UNESCO/OECD guidelines on "Quality provision in cross-border higher education" - First drafting meeting: April 5-6, 2004 in Paris, France

The first drafting meeting of the guidelines on quality provision in cross-border higher education took place on April 5-6, 2004 at the UNESCO Headquarters. All UNESCO and OECD member countries were invited to nominate a representative. Furthermore, stakeholders including higher education institutions and student associations, quality assurance and accreditation agencies, recognition agencies, teachers’ associations, professional bodies, private sector as well as other international organisations were invited to take part in the drafting. More than 120 participants from 64 countries took part in this meeting. Following the drafting meeting, an experts’meeting on “international database on recognised higher education institutions” was held on April 7, 2004. 
Invitation letter

• English
• French

Attachment to the letter (this attachment provides a brief description of this project)

• English
• French

Relevant documents

• Draft agenda
  • Projet d’ordre du jour
• List of participants
• Note on "Proposed policy objectives, timeline and process of the UNESCO/OECD work on guidelines for quality provision in cross-border higher education"
  • Projet d’objectifs, de calendrier et de processus de l’initiative UNESCO/OCDE visant l’élaboration de lignes directrices destinées à garantir la qualité dans l’enseignement supérieur transnational
• Discussion guidelines
  • Document de travail pour les ateliers
• Note on "Proposal on an international database on recognised higher education institutions"
  • Annex
• Background document "Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education: Key Issues Related to Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications"
  • Document de travail : La garantie de la qualité dans l’enseignement supérieur transnational : problèmes essentiels relatifs à l’assurance qualité, à l’homologation et à la reconnaissance des titres
• The legal status of an OECD act and the procedure for its adoption

Speeches

• Creating a Community of (good) Practice - John Daniel, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
• Guidelines - Opening Comments - Barry McGaw, Director for Education, OECD
• Speech - Teiichi Sato, Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO

Summaries

• First drafting meeting: April 5-6, 2004
  • Première session de rédaction: 5-6 avril 2004
• Experts' meeting on "international database on recognised institutions": April 7
  • Réunion d’experts sur la "base de données internationale sur les établissements reconnus de l’enseignement supérieur": 7 avril 2004