European Association for Public Administration Accreditation
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Requirement: degree programme
To be eligible to apply for accreditation, programmes must have a degree programme (bachelor or master level) in public administration. EAPAA accredits programmes, not institutions. Different programmes must be evaluation separately, although this can be realised as part of a single process. Public administration is here used here as a generic term and includes all related topics such as public administration, public policy, public management and more specialised themes.
Requirement: location
They must be located in one of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, The United Kingdom or Uzbekistan.
How to apply
The procedure for applying to EAPAA takes a number of steps. Programmes can apply for accreditation at any time of the year. However, since our Accreditation Committee meets only once a year, in early September, programmes that prefer a quick decision should aim to deliver their self-evaluation report in the first months of the calendar year.
The procedure
The procedure for applying to EAPAA takes a number of steps. Programmes can apply for accreditation at any time of the year. However, since our Accreditation Committee meets only once a year, in early September, programmes that prefer a quick decision should aim to deliver their self-evaluation report in the first months of the calendar year.
The procedure consists of:
- A request by the programme to be evaluated;
- A decision by the EAPAA Board on eligibility;
- The payment of the fee;
- The submission of the self-evaluation; report
- The site visit;
- And the final decision by the Accreditation Committee.