The General Assembly of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) was held from 21 to 23 October 2026 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, with the participation of Prof. Danijela Horvatek Tomić, PhD, Director of the Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE), and Irena Petrušić, PhD, Deputy Director.
One of the key items on the Assembly’s agenda was the election of the ENQA Board. Péter Levente Lakatos (MAB, Hungary) was elected President, while his Board membership was renewed for a second full three-year term. Two new members were also elected to the Board: Varduhi Gyulazyan (ANQA, Armenia) and Ronny Heintze (AQAS, Germany), each for a three-year term. Current Board members Kristin Vinje (NOKUT, Norway) and Patrick Van den Bosch (VLUHR-QA, Belgium) continue in their roles as Vice-Presidents, while Heli Mattisen (HAKA, Estonia) was nominated to serve as Treasurer.
The Assembly also endorsed the Board’s decisions to renew the membership of four agencies: the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ), the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ), the Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education (ACPUA, Spain), and the Danish Accreditation Council (Denmark).
In addition, the Assembly approved the granting of affiliate status to the National Quality Assurance Agency for Education under the Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NQAAE), as well as the renewal of affiliate status for eight organisations: Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE), Agency for Higher Education of Republic of Srpska (AHERS, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Enhancing Quality in the Arts (EQ-Arts), Engineering Education by Research Universities (FIGURE), German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA), Music Quality Enhancement (MusiQuE), and Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (TKTA, Azerbaijan).
The General Assembly reaffirmed the importance of continued cooperation among European agencies and organisations in the field of quality assurance in higher education, as well as joint efforts to further enhance the European Higher Education Area.
