The Agency is launching consultations with representatives of higher education institutions and other stakeholders to prepare a Methodology for Standards evaluation. Any suggestions for improvement can be addressed to the Agency by 24 July 2020. It is a follow-up step to the approval and publication of Standards for the internal system, Standards for the study programme, and Standards for the habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure. Pursuant to Sec. 2 para 4, letter d) of Act no. 269/2018 Coll. on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and on Amendments to Act No. 343/2015 Coll. on Public Procurement and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended (hereinafter the “Act”), the Methodology means a set of procedures, criteria, and indicators by which working groups of the Agency’s Executive Board and Agency staff evaluate compliance with the standards and measures to ensure compliance of the internal system or its implementation with the Standards for the internal system.
