X. Acronyms

AAU

Association of African Universities

ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology AfriQAN African Quality Assurance Network AHELO Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education ANQAHE Arab Network for Quality Assurance in higher Education ANTA Australian National Training Authority (established in 1992 and abolished in 2005)

APQN

Asia-Pacific Quality Network CAA Committee of Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation, Saudi Arabia CANQATE Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market CEENQA Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education CNAA Council for National Academic Awards, national degree-awarding authority in the United Kingdom (from 1965 until its dissolution in 1993) CNE Comité National d’Évaluation de l’Enseignement Supérieur, France CONEAU Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria, Argentina COPA Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, USA (from 1975 until its dissolution in 1993). CQAIE Center for Quality Assurance in International Education, from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, USA CREPUQ Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec ECA European Consortium of Accreditation in higher education

ENQA

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

EQA

External Quality Assurance

EQAA EQAR ESG

GGP

External Quality Assurance Agency European Quality Assurance Register in Higher Education European Standards and Guidelines INQAAHE Guidelines of Good Practice

GIQAC GPQA

Global Initiative for Quality Assurance Capacity-Building INQAAHE Good Practices in Quality assurance

HAC

HE

HEI

HETAC

HKCAA

IAUP

ICDE

Hungarian Quality Agency Higher Education Higher Education Institution Higher Education and Training Awards Council, Ireland Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation International Association of University Presidents International Council for Open and Distance Education IQA Internal Quality Assurance INQAAHE International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education LDC Less Developed Countries

LIC

Lower Income Countries

MoC

MoU

NAO

NCEA

Memorandum of Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding Netherlands Accreditation Organisation New Zealand's National Certificates of Educational Achievement NVAO Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie PAASCCU Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universitie QA Quality Assurance QAHEC INQAAHE Clearinghouse of QA Resources QAP INQAAHE Quality Assurance Program RIACES Red Iberoamericana para el Aseguramiento de la Calidad en la Educación Superior

SIDS

Small Island Developing States

UGC

University Grants Comission UK OU Open University, UK UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UniTWIN University Twinning and Networking Programme (UNESCO) VSNU Vereniging van Universiteiten of the Netherlands

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