ASEAN-QA Project Part 1 and 2

The ASEAN-QA Training Workshop on Quality Assurance is a three-part training programme. Part 1 was jointly hosted by ASEAN University Network (AUN) and Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA), from 17 – 21 October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Part II was hosted by University of Potsdam from 19 - 23 March 2012 in Berlin, Germany.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors´ Conference (HRK), and the University of Potsdam together with partners from Southeast Asia and Europe: ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN), ASEAN University Network (AUN), European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), and the Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO-RIHED) initiated the ASEAN-QA project which aims at developing capacity in the field of quality assurance (QA) in the ASEAN region. A multi-part training course has been offered to two main target groups: university staff dealing with internal QA matters, and agency staff being employed in the external QA sector.  The overall objectives of the ASEAN-QA project are to: 

• Promote exchanges of QA experiences between European and Southeast Asian experts;
• Contribute to harmonisation of QA policies in the region; and
• Provide hands-on training to relevant stakeholders: university staff, QA officers, accreditation agency representatives, and peers.

The 5-day training workshop for each part consists of two tracks: Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) and an External Quality Assurance (EQA). The IQA track aims to prepare participants how to prepare a self-assessment report for a study programme while the EQA track aims to prepare participants how to conduct an external assessment of a study programme. The IQA track was facilitated by Mr Johnson Ong together with other AUN and European trainers.