The Euro-Inf Spread Project

The Euro-Inf Spread Project (2009-2011) builds on the highly successful outcome of the Euro-Inf Project (2006-2008), in the context of which a set of Europe-wide applicable Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria were agreed by practically all major stakeholders in European informatics education.

The Euro-Inf Spread project was launched on November 1, 2009, under the Lifelong Learning Programme, Key Activity 4: "Dissemination and Exploitation of Results". Consequently, the project aims at disseminating and exploiting the results of Euro-Inf, i.e. the mentioned Euro-Inf Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria.

The Euro-Inf Spread Team: J.Dzelme, D.Nardi, F.Fanning, J.Grundspenkis, E.Nardelli, S.Castano, H.-U.Heiss, T.Wildvank, H.A.Frederik, F.Muth, I.Wasser.

The Euro-Inf Spread project is based on three-sided approach: Dissemination activities will take place via project-contributions at external events, as well as through a final dissemination conference. The approach for exploiting the Euro-Inf Project Results is to explore possibilities for transferring them to the national level. Finally, the project plan also provides opportunities for the refinement and further development of the Euro-Inf Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria. The kick-off meeting gathering the representatives of the partner organisations took place in Brussels on December 3rd, 2009.

The project has duration of two years and is coordinated by ASIIN Consult GmbH. For further information, please contact:

Frauke Muth / Janna Wessels
Project Coordinator of Euro-Inf Spread
E-Mail: wessels[at]asiin[dot]de
Phone: + 49 211 900977-38

European Accreditation of Informatics Programmes – Euro-Inf (2006-2008)

The Euro-Inf Project (2006-2008) was the pre-runner to the Euro-Inf Spread Project. It was co-financed by the European Union under the Socrates Programme. In the period between 2006 and 2008, the Euro-Inf Project established and tested Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria for Informatics Programmes in Europe.

The Euro-Inf Project aimed at the creation of a framework for setting up a European system for accreditation of informatics education at the First Cycle and Second Cycle level (as defined within the Bologna process). In the course of the Euro-Inf project, a set of “Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria” was developed. These standards and criteria were tested and further developed in a series of trial accreditations at HEIs throughout Europe.

The developments and the results of Euro-Inf were presented and discussed at several meetings and workshops, regularly organized by project partners and related thematic networks, both during the project and after its conclusion. Euro-Inf also included a proposal for the organisation and management of an accreditation system. This has been achieved with the founding of EQANIE.

Project partners of the Euro-Inf project were the following organizations:

ASIIN e.V. The German Accreditation Agency Specialised in Accrediting Degree Programs in Engineering, Informatics, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics (coordinating partner)
CEPIS, The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies
The University of Applied Sciences of Hamburg, Informatics Department
The University of Paderborn, Department of Computer Science