Second Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and the Recognition of Qualifications
	“Widening Access to Quality Higher Education” UNESCO, Paris 28 – 29 June 2004

 

Second Global Forum: Agenda The Second Global Forum will be held on 28-29 June 2004 at UNESCO Paris. The working languages will be English and French. The agenda will focus on: · Widening access to quality higher education: thematic debate; · Standard-setting for a global higher education environment: revised regional conventions; international guidelines and codes of good practice; · Mapping needs for capacity-building for quality assurance regionally; · Empowering learners for informed decision-making - Presentations - Working Documents - References Documents - Background The expected outcomes of this meeting will be to establish a strategy for capacity building and partnerships to support the Action Plan objectives of the Global Forum while taking into account the increasing dimensions of access in the globalized higher education arena. Global Forum: The Partners The primary partners of the Global Forum will remain the regional committees for the application of the Conventions, and the UNESCO offices in Bangkok, Beirut, Dakar, CEPES- Bucharest, IESALC-Caracas. In 2004, a new partnership between UNESCO and OECD was established to elaborate guidelines on ‘quality provision of cross-border provision’. The main policy objectives of these guidelines are: to address the need for learner empowerment; ensure the transparency of qualifications to increase their international validity; support the development of effective recognition procedures; and support international cooperation between national quality assurance and accreditation agencies. The Global Forum also includes partners from other inter-governmental organizations such as the COL, the Council of Europe, and the European Commission as well as non-governmental organizations including CHEA, ENQA, EI, EUA, IAU, IAUP, ICDE and INQAAHE, as well as other key higher education stakeholders such as student groups, institutions and the private sector. Administration Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO Contact person: Zeynep Varoglu (tel. +33 (0) 1 45 68 15 51; fax.: +33(0)1 45 68 56 32, e-mail: z.varoglu@unesco.org).

Documents

Second Global Forum Registration Form Kindly return this registration form to UNESCO by 31 May 2004 - More