Synthesis of AVEPRO Activities 2011
The main activities of the Agency in 2011 have included: Internal organization and strategic plan Training Seminar for external evaluation experts in France External evaluation in France (twelve Faculties) and Lithuania (one Faculty) Meetings with all the Ecclesiastical Faculties located in Italy on QA topics Seminar with the Roman Institutes (Pontifical Universities and Athenaeums) on the state of the Art of the QA process Meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the Scientific Council Meetings with the Congregation for Catholic Education Development of the AVEPRO website: translation of the documents in German and Spanish in view of their publication online Participation in international events 2
January 2011 -- Elaboration of materials in view of the Training Seminar with experts from the French Ecclesiastical faculties in Paris on 1 February 2011. -- Preparation of materials for the second meeting of the Scientific Council on 25 February 2011. -- Appointment of 23 experts in view of the evaluation of the French Ecclesiastical faculties. 18 Meeting with Prof. Tosi and Prof. Prof. Balcius to discuss the organization of the external evaluation of the Theological Faculty in Kaunus. 21 Drafting of the document entitled Briefing note for peer review. 31 Preparation meeting in view of the Training Seminar with experts from the French Ecclesiastical faculties in Paris. Attended by Fr. Imoda, R. Cinquegrani, Fr. Curbelié, B. Curvale, Prof. D. Mcquillan, D. Vermersch. February 2011 1 Training Seminar with experts from the French Ecclesiastical faculties in Paris. Attended also by Mgr. Ventura, Apostolic Nuncio. 7-11 Site visit: Theological Faculty in Kaunas, Lithuania. 24 Meeting at Congregation for Catholic Education (CCE) with Archbishop Brugués and Mgr. Zani, Fr. Bechina, John Davies and Don McQuillan about the involvement of the Rectors in the QA process 25 Second meeting of AVEPRO s Scientific Council. March 2011 -- Selection of 20 experts for the site visits to the French Ecclesiastical faculties -- Organization of the site visits in cooperation with French Ecclesiastical faculties 4 Den Haag: Participation of AVEPRO at the first Members' Forum organized by ENQA 11 Meeting with Mgr. Valdrini and the staff of the QA office of the Pontifical Lateran University 3
12 Meeting of the Bologna Process Commission of the CCE 14 Berlin: Participation of AVEPRO at the conference "The European Dimension of Quality Assurance 15 Faculty of Philosophy of Lyon sends its SER to AVEPRO Faculties of Theology and Philosophy of Centre Sevrès send their SER to AVEPRO Faculties of Theology, Social Sciences, and Canon Law of the ICP send their SER to AVEPRO Faculties of Theology and Philosophy of Toulouse send their SER to AVEPRO 17 Faculty of Philosophy of Lille sends its SER to AVEPRO 25 Faculty of Theology of Lyon sends its SER to AVEPRO 25 SER of the French ecclesiastical Faculties: Meeting with Professor Tosi 30 Annual report on activities sent to Secreteriat of State and CCE -- Development of AVEPRO web site April 2011 -- Appointment of the experts and composition of the commissions for the site visits to the French Ecclesiastical faculties -- Preparation of the meeting of May 10th with Mgr. N. Galantino (CEI) related to the topic of QA in the Ecclesiastical faculties located in Italy -- Two Italian Ecclesiastical Institution send their SERs to AVEPRO 4-6 Site visit at Centre Sèvres Paris Jesuit Faculty 4-7 Madrid: Participation of AVEPRO in the biennial INQAAHE conference 7-9 Site visit at the Institut Catholique de Toulouse ICT 11-12 Site visit at the Université Catholique de Lyon 19 AVEPRO web site is online 26-28 Site visit at the Institut Catholique de Paris 4
May 2011 2-3 Site visit at the Faculty of Theology of the Université Catholique de l Ouest (Angers) 6 Third meeting of AVEPRO s Board of Directors 10 Meeting with all the Ecclesiastical faculties and representatives of some Italian Higher Institutes of Religious Studies at CEI related to the topic of QA 11-12 Site visit at the Faculty of Theology of the Fédération Universitaire et Polytechnique de Lille 21 Meeting of the Bologna Process Commission of the CCE June 2011 2-10 Receipt of the evaluation report from the French Ecclesiastical faculties 7 Receipt of the self-evaluation report from the Institute of Theology Claretianum 12 Theological faculty of Kaunas (Lithuania): receipt of the final report of the external evaluation 13 Contact with the CCE regarding the evaluation of the Polish Ecclesiastical faculties. Reflection about the normative framework, the academic context and a possible collaboration with the Polish accreditation agency (PKA) 15-20 Receipt of the remarks from the French Ecclesiastical faculties regarding the evaluation reports 23 Contact with the Faculty of Theology Saints Cyril and Methodius (Bratislava) regarding the self-evaluation report 24 Letter to the Grand Chancellors of the French Ecclesiastical Institutes informing them about the main findings of the evaluation process July 2011 -- Translation of the website in view of publication of the English version -- AVEPRO sends the external evaluation reports received by the French Ecclesiastical faculties to the CCE -- Contact with the Saint Patrick s College, Maynooth in view of the evaluation process 5
2 Meeting of the Bologna Process Commission of the CCE 4 Appointment of three new members of the Scientific Council by the Holy Father; Father Gabino Uribarri Bilbao, SJ; Prof. Sigrid Müller; Prof. Pascal Müller-Jourdan 11 Meeting with Father Curbelié in view of the follow-up process for the French Ecclesiastical faculties 22 Contact with the Faculty of Theology (Triveneto) in view of the evaluation process 27 Meeting at the CCE with Mgr. Brambilla, Mgr. Zani, Fr. Imoda and Dr Riccardo Cinquegrani to define strategies for the evaluation of the affiliated, aggregated and incorporated institutes located in Italy 27 Sending of a letter of invitation to the follow-up Seminar (Paris, 3 February 2012) to the French-speaking experts involved in the evaluation process 27 Sending of the external evaluation reports of the French ecclesiastical faculties to some members of the Scientific Council to obtain feedback in view of the online publication of the reports 30 Letter from CCE to AVEPRO concerning the proposal of collaboration sent by AKAST. Request for comments and remarks about the issue August 2011 3 Contact with the French Apostolic Nunciature regarding organization of the followup seminar (Paris, 3 February 2012) September 2011 -- Organization of the seminar with the Roman Pontifical Universities and Athenaeums 13 Meeting with the board of directors and the Presidency of the Italian national agency for the evaluation of universities and research institutes (ANVUR) 15-16 Bologna: Participation of Father Imoda in the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Magna Charta 27 Meeting with Mgr. Zani in view of the seminar on 29 September with the Roman Institutions 27 AVEPRO sends the CCE a summarized comparison between the SE process suggested by AVEPRO and the one followed by Faculty of Theology of the University of Vienna 6
29 CRUPR (Rector Conference of the Roman Pontifical Universities) seminar about the current state of the art of the evaluation process among the Roman Institutes (Pontifical Universities and Athenaeums) 30 AVEPRO sends the CCE a summarized comparison regarding the current evaluation process in use at the Holy See (AVEPRO) and in the Republic of Latvia 30 Sending of the AVEPRO 2011 budget to A.P.S.A. October 2011 -- Preparation of documents in view of the third meeting of the Scientific Council 4-7 Bucharest: participation of an AVEPRO member in the ENQA General Assembly 8 Meeting of the Bologna Process Commission of the CCE 8 Meeting with Mgr. Hierold, President of AKAST 13 Receipt of request for clarification with regard to the external evaluation procedure from the Collège des Bernadins in Paris 15 Father Imoda SJ received by HE Mgr. Becciu at the Secretariat of State 17 Receipt of the self-evaluation report of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catalan University Ramon Llull 19 Appointment by Fr. Imoda of Don Mario Tomljanovi as a new member of the board of directors. He will represent the students 20 AVEPRO sends the Secretariat of State a dossier regarding the collaboration between the Agency and AKAST November 2011 11 Third meeting of the Scientific Council 17-19 Antwerp: Participation in the 6th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) 30 Nov - 2 Dic Brussels: Participation in the INQAAHE/ENQA seminar Internationalisation and Quality Assurance: Connecting European and Global Experiences 7
December 2011 -- Translation of pages of the website in view of publication of the German version -- Translation of pages of the website in view of publication of the Spanish version -- Preparation of the meeting with the Italian Ecclesiastical Faculties in view of the evaluation process 10 Meeting of the Bologna Process Commission of the CCE 8