a) Objectives and expected outcomes

• OVERALL OBJECTIVE:

To contribute to deeper integration of Moldova into EHEA through the enhancing of quality assurance in higher education system

• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

OB1: To promote and strengthen the Quality Assurance culture in Moldova and to build national consensus of the key-actors on the development issues by November 2023.

OB2: To develop and advance a national legislative framework and stimulate regulatory changes on Quality Assurance in HEIs in Moldova by November 2023.

OB3: To enhance the Quality Assurance management of HEIs in Moldova through International institutional accreditation by November 2023.

OB4: To build the institutional capacities of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Moldova for efficient and effective implementation of Quality Assurance (QA) reform by November 2023.

• OUTPUTS & EXPECTED OUTCOMES

National level

• Recommendations for reforming the national Methodology on institutional QA accreditation developed;
• Developed amendments to the Code of Education of the Republic of Moldova;
• Developed evaluation procedures for accreditation of joint programs;
• Developed QA institutional external evaluation guide.

University level

• University strategies for QA development elaborated and adopted at each institution PCUs;
• QA manuals modernized at each national university involved in the project;
• Action plans for further QA consolidation elaborated after passing the international accreditation (sustainability of the project);
• The methodology of external institutional QA evaluation of HEIs applied;
• Active online platform for institutional QA external evaluation.

Moldovan society

• Developed QA culture in Moldova;
• National consensus of the key-actors on QA;
• Advancementof the national legislative framework on QA in Moldova;
• Enhanced QA management of HEIs in Moldova through International institutional accreditation.