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GLOSSARY of basic terms and definitions in the area of quality assurance in higher education

Legal framework in the area of science and higher education are represented by the following Acts and the respectively brought by-laws:

• Act on scientific activity and higher education (“Official Gazette”, No. 123/03, 198/03, 105/04, 174/04, 46/07, 45/09, 63/11, 94/13 and 139/13)
• Act on amendments of the Act on scientific activity and higher education (OG 94/2013, 22.7.2013.)
• Act on quality assurance in science and higher education (“Official Gazette”, No. 45/09)
• Act on recognition of foreign education qualifications (“Official Gazette” No. 158/2003, 198/2003, 138/2006 and 045/2011).
• Act on confirming the Convention on the recognition of higher education qualification in the region of Europe (“Official Gazette”, 9/02, 15/02)
• Act on academic and professional titles and academic grade (“Official Gazette”, No. 107/07)
• Act on amendments of the Act on academic and professional titles and academic grade (“Official Gazette”, No. 118/12)
  Act on the Croatian qualification framework
• Regulations on the contents of the licence, and the conditions for issuing of licenses for performing the activity of higher education, performance of curricula, and reaccreditation of higher education institutions (“Official Gazette”, No. 24/10
• Regulations on the conditions for issuing of licenses for performance of scientific activity, conditions for reaccreditation of scientific organizations and contents of the license (“Official Gazette”, No. 83/2010).
• Regulations on conditions for the election to scientific titles (“Official Gazette”, No. 84/05, 138/06, 42/07-Decision USRH, 120/07, 71/10, 116/10 and 38/1) – unofficial final draft
• Decision on conditions for the assessment of teaching and professional activity in the election procedure to teaching titles (Official Gazette 20/12, 85/13 and 4/15)
• Regulations on scientific and art areas, fields and branches (“Official Gazette”, No. 118/09)
• Regulations on the structure and method of working of the regional councils and host committees (“Official Gazette”, No. 76/05, 113/05-Decision USRH, 118/05, 55/09, 38/10, 40/11, 123/12, 32/13 and 34/13)
• Regulations onthe contents, method and procedure of filling the National databases on regulated professions