Agency Council

AGENCY COUNCIL IS THE HIGHEST DECISION-MAKING BODY OF THE AGENCY. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL ACT PROFESSIONALLY, AUTONOMOUSLY AND INDEPENDENTLY. IN DECISION-MAKING, THE MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY COUNCIL SHALL FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTING THE CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS AND IMPARTIALITY.

In carrying out their tasks and decision-making, the members of the Agency Council shall follow the principles of preventing the conflicts of interests and impartiality. To this end, they shall sign a special statement binding them to respect these principles.

Agency Council has the following tasks:

to appoint and dismiss the Director of the Agency,
to appoint and dismiss the members of the Appeal Committee and their deputies,
to set out the procedures and criteria for external evaluations and accreditations, ECTS and other criteria,
to set out the procedures and criteria for external evaluations of higher vocational colleges,
to set out the minimum standards for the appointment of higher education teachers, researchers and faculty assistants at higher education institutions,
to decide on accreditations of higher education institutions and to give its consent to the transformation of higher education institutions,
to decide on accreditations of higher education institutions, and evaluation of a sample of study programs,
to set out the criteria for entering experts in the register of experts for external evaluations and accreditations.

The constitutive session of the Agency Council was held on 14 April 2010.

Members of the Council
Member	Institution which appointed the member
dr. Boris Dular, President	Representative employers’ association
dr. Marjan Mernik, Deputy President	Rectors Conference
dr. Goran Turk	Rectors Conference
dr. Klemen Širok	Rectors Conference
dr. Sebastjan Kristovič	Representative association of independent higher education institutions
dr. Branko Škafar	Representative association of higher vocational colleges
	Representative organisation of students in cooperation with the student councils
David Bohar	Representative organisation of students in cooperation with the student councils
	Representative unions in the higher education area
dr. Julijana Kristl	Government of the Republic of Slovenia
dr. Peter Verovšek	Government of the Republic of Slovenia

The President of the Agency Council shall be responsible for openness of the work of the Agency Council.

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