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UNESCO/OECD Guidelines on “Quality Provision in Cross-Border

Higher Education”

Second Drafting Meeting

Tokyo 14-15 October 2004

Bernard HugonnierOECD Deputy Director for Education

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Time schedule

1. Development First drafting session: Paris, April 2004 Second session: Tokyo, October 2004 Third session: Paris, January 17-18, 2005 OECD Education Committee to endorse the

Guidelines and submit them to the Counci ｌ April 2005

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2. Adoption The UNESCO General Conference and The OECD Council To adopt the Guidelines (Q4 2005)

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The Guidelines: main objectives and features The Guidelines provide an internationally set of good practices

voluntarily agreed by both exporting and importing countries Their primarily goal is to enhance the protection of students/learners

against misinformation, low quality provision and qualifications of limited validity, and accordingly to enhance the quality of higher education in the world

This project has been initiated and is developed by the education sector

The Guidelines will not endanger national sovereignty over higher education; they imply no obligation, directly or indirectly, to liberalise nor to make any GATS commitments

The Guidelines are developed jointly by Governments and non-governmental organisations (H.E. associations, student bodies, networks of Q.A. and accreditation agencies…) of all countries in the world

Their implementation depends upon the actions of all stakeholders (governments, H.E. institutions, student bodies, Q.A. and accreditation agencies, recognition and credential evaluation bodies and professional bodies)

The Guidelines will facilitate the development of national systems to assure the quality of higher education in developing countries

The Guidelines will enhance international co-operation on quality assurance, accreditation and recognition of qualifications procedures and systems

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Implementation

Survey of development (OECD) Annual survey of implementation measures undertaken

by countries including assistance provided to non OECD countries to strengthen their capacities to implement the Guidelines

Capacity building (UNESCO+) International information tool (UNESCO/OECD)

List of all institutions that are recognised, registered, authorised, licensed or accredited (“bona fide” institutions) to operate within each country.

Objective: June 2006 Assessing the Guidelines (UNESCO/OECD)

Assessment made in light of developments in cross-border higher education three year after the adoption of the Guidelines

Report to the OECD Council three years after the adoption of Guidelines

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Thank you.

OECD: www.oecd.org

Bernard.hugonnier@oecd.org

Education Directorate: www.oecd.org/edu