Contact English version rss
Search this website, RSS feed, User login

NVAO

IntroductionOrganisationInternal quality assuranceLegal frameworkHigher education systemsContact us

Downloads bij deze pagina

Annual Report 2008 Summary
print

About NVAO

NVAO

NVAO (in Dutch: Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie) is the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders. The organisation was established by international treaty and it ensures the quality of higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders.

Mission

NVAO independently ensures the quality of higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders by assessing and accrediting programmes and contributes to enhancing this quality.
In addition, NVAO contributes to the increase of quality awareness within higher education and improving the position of higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders in the national and international context.

The NVAO has the following missions:
  1. The accreditation of programmes offered by higher education institutions;
  2. The initial accreditation of programmes that are not yet offered and/or registered;
  3. The contribution towards stressing the distinctive features of programmes or institutions by assessing the specific quality features at the request of institutions.
  4. The advancement of both the European and the international dimension in Dutch and Flemish accreditation and maintaining international contacts in order to reach agreement and cohesion.
  5. Undertaking other tasks commissioned by the Dutch-Flemish Committee of Ministers;
  6. Contributing to the public debate on the developments in higher education within the scope of NVAO's primary tasks.

NVAO's role in higher education

NVAO wishes to be a proactive partner in higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders. The organisation also intends to fulfil a pioneering role in the development of quality assurance and accreditation in Europe.

In both the Netherlands and Flanders, NVAO engages in intensive consultation with institutions of higher education, experts, umbrella and professional organisations, students, employer’s organisations and labour unions. NVAO endeavours to be proactive, to engage in dialogue with institutions, students and the labour market.

Together with other accreditation organisations, NVAO verifies to what extent their policies are based on the same approach and procedures as those laid down in the Dutch and Flemish accreditation frameworks.