The Programme is overseen by an independent Steering Committee that examines the applications from interested institutions, recruits the members of evaluation teams, provides them with training, and supports the implementation of the Programme by the IEP Secretariat in Brussels. The Committee works independently from the EUA Board and has full responsibility for the development, operation and monitoring of the Programme.
The mandate of the Steering Committee involves:
- Contributing to the operational quality of the Institutional Evaluation Programme by monitoring all activities linked to the different phases of the evaluation process, while bearing in mind that team chairs have the responsibility for individual reports.
- Supporting the Secretariat in the implementation of the work programme.
- Representing the Institutional Evaluation Programme in Europe and elsewhere, taking into account EUA’s priorities and EUA’s policy positions.
- Ensuring the strategic development of the Institutional Evaluation Programme in the context of EUA’s development priorities.
The Committee is currently chaired by Lothar Zechlin, former founding Rector, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and is composed of the following members:
- Jean-Pierre Finance, ex-officio EUA Board Member
- Howard Davies, Independent Consultant in European Higher Education policy, UK
- Sokratis Katsikas, former Rector, University of the Piraeus, Greece
- Gülsün Saglamer, former Rector, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Carles Solà, former Rector, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Padraig Walsh, Chief Executive, Irish Universities Quality Board, Ireland
- Karol Wysokinski, former Vice-Rector, Marie-Curie Sklodowska University, Poland
- Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares, student, University of Cantabria, Spain