The first objective of the project is to develop a European training programme for experts in quality assurance procedures. This programme will provide in training for staff members of quality assurance agencies and for training of experts (peers) who will be part of assessment panels. Good practices for training of experts will be identified, QAA staff will be trained and pilot training sessions for experts will be conducted. The scheduled training sessions provide an opportunity for the consortium and stakeholders to have a hands- on approach to the training of both QAA staff and experts. The training programme will consist of an easily accessible Knowledge Base on external quality assurance procedures, online training modules on quality, quality assurance and assessment methodologies and (national) support by experts of the responsible quality assurance agency.

The second objective of the project is to develop a programme to share experts among quality assurance agencies in Europe. This programme will develop a template portfolio for panel members and a database providing easy access to quality assurance agencies to these portfolios. These objectives will be achieved on the one hand by the methodologies proposed and on the other hand by the strong involvement of representatives from within and outside of Higher Education.