HERAS Plus Project reached an activity milestone through expert support for the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) for the development of the ‘Handbook for induction of the International Evaluation Experts’.

At 8 December online coordination meeting, the KAA and HERAS Plus officials, supported by the national expert discussed and approved the methodology under which the Handbook will be developed.

The methodology is tailored to meet the needs of KAA in training the incoming experts in the induction phase and it also aligns with the ENQA’s recommendations (as identified in the first progress report phase) and as such, it includes a brief overview of Kosovo, it’s demography and Higher Education Institutions that is further contextualized by an assessment  of the gaps and needs of respective institutions and it lays out the relevant procedures of institutional and program accreditation that incoming experts at the KAA for accreditation processes gain the necessary knowledge and insights into the context and relevant procedures, to allow for objectivity and quality assurance during the accreditation process.

Noteworthy, this activity is the first of many others which will follow, since signing of the MoU between the KAA and HERAS Plus to support the last in capacity building and expert support.