Organisation


	European Association for Public Administration Accreditation

ABOUT

The European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA) was founded in 1999 to develop and maintain a system for the voluntary accreditation of academic public administration programmes in Europe. The international recognition by peers is an important assurance for the quality of a degree programme.

The European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) and the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) are the two official members of EAPAA.

EAPAA is an autonomous organisation, but collaborates closely with other organisations in the field of Public Administration, like EGPA, NISPAcee, ICAPA, IIAS, IASIA and NASPAA.

EAPAA is member of INQAAHE and EASPA.

ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE


	The Accreditation Committee makes the final decision on programmes, It also decides on the accreditation criteria and procedures, as well as its own membership. The Committee is completely independent and not subordinate to the Board of the association.

	IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

	EAPAA STATUTES	EAPAA STANDING ORDERS

INSTITUTIONAL BODIES

the GENERAL MEETING (GM)	the EAPAA BOARD	the Accreditation Committee (AC)
The assembly of the (two) members of EAPAA. EGPA and NISPAcee representatives decide on all issues concerning the association, with the exception of all issues related to accreditation.	The board prepares the General Meetings and sees to the work of the EAPAA-secretariat. Each of the two members nominate two board members; together they choose an independent chair.	The committee that decides on the accreditation criteria and procedure, and judges on the applications for accreditation of individual programmes.

The EAPAA BOARD

Prof. Wolfgang Drechsler

Chair

Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Estonia

	Prof. Sabine Kuhlmann (representing EGPA) Universität Potsdam, Germany	Mrs. Ludmila Gajdosova (representing NISPAcee) Executive Director NISPAcee	Prof. Juraj Nemec (representing NISPAcee) Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic
		Prof. Jean-Michel Eymeri Douzans (representing EGPA) Institute of Political Studies in Toulouse, France

THE EAPAA ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE


	Prof. Calin Hintea Chair Babes-Bolyai University Romania
Prof. Adrian Ritz Vice-Chair Universität Bern Switzerland	Prof. Gyorgy Hajnal Corvinus University Budapest Hungary	Prof. Thurid Husted Hertie School Berlin Germany
Mr. Timo Moilanen Ministry of Finance Finland	Prof. Tiina Randma-Liiv Tallinn University of Technology Estonia	Prof. Turo Virtanen University of Helsinki Finland

THE EAPAA-SECRETARIAT

	organises and prepares the accreditation process, the General Meetings and the meetings of the Accreditation Committee. The secretariat is located at the University of Twente (The Netherlands).
	Prof. Taco Brandsen Secretary-General Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen School of Management P.O.Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands e-mail: sg@eapaa.org	Mrs. Seeta Autar Manager of and contact for the secretariat University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS) P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands tel +31-53-489-4408 e-mail:secretariat@eapaa.org