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Engagement and Collaboration
࿁̮ஹᖩձΥЪ
HKCAAVQ attends European Network of ൙ᄲ҅މ௪̮൙ᄲਞ̋
Quality Assurance Agencies (ENQA) Seminar ᆄݲ৷ഃԃۜሯڭᗇึ
for Agencies Preparing for an Initial External ᑺࢭ
Review
In line with the Education Bureau’s initiative of benchmarking މৣΥԃ҅ᗫˢ࿁࠰ಥ༟ዝݖၾ
the HKQF with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), ᆄݲ༟ዝݖਿٙણ݄d൙ᄲ҅ɓٜ
HKCAAVQ has been exploring the possibility of undergoing agency ઞீཀၾᆄݲ৷ഃԃۜሯڭᗇึ
review by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher (ENQA)˸Չᆄݲ৷ഃԃਜ(ESG)ٙ
Education (ENQA) against its Standards and Guidelines for Quality ሯ९ڭᗇᅺʿܸˏЪˢ࿁ԸආБ̮
Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). We ൙ᄲ̙ٙБfҢࡁ࢝ૐආБᆄݲ৷ഃ
envisage that undergoing an ENQA agency review would be another ԃۜሯڭᗇึʘዚ൙ᄲdਗ਼ึ݊
fruitful experience for HKCAAVQ after the 2015 external review by ൙ᄲ҅ᘱ2015ϋ৷ഃԃሯ९ڭᗇዚ
INQAAHE. ყၣഖ(INQAAHE)̮൙ᄲܝd̤ɓ
ϣᔮబ᜕f
In September 2018, HKCAAVQ representatives participated in an ൙ᄲ҅˾ڌ2018ϋ9˜ਞ̋ᆄݲ৷ഃ
ENQA seminar held in Riga, Latvia, for QA agencies to understand the ԃۜሯڭᗇึז୭ၪԭԢ̋ᑘБ
ENQA review requirements and process. At the seminar, participants ʘᑺࢭd˸ආɓӉə༆༈ึϞᗫ̮൙
were briefed the purpose and objectives of the review process and ٙࠅӋʿҏfᑺࢭႊ͟௪Ї༧ආ
introduced the best practices relating to self-assessment process චݬ̮ٙ൙ҏfਞ̋٫ৰ̋ଉ࿁
and how the ENQA agency review could assist future planning ̮൙ͦٙʿͦᅺʘԈ༆d͵ఱϞᗫІҢ
and development of a QA agency. The seminar also provided an ൙ПཀʕٙԄλЪุᅼόආБীሞd
opportunity for participants to learn from the agencies’ representatives ʿӺνОҪ̮൙މሯ९ڭᗇዚਗ਼Ը
that underwent an ENQA agency review. ٙࠇྌၾ೯࢝੭ԸʘूஈᓒЇ௰ɽfீ
ཀ݊ϣᑺࢭdਞ̋٫͵ϞዚึΣʊஷཀ
ᆄݲ৷ഃԃۜሯڭᗇึ൙ᄲٙዚ
ኪ୦f
82 Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
࠰ಥኪஔʿᔖุ༟ዝ൙ᄲ҅

