The Second Global Conference for Specialized and Professional Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agencies will take place in Chicago, USA, on Tuesday, 31 March 2015. The conference will be implemented as pre-conference workshop to the 2015 INQAAHE The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education Conference and will follow the ASPA Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors Spring Conference.
The conference will revolve around the following topics:
- The importance of transnational disciplinary qualification framework and LO conventions for regional integration processes, as witnessed in almost all world regions
- The process of developing benchmarks/methodology of elaborating disciplinary standards and their link to mutual recognition agreements
- The introduction of professional cards as a tool for fostering international mobility
- Successful examples for regional/continental professional QA networks from around the globe: here the floor will be given to continental organization from America (ASPA), Europe (European Alliance of Subject Specific and Professional Quality Assurance and Accreditation, EASPA) and other member associations from Africa, the Americas as well as Asia to present their newest ideas and endeavors to the interested public
