Fourth International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa and Capacity Building (Training) Workshop.

(ICQAHEA-2010)

Bamako, October 5-7 (Conference); 8-9 (Workshop), 2010.

Preamble

In February 2006, the first in the series of International Conferences on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ICQAHEA) was organised in Nairobi, Kenya, by UNESCO Harare Cluster Office in collaboration with the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI-Africa) and other partners. The conference was attended by 156 delegates from the higher education quality assurance community as well as other stakeholders in education. The major thrust of the series of ICQAHEA which began that year, is to serve as a forum for deliberating on all issues appertaining to quality in the delivery of higher education in Africa with a view to promoting international competitiveness of higher education systems in the region. In view of the need to go beyond talk, a decision was taken after the first conference to bundle a hands-on workshop into the programme and run as twin events.  The second ICQAHEA which was held in 200T in Dar es Salaam attracted 231 delegates from Africa and the rest of the world. One of its major outcomes was the stimulation of the establishment of quality assurance agencies in African countries. It also witnessed the launch of the African Quality Assurance Network (AfriQAN) by the Association of African Universities. The follow-up capacity building workshop in Zanzibar tooled participants with skills for managing quality at the institutional and national levels.

The 2008 ICQAHEA was organised by UNESCO Bamako Cluster Office with support from numerous partners. It was on the theme “Millennium Development Goals and the Challenge of Quality Assurance in Africa”. The venue moved to West Africa in the beautiful city of Dakar, Senegal. The workshop which was the twin-event of the conference was held in St. Louis, Senegal, on building capacity for the Licence-Master-Doctorate (LMD) reform.

The 2010 ICQAHEA now moves to Bamako, Mali and promises to be exciting and professionally enriching. UNESCO Bamako Cluster Office extends a warm invitation to all stakeholders in African higher education to the twin events- conference and workshop. Mark your calendar now to attend. Registration is free!

http://www.unesco-bamako.org/conferences/