National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation
| Agencia Nacional de la Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación |
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| Formed | July 19, 2002 |
| Jurisdiction | Spain |
| Headquarters | Madrid,  Spain |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport |
| Website | www.aneca.es |
The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) is a spanish agency whose aim is to provide external quality assurance for the Spanish Higher Education System and to contribute to its constant improvement through evaluation, certification and accreditation.[1]
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Mission
To promote quality assurance (QA) in the system of higher education in Spain together with its continuous improvement and enhancement, through guidance and orientation, evaluation, certification and accreditation, thereby contributing to the consolidation of the European Higher Education Area and accountability to society.[2]
Structure
The structure of the agency is:[3]
- Governing Council.
- Director of the Agency.
- Management.
- Division of Programme and Institutional evaluation.
- Advisory Committee for Programme and Institutional evaluation.
- Division of Teaching Staff Evaluation.
- Advisory Committee for the evaluation of teaching staff.
- National Committee for the evaluation of researching activity.
- Director of the Agency.
Governing bodies
Governing Council
The governing council is the corporate governing body responsible for controlling and monitoring ANECA's activities, and for maintaining stakeholders in higher education informed of these, as provided for in the Statutes and other current legislation. The Council has nine members. Participation by major stakeholders has been encouraged in higher education through representatives from different affiliated bodies: students, the Conference of the Social Bodies of Spanish Public Universities, trade unions and the national Confederation of Business Organisations, as well as a Regional Administration representative with responsibilities in university education.
Director
The director is a unipersonal executive body tasked with the ordinary management of ANECA. The Director is appointed by the Governing Council, thus further strengthening independence.
Autonomic agencies
In addition to this agency, the autonomous communities within their powers, have created similar agencies:
- Agencia Andaluza de Evaluación (AGAE), in Andalusia.
- Agencia de Calidad y Prospectiva Universitaria de Aragón (ACPUA), in Aragón.
- Agència de Qualitat Universitària de les Isles Balears (AQUIB), in the Balearic Islands.
- Agencia Canaria de Calidad Universitaria y Evaluación Educativa (ACCUEE, antes ACECAU), in the Canary Islands.
- Agencia de Calidad Universitaria de Castilla-La Mancha (ACUCM), in Castilla-La Mancha.
- Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Castilla-León (ACSUCYL), in Castilla-León.
- Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU), in Catalonia.
- Agència Valenciana d'Avaluació i Prospectiva (AVAP), in Valencia.
- Axencia para a Calidade do Sistema Universitario de Galicia (ACSUG), in Galicia.
- Agencia de Calidad, Acreditación y Prospectiva de las Universidades de Madrid (ACAP), in Madrid.
- Agencia de Calidad del Sistema Universitario Vasco (UNIBASQ), in Basque Country.
