ESG 2027 – public consultation
Dear colleagues,
we are pleased to share information about the public consultation to collect feedback on the draft of the 2027 version of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG).
Following the mandate given at the Ministerial Conference of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in May 2024, the ESG authors established a Steering Committee to prepare a new version of the document, expected to be approved at the next Ministerial Conference in May 2027.
The Steering Committee has now published a first complete draft and invites feedback from all stakeholders. The consultation package consists of:
Input to the consultation should be provided through the dedicated survey. The deadline for responses is 9 January 2026. Feedback submitted through other channels (including by email to Steering Committee members/authoring organisations) will not be accepted.
The survey allows feedback to be given on each standard of the ESG, as well as on each section as a whole. Respondents are not required to give feedback on all standards. Note that the survey should be completed in one sitting – it is not possible to close the survey and return where you left off. Please keep in mind that this is the first draft of the ESG 2027 intended for stakeholders to provide input to the revision. In addition to addressing the input received, the ESG Steering Committee will continue working on the coherence, consistency and wording of the text prior to finalisation of the drafting process.
We thank you for your contribution to shaping the future of the EHEA framework for quality assurance. We look forward to your responses by […]
