Members of ECA
ECA currently has 14 members from 10 countries. All members of ECA are quality assurance agencies that undertake accreditation or accreditation-like procedures. Members pay an annual fee of EUR 3,000.
There is also the possibility for individuals to participate as observers in all meetings of ECA. These observers pay an annual fee of EUR 1,000.
The members are:
Austrian Accreditation Council (ÖAR), Austria
Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut (EVA), Denmark
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.eva.dk
The Accreditation Institution, Denmark
- Accreditation Profile
- Website:www.acedenmark.dk
Commision des Titres d'Ingénieurs (CTI), France
Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Germany
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.fibaa.org
Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengange im Bereich Gesundheit und Soziales e.V. (AHPGS), Germany
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.ahpgs.de
Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen e.V. (AQAS), Germany
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.aqas.de
Zentrale Evaluations- und Akkreditierungsagentur (ZEvA), Germany
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.zeva.org
Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO), the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium)
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.nvao.net
The Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA), Poland
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.pka.edu.pl
Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (SQAA), Slovenia
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.nakvis.si
Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA), Spain
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.aneca.es
AQU Catalunya, Spain
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.aqu.cat
Organ für Akkreditierung und Qualitätssicherung der Schweizerischen Hochschulen (OAQ), Switzerland
- Accreditation Profile
- Website: www.oaq.ch
Observers
After application to and approval by the ECA Management Group individuals from QA agencies can participate as observers in all meetings of ECA. These observers pay an annual fee of EUR 1,000. There is currently 1 observer:
Michal Neumann (CHE), Israel
Conference on Joint Programmes
ECA organised the conference Joint Programmes: Too many cooks in the kitchen? The conference was aimed at agencies, higher education institutions, students, recognition authorities and governments, and was 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.