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Accreditation Council is an expert council of the Agency that adopts documents related to external evaluation procedures and final opinions on the quality of higher education institutions, scientific organisations and study programmes.

The Accreditation Council adopts documents necessary for external evaluation procedures in higher education and science; it adopts quality assessments criteria and indicators; adopts plans for the implementation of external evaluation procedures; appoints members of expert panels in external evaluation procedures; issues opinions on final expert panel reports in external evaluation procedures; adopts actions plans and reports on the implementation of action plans in the follow-up procedures and opinions of the Complaints Committee.

AC members have expert knowledge of international, especially European and national quality assurance system, and are obligated to undergo continuous professional development in that area. AC has 11 permanent members appointed for a four-year term of office by the Management Board. The members of the Council are nominated by the following bodies: the Rectors’ Conference, Council of Polytechnics and Colleges, Croatian Chamber of Economy, Croatian Student Council, National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development and research institutes, as well as academics through a public call. Associate members are appointed by the Accreditation Council decision upon the proposal of the Director and have no voting rights. The Accreditation Council has two associate members.

The members of the Accreditation Council are:

  1. prof. dr. sc. Mirjana Hruškar – appointed on the proposal of the National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development
  2. prof. dr. sc. Ivanka Netinger Grubeša – appointed on the proposal of the Rectors’ Conference
  3. prof. dr. sc. Alen Host – appointed on the proposal of the University of Rijeka
  4. prof. dr. sc. Danijel Labaš – appointed on the proposal of the Rectors’ Conference
  5. prof. dr. sc. Irena Burić – appointed on the proposal of the University of Zadar
  6. prof. dr. sc. Katija Vojvodić – appointed on the proposal of the University of Dubrovnik
  7. Dr. sc. Sanja Matić Skoko – appointed on the proposal of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
  8. Dr. sc. Tajana Sekelj Ivančan – appointed on the proposal of the Institute of Archaeology
  9. Dr. sc. Nina Popović – appointed on the proposal of the Croatian Conference of Universities of Applied Sciences
  10. Dr.sc. Stjepan Lacković – appointed on the proposal of the Croatian Conference of Universities of Applied Sciences
  11. Luka Jurčević – appointed on the proposal of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
  12. Katarina Podrug – appointed on the proposal of the Zagreb University of Applied Sciences