Dr. Marjorie Peace LennE ti Di tExecutive Director

Center for Quality Assurance in International Education

National Center for Higher EducationgWashington, D.C.

www.cqaie.org

World Bank Grants for Regional Capacity Building in Quality

Assurance: Is Your Region Next?

INQAAHE Biennial ConferenceWellington

31 March 2005

Center for Quality Assurance in International Education

Global Activity: National Quality and y Q yCompetency Assurance Capacity Building

AMERICASMexico, English-Speaking Caribbean, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile ColombiaChile, Colombia

Regional Coordination: Organization of American States, Inter-American Press Association

AFRICAMauritius Morocco Namibia South AfricaMauritius, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa

Regional Coordination: Association of African Universities, South African Vice Chancellors Association

MIDDLE EASTUnited Arab Emirates, Israel, Oman, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi ArabiaRegional Coordination: GCC, World Bank

ASIACambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,People’s Rep blic of China Thailand VietnamPeople’s Republic of China, Thailand, VietnamRegional Coordination: World Bank, UNDP, OECD, Chinese Society for Evaluation of Higher Education

EUROPEEastern/Central: Romania Hungary Bulgaria EstoniaEastern/Central: Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, EstoniaWestern: Sweden, Switzerland, Greece

Regional Coordination: The World Bank, UNESCO, Council of Europe, OECD, Soros Foundation

May 26-27, 2005Venue:

Santiago Campus, Universidad de Talca(Formerly UN CEPAL Building)

Lodging:NH Hotel

(Within easy walking distance of the Universidad)

Santiago, Chile

Host: Co- sponsor: Coordinator:

Ministry of EducationChile

Hewlett-Packard

KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

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Note: In the few Western European countries which have a high proportion of enrollments in private institutions (for example, Belgium and the Netherlands), higher education continues to be almost entirely financed by the state which subsidizes both public and private higher education institutions.

Source: World Bank 2003

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National Quality Assurance Agencies:

A Gl b l ViA Global View

The scope and status of agencies vary, depending on countriesdepending on countries.

The list is not exhaustive, especially where there are rapidly growing movements as governments

face pressing needs to establish a quality p g q yassurance agency.

courtesy of OECD/CERI

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StrengtheningWorld Bank Support

for Quality Assurance

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in Higher Education in East Asia and the Pacific

Effects of R i liRegionalism

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Source: Regional Integration, World Bank, 20032003

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Asia Pacific

Trade BlocsTrade Blocs• ASEAN (10 countries) - AUN (17

Universities)

• APEC ( 23 countries 2020) –

“One third of world trade takes placeOne third of world trade takes place within free trade agreements, two thirds

if the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative is included.” (Schiff and

Wi t 2003)Winters, 2003)

UMAPS = mobility schemeAPEC iAPEC engineerAPEC architect

Impact of Trade Agreements on Higher Educationon Higher Education

National higher educationNational higher educationpolicy liberalization;

Common standards forprofessional education;

Cross-border provision on higher education by privatehigher education by private providers; and

Mutual recognition of academic credentials

QA Related Regionalism in

Asia Pacific

Organizations with QA Programs:Organizations with QA Programs:g Q gg Q gSEAMEOUNESCO

**APQN A i P ifi Q li**APQN = Asian Pacific Quality Network (APQN)Preliminary Meeting – January 2003Preliminary Meeting January 2003Incorporated – September 2004Secretariat – Australian Universities Quality

Agencyg yBoard of Directors – President – Peter

Cheung, HKAA – Hong KongSecretary – David Woodhouse – AUQA,

AustraliaAustraliaTreasurer – VS Prasad – NCAA, India

World Bank Development Grant Fund:Fund:

Asia Pacific Quality Network

Regional Quality Assurance ServicesRegional Quality Assurance Services

Regional Pool of External Reviewers

Regional Information ClearinghouseRegional Information Clearinghouse

Regional Staff Exchanges

Regional Training and Developmentg g

Liaison Functions with Regional and Global Organizations

[US$1 illi l 3 i d][US$1 million plus over 3 year period]

World Bank Development World Bank Development Grant Fund: The FutureGrant Fund: The FutureGrant Fund: The FutureGrant Fund: The Future

Asia Pacific Quality NetworkAsia Pacific Quality Network2004 2004 –– 20072007

Iberoamerican NetworkIberoamerican Network20052005 200820082005 2005 –– 20082008

Where Next???Where Next???