NAKVIS at the International Congress in Istanbul

Dr Franci Demšar, Director of the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (NAKVIS), and a representative of the Agency attended the 8th International Teacher Education and Accreditation Congress (ITEAC 2026), held in Istanbul on 16–17 October 2026 and hosted by Marmara University in cooperation with the Atatürk Faculty of Education and EPDAD. Both NAKVIS representatives participated in the congress as invited speakers.

The congress provided an international platform for the exchange of current knowledge, experience and good practices in quality assurance, accreditation, digital transformation and artificial intelligence in teacher education. Its main themes included quality assurance in teacher education, accreditation models, policies and practices, international collaboration, innovative approaches to teacher training, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, as well as ethics and data security in accreditation.

In addition to paper presentations, the programme included a student workshop, a best-practice panel, a workshop on graduate programme accreditation standards and a workshop involving organisations responsible for programme accreditation. Participation in the congress provided the NAKVIS representatives with an opportunity to exchange professional experience and further strengthen the Agency’s international cooperation in quality assurance and accreditation.