EQAC European Quality Assurance Confederation

Anders Wichman AWQA Consulting 1

EQAC

European Quality Assurance Confederation

Anders Wichman

SARQA 28 November 2013


EQAC diskussion vid 1:a Europeiska QA-mötet, 25/9 i Bonn

• 1. Presentation• 2. Några rekommendationer

• Deltagare från, Danmark, Frankrike, Finland, Tyskland, Italien, Spanien, Schweitz, Storbritannien och Sverige


Before EQAC

FERQASFederation of European Research Quality

Assurance Societies• Organised together with national societies

conferences• More?


Next Step: EQAS

European Quality Assurance Society

A number of meetings with representatives from national societies discussing:

• Formal organisation having chairman, secretary and treasurer

• To have a seat in Brussels• Representatives from national societies


Start of EQAC

• At the BARQA annual meeting in Nottingham ”representatives” from national societies gathered as an initiative from Nigel Dent.

• Agreed to create EQAC

Varför EQAC i stället för EQAS?• Organisation med styrelse etc?• Ordna konferenser och utbildningsmaterial?


Finally: EQAC

• Virtual organisation• E-mail addresses to 2 contact persons for each

national society• Not restricted to EU

• Observers where no society exists

• Secretary• Rapporteur


Goal for EQAC

Primary goal:• Keep QA aware of new and updated

legislation• Provide comments on draft documents• Communication link between authorities and

national societies

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How to achieve this goal?

• EQAC secretary is contact person to EMA• Anyone discovering drafts for comments can

send this to EQAC for distribution to national societies; to rapporteur and/or secretary

• A person in EQAC collects the comments from societies and sends to the authorities (and members); rapporteur

Anders Wichman AWQA Consulting


Rekommendationer från mötet

Remisser• Uppmana medlemmar att granska och tycka• Meddela ”rapporteur” om inga eller inte

hinner• Om motstridiga kommentarer svara att EQAC

inte har en enad synpunkt• Svaren till myndighet skickas även till de som

bidragit


Rekommendationer, forts.

• Använda svaren att informera medlemmarna• Följa upp om svaren beaktats i det slutliga

dokumentet, (ska prövas)

Information• Nationella möten som är öppna för andra, även

SARQA-DKG-konferenser• Information om EQAC vid t.ex. europeiska

möten


About EQAC

Webb-site: www.eqac.eu• Objectives• Mission• Brief history• Contact list• And some more

Beräknas kosta SARQA £15 för 3 år.

http://www.eqac.eu/


EQAC Contact list

Country Main Contact – Email Address Second Contact – Email Address

UK Angela Jennings [email protected] Rachel Hodges [email protected] Switzerland Jan Doran [email protected] Diana Buergin [email protected] H Gunther Stelzer [email protected] Christiane Hartlieb [email protected] Denmark Morten Jensen [email protected] Spain Idoya Calvo [email protected] Carmen Navarro [email protected] Finland Pirjo Hamalainen [email protected] Sari Myllyviita [email protected] France Rose Buot [email protected] Gilbert Odaglia [email protected] Katalin G Tettamanti [email protected] Judit Somorai Italy Valentine Sforza [email protected] Anna Piccolboni [email protected] Netherlands Jan van der Kuil [email protected] Frans Leijse [email protected] Sweden Anders Wichman [email protected] Åsa Jönsson [email protected] Rep Marcella Fialova Norway Anne Katrin Haga [email protected] [email protected] Dorota Switula [email protected] Croatia Sanja Culina [email protected] Rapporteur Martha Byrne [email protected] Anders Wichman EQAC Secretariat [email protected]

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TACK för uppmärksamheten

Anders WichmanAWQA Consulting

Tel. 072 253 34 [email protected]

EQAC European Quality Assurance Confederation

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