Start date: 01 October 2013
End date: 31 December 2015
2013
November 2013
- Kick off meeting in Brussels (first project team meeting)
- Contact Advisory Board members
- Appointment of an external evaluator
November / December 2013
- Preparation of the surveys for QA agencies in Europe, in the Gulf region and in Asia
- Preparation of the survey for European cross-border higher education providers
- Launch of the project website
2014
April 2014
- Consultation of the Advisory Board and external evaluator on the surveys
- Development of a guide of content for country reports
May 2014
- Send out the surveys
- Collection of the responses to the surveys
- Quality assurance agency partners start working on their country reports
June 2014
- Analysis of the surveys by the respective partners
September 2014
- Finalisation of the country reports and case of good practices
November 2014
- European Expert Forum in London
- Second project team meeting in London
- Gulf Regional Seminar in Bahrain
2015
January 2015
- Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar in Macau
March 2015
- Preparation of the Toolkit for QAAs and HEIs
- Elaboration of common principles
March/April 2015
- Submission of the project interim report to the European Commission
May 2015
- Preparation of the Comprehensive Final Report
August 2015
- Preparation of the format for the pilot testing
September 2015
- Finalisation and delivery of the toolkit and common criteria
October 2015
- Finalisation and publication of the Comprehensive Final Report
- Finalisation of the format of the pilot testing
November 2015
- Final Conference in Paris
December 2015
- Third and last Project Group meeting
- Second and last Steering Group meeting
2016
March 2016
- Submission of the project final report to the European Commission