All papers approved for presentation at the conference and meeting the submission requirements are issued in an electronic Proceedings "First National Scientific Conference on Quality of Higher education".

PLENARY SESSION

1. Vania Dobreva, PhD
   Improving the quality of higher education – a priority of the national education policy
2. Prof. Malcolm Frazer
   Models for Quality Evaluation
3. Assoc. Prof. Patricia Georgieva
   Institutional autonomy and responsibility for quality of higher education
4. Mr. Dumitru Miron
   Quality assurance in the Romanian higher education - recent developments
5. Assoc. Prof. Rumen Pranchov, PhD, prof. Hristo Hristov, PhD Eng
   Scope of the System for evaluation and maintenance of quality of education in Technical University - Sofia and some results from its application
6. Prof. Sergey Sidorov
   Volgograd State University on the road to improvement of the quality of education for specialists
7. Prof. Damyan Damyanov, PhD in Mathematics
   Quality of higher education. Problems and opportunities
8. Veselin Todorov
   The scope of the Erasmus programme in the Bulgarian higher education
9. Lora Clarkson
   Mobility on “Leonardo Da Vinchi” program and quality of higher education
10. Assoc. Prof. Tsvetan Davidkov
    Quality management in “Kliment Ochridski” Sofia University (concept frame)
11. Assoc. Prof. Marko Todorov, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Radoslav Kyuchukov, PhD
    National and university communication strategy of the systems on quality of higher education

POSTER SESSION
(Panel: University systems and good practices in the field of quality of higher education)

1. Assoc. Prof. Borislava Kolchagova, Lyudmila Velichkova, Deyan Pilev, Mario Doinov, Teodora Popkostova
   State of internal systems for evaluation and maintenance of quality of education in higher schools
2. Elena Madjirova, Kiril Kirilov
   Student attitude to implementation of quality procedures
3. Assoc. Prof. Georgi Batashki, Bojidar Bojinov, PhD
   Quality management system in “D.A. Tsenov” Academy of Economics
4. Assoc. Prof. Zhivko Terziev, Iliya Atanassov
   Quality management system in the Agrarian University - Plovdiv
5. Nikola Benin
   Quality improvement in Bulgarian literature seminars
6. Tanya Grozeva, Tatyana Zhivkova
   The preparation in elite high schools – part of the quality higher education (Experimental educational model of interaction between “Geo Milev” English Language High School and “Angel Kanchev” University of Rousse)
7. Senya Terzieva, Dimitar Tenchev, Sanchi Nenkova
   Internal system for evaluation and maintenance of quality of education and academic staff of HTMU

POSTER SESSION
(Panel: Theory, methods and regulations of the quality of higher education)

1. Tsvetelin Georgiev, PhD student
   Quality management in higher education
2. Assoc. Prof. V. Penchev, Assoc. Prof. St. Madjarov
   Quality of higher education: application of diagnostic approach for improvement of educational process
3. Maria Hristova
   Main characteristics of a system for evaluation of university courses and selection algorythm
4. Prof. Hristo Hristov, PhD Eng
   A view on common requirements to systems for evaluation and maintenance of quality of education
5. Galina Ilieva, Minko Sandalski
   Advantages and disadvantages of group asynchronous education in e-business
6. Minko Sandalski, Galina Ilieva
   Building and application of online system for internal evaluation of quality of education
7. Iliya Zhelezarov, PhD Eng
   Normative foundation of university system for quality management
8. Assoc. Prof. Evelina Dineva, PhD, Maria Aleksieva, PhD
   Tools for internal evaluation of quality of education in the Humanities Centre of Bourgas Free university
9. Assoc. Prof. Miho Mihov, Assoc. Prof. Trayan Popkochev
   Practical approaches in course development
10. Vilia Velikova, PhD
    Concept range of “quality of higher education in the republic of Bulgaria”

POSTER SESSION
(Panel: Organisational, accreditation and economic issues related to quality of higher education)

1. Prof. Vasilii Tarakanov
   Implementation of financial management system in Volgograd State University
2. Emiel Billiet, Erwin Smet
   VISUALIZING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS: ALSO USEFUL IN HIGHER EDUCATION?
3. Emiel Billiet, Erwin Smet
   On the move towards accreditation?
4. Assoc. Prof. Borislav Angelov
   Student and lecturer mobility – a prerequisite for improvement of quality of higher education
5. Miglena Pencheva
   Investigating the needs of the student community of “Angel Kanchev” University of Rousse for introducing the ombudsman institution
6. Orlin Petrov, MScEng, Assoc. Prof. Radoslav Kyuchukov, PhD Eng
   Resource support of quality systems
7. Petar Denev
   The Bulgarian economy and the challenges to higher education
8. Lilia Todorova
   The Tuning process and the foundation for a degree programme in Ergotherapy in Rousse University
9. Antoaneta Dobreva, Nedka Stancheva, Vasko Dobrev
   Problems by Organizing Students’ Mobility for the Machine Engineering Specialties in the frames of SOCRATES/ERASMUS Programme