Membership
ECA currently has 16 members from 11 countries. All members of ECA are quality assurance agencies that undertake accreditation or accreditation-like procedures.
The members are:
- Austrian Accreditation Council (AAC), Austria
- Fachhochschulrat, Austria
- Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut (EVA), Denmark
- Commision des Titres d'Ingénieurs (CTI), France
- Akkreditierungsrat, Germany
- Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Germany
- Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengange im Bereich Gesundheit und Soziales e.V. (AHPGS), Germany
- Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen e.V. (AQAS), Germany
- Zentrale Evaluations- und Akkreditierungsagentur (ZEvA), Germany
- Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO), the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium)
- Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen (NOKUT), Norway
- The Polish State Accreditation Committee (PKA), Poland
- Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (SQAA), Slovenia
- Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA), Spain
- AQU Catalunya, Spain
- Organ für Akkreditierung und Qualitätssicherung der Schweizerischen Hochschulen (OAQ), Switzerland
Conference on Joint Programmes
ECA will organise the conference Joint Programmes: Too many cooks in the kitchen? The conference is aimed at agencies, higher education institutions, students, recognition authorities and governments, and will be held in Graz (Austria) on 10 and 11 June 2010.
About ECA
The European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA) has been established in Córdoba in November 2003 and renewed in Kraków in June 2008.
Click here to read more about the ECA agreement and results.
Code of Good Practice
Click here to consult the Code of Good Practice (2004) that lays down a set of requirements regarding the member accreditation organisations of ECA.
Qrossroads
Qrossroads presents information regarding quality assured and accredited higher education in Europe. This information is published by European quality assurance and accreditation agencies.
Publications
ECA regularly publishes position papers and reports.
Cooperation agreements
ECA has entered into cooperation agreements with other QA networks.
Events
Through the year ECA organises various conferences and seminars.