1. Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (16 – 17 November 2017)
The Main Action Lines of the Pan African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework (PAQAF)
Presented by
Dr. Yohannes Woldetensae
Senior Education Expert
African Union Commission 1

2. Introduction
The AUC has initiated the development of PAQAF in collaboration with the EC and the AAU
The PAQAF was developed through a consultative process, and validated at a continental workshop involving representatives of universities, national & regional QA agencies, and education ministries
The validated PAQAF was endorsed by Ministers of Education, Science & Technology, and adopted by the AU Assembly at the 2016 January Summit
The validated PAQAF is useful and instrumental to establish harmonised quality assurance in Africa

3. - PAQAF - Pan African QA and Accreditation Framework
Instruments
African Standards and Guidelines for QA
Continental Qualifications Framework
African Quality Rating Mechanism
Addis Convention
African Credit Accumulation and Transfer System
Continental Register for QA agencies and quality assured higher education institutions
Implementing Agency
A Pan-African QA and Accreditation Agency

4. Pan African QA and Accreditation Agency
General Mandate:
Coordinate, promote, and facilitate harmonisation of QA and accreditation systems in Africa as well as being the lead Agency of the continent in QA, quality enhancement and accreditation
Roles/Functions:
Set standards and guidelines for a continental QA and accreditation system, including ODeL
Oversee the implementation of these standards & guidelines in the national and regional systems

5. Pan African QA and Accreditation Agency
Roles/Functions:
Encourage and support global competitiveness of African universities
Develop a continental qualifications framework, aligned with national and regional frameworks
Support capacity building in QA
Promote, document, and disseminate good practices in QA and quality enhancement
Develop continental peer review system
Accredit the Pan African University according to the PAQAF principles

6. Pan African QA and Accreditation Agency
Roles/Functions:
Facilitate collaboration and networking between national and regional QA/accreditation agencies
Develop a website for information sharing
Set up and maintain a register for QA agencies and a database of experienced peer reviewers
Integrate AQRM as a continental mechanism
Establish a Secretariat including its operational structure
Set up a governance structure

7. Main Action Lines of PAQAF
initiate organizational set-up and legal framework of a Continental Accreditation Agency
Finalise the development of African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance
Advance the draft proposal of Tuning project on credit transfer as basis for developing an African Credit Transfer System
Further develop on-line Tool of AQRM by the AAU for full scale implementation in African Universities
Initiate the development of an African Continental Qualifications Framework based on existing national and regional qualifications frameworks

8. AUC Harmonisation and QA Initiatives Continental Accreditation Agency
ASG-QA
HAQAA Initiative
AQRM
QAA Capacity
P A Q A F
REGISTER
Academic Mobility
ADDIS CONVENTION
H A R M O N I S A T I O N
Nyerere Scholarship
ACQF
ACTS
TUNING
CESA
Agenda 2063
Continental Accreditation Agency