
  • Horia Onita, President, ESU, EQAR Board
  • Melinda Szabo, Deputy Director, EQAR

Moderator:
Magalie Soenen, Director, EQAR
11:30 Coffee break (“Saloncito”)
12:00 Parallel sessions (round 1)
1 – QA-FIT focus group “Internationalisation”

  • Input presentation: Melinda Szabo, Deputy Director, EQAR
  • Response: Ioannis Katsanevakis, Hellenic Ministry of Education
  • Moderator: Douglas Blackstock, President, ENQA
  • Rapporteur: Steffen Westergard Andersen, EQAR Register Committee member

2 – QA-FIT focus group “Future of the ESG”

  • Input presentation: Maria Kelo, Director of Institutional Development, EUA, EQAR Board
  • Response: Peter Ondreicka, Slovakian Ministry of Education
  • Moderator: Blazhe Todorovski, Policy and Project Officer, EQAR
  • Rapporteur: Eltjo Bazen, EQAR Register Committee member
13:00  Lunch in the cafeteria Edification (next to the entrance)
14:00 Knowledge Café (Ground floor)
The Knowledge Café gives participants an opportunity to learn about specific developments, initiatives and case studies related to quality assurance in the EHEA. The format enables informal and spontaneous discussions in small groups and allows each participant to visit several topics:

  • The essence of the European Blockchain Initiative (EBSI), the collaboration with EQAR (using DEQAR data) and the next developments for EBSI. Presented by Lluís Alfons Ariño Martín, project Spanish universities EBSI
  • Inquiry into the European Degree and the EdLab project. Presented by Fernando Galan Miguel Palomares, Consortium Manager Arqus European University Alliance and Kinga Szuly (Head of Sector at European Commission)
  • The European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes: and institutional and QA agency experience in accrediting a joint programme. Presented by Francisco Pérez Cutiño, ACCUA & Ángel Luis Trigo, University of Seville
  • Changes in Croatian legal framework to accommodate for the use of the European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes. Presented by Sandra Bezjak, EQAR Register Committee member and Josipa Dragičević, Croatian Ministry of Education
  • The QA of Micro-credentials in Ireland. Presented by Bryan Maguire, QQI
  • Introduction of the European Digital Credentials for Learning – an initiative lead by the European Commission which also includes connection to DEQAR, by Ildiko Mazar, NTT Data. This session is pre – recorded.
15:30 Coffee break (next to parallel session rooms)
16:00 Parallel sessions (round 2) (In the classrooms on the ground floor)
1 – QA-FIT focus group “Internationalisation”

  • Input presentation: Melinda Szabo, Deputy Director, EQAR
  • Response: Ioannis Katsanevakis, Hellenic Ministry of Education
  • Moderator: Douglas Blackstock, President, ENQA
  • Rapporteur: Maria Arminda Braganca, EQAR Register Committee member


2 – QA-FIT focus group “Future of the ESG”

  • Input presentation: Maria Kelo, Director of Institutional Development, EUA, EQAR Board
  • Responses: Peter Ondreicka, Slovakian Ministry of Education
  • Moderator: Blazhe Todorovski, Policy and Project Officer, EQAR
  • Rapporteur: Aleksandar Šušnjar, EQAR Register Committee member
17:00 Plenary session – wrap-up from the QA-Fit focus groups (Salón de Grados – 2nd floor)
17:30 End of day 1
18:30 Guided walking tour – Starting from Hotel Catalonia by taxi – assembly in hotel lobby at 18:20
20:30 Dinner

10 November 2023

09:30 Plenary Session – EQAR Strategy: introduction (Salón de Grados – 2nd floor)

  • Stéphane Lauwick, President, EQAR
  • Magalie Soenen, Director, EQAR
10:00 Parallel sessions – Discussions on EQAR Strategy 2024-2028
Two groups will discuss the priorities for the EQAR strategy, using as input the discussion document, guided by reflective questions.Group 1

  • Response: Mathieu Musquin, French Ministry of Education
  • Moderator: Magalie Soenen, Director, EQAR
  • Rapporteur: Maria Kelo, Director of Institutional Development, EUA, EQAR Board

Group 2

  • Response: Marianne van Exel,  Dutch Ministry of Education
  • Moderator: Stéphane Lauwick, President, EQAR
  • Rapporteur: Jakub Grodecki, Policy and Project Manager, EURASHE, EQAR Board
11:00 Coffee break (“Saloncito”)
11:30 Plenary Session – Feedback from the parallel sessions on the EQAR Strategy (Salón de Grados – 2nd floor)
12:00 Plenary Session – Discussion on input Tirana Communiqué (Salón de Grados – 2nd floor)
The closing panel will reflect on the discussions during the event and aim to sum up some key messages to take forward in the Tirana Communiqué, both with regard to EQAR and DEQAR as with respect to the future evolution of the ESG.Panel:

  • Horia Onita, President, ESU, EQAR Board
  • Beate Treml, Vice-Chair of the EQAR Register Committee

Moderator:

  • Stéphane Lauwick, President, EQAR
13:00 Closing words, followed by lunch at 13:15 (cafeteria Edification)