European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) was established in 2000. The mission of ENQA is to contribute significantly to the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of European HE at a high level, and to act as a major driving force for the development of quality assurance across all the Bologna signatory countries. It is part of ENQA’s mission to support the establishment and development of QA systems corresponding to the ESG in countries where such systems do not exist. ENQA is a membership association which represents its members at the European level and internationally. ENQA members are quality assurance organisations from the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) member states that operate in the field of higher education.ENQA covers a wide range of QA issues and has a broad knowledge and expertise on QA in Europe. ENQA disseminates information, experiences and good practice in QA and its activities are designed to facilitate the implementation of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA. Website.
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Maria Kelo

​Maria Kelo is currently serving as the Director of the Secretariat of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and has a wide range of experience related to higher education. Her tasks within ENQA include: management of the ENQA Secretariat, act as Secretary to the ENQA Board, support and coordinate ENQA member agencies, manage projects, and represent the Association. She has previously worked as Senior Officer for the Academic Cooperation Association where was actively involved as an expert in Higher education policy developments and reforms at national and European level (Bologna, ET2010); higher education internationalisation and international cooperation; mobility; student services and attractiveness of European higher education; trans-national education. Maria is currently actively involved in quality assurance in higher education, European Higher Education area and the Bologna process, and internationalisation of higher education.

Anaïs Gourdin

​Anaïs Gourdin is working as Project and Finance Officer for the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) since June 2014. Anaïs has joined ENQA in 2012, first as a trainee and then as Administrative Assistant. Anaïs studied foreign languages applied to international affairs and project management and is a graduate of the Université Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne (2006-2009) and Aix-Marseille Université (2009/2010-2011/2012). In between her studies, Anaïs worked as a French teaching assistant in a secondary education institute in Italy for 7 months.