NVAO

The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders NVAO was established by the Dutch and Flemish governments as an independent accreditation organisation tasked with providing an expert and objective assessment of the quality of higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders. NVAO (in Dutch: Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie) is transparent towards society and all those involved in higher education and it respects the autonomy of institutions and their primary responsibility for the quality of the education they provide. The main tasks of NVAO are: 1. to assess and assure the quality of Dutch and Flemish higher education: to assure that the level and quality of education is up to standard and that this is recognisable by and transparent for society; 2. promoting a culture of quality and thus encouraging the improvement of the quality of higher education. NVAO fulfills these tasks in an international perspective and in the context of the European Bologna process.