HKCAAVQ is committed to promoting good practices in quality assurance among institutions, training bodies, authorities and other stakeholders in both local and international contexts.
To benchmark our approaches with the latest international good practices and standards, HKCAAVQ establishes links with quality assurance agencies/networks in the Mainland and overseas.
HKCAAVQ is a founding member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) and the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN). We are also an Affiliate of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
HKCAAVQ is one of the founding members of the Cross-border Quality Assurance Network (CBQAN) since its inaugural general assembly held in December 2016 at the International Forum on Cross-border Education in Haikou of Hainan Province. CBQAN is initiated by China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC) and its members comprise 15 quality assurance and qualification recognition institutions from 12 countries and regions.
We also participate in the “Quality Beyond Boundaries Group” – a forum established by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai for the countries that are most active in quality assurance of transnational education in particular international branch campuses. The group is to working towards the development of a zone of trust for sharing of information, QA practices and reviewers, and to explore concrete ways to facilitate quality assurance of branch campuses and TNE provision more broadly.
We have been engaging in exchange and collaborations with partner organisations under bilateral Memoranda of Co-operation/ Understanding. They include:
- Academic Quality Agency for New Zealand Universities (AQA)
- Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
- Commission for Academic Accreditation / Ministry of Education, UAE (CAA)
- China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE)
- Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE)
- Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT)
- Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai (KHDA)
- Korean Skills Quality Authority (KSQA)
- Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)
- National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education, Japan (NIAD-QE)
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK (QAA)
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
- SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
- UK National Information Centre (UK ENIC)