Legal Framework
In the Netherlands, the tasks of NVAO are based on the "Higher Education and Research Act" (Dutch: Wet Hoger Onderwijs en Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, WHW) which, in short, comes down to: accrediting existing study programmes, validating new study programmes in higher education and advising on the possible lengthening of master’s degree courses in university education.
In Flanders, the operation of NVAO is established by the "Decree on Higher Education" of 4 April 2003. This decree provides for an international treaty that appoints the body that grants accreditations and carries out the validations of all new study programmes in higher education in Flanders. The decree stipulates that bachelor’s and master’s degree courses in Flanders can only be awarded if they have been accredited, if they have been recognised as a new study programme or if they have received temporary provisional recognition.
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