is a non-profit association seeking to enhance evaluation and quality assurance of informatics study programmes and education in Europe.
The association emanated from the informal network of stakeholders involved in the Euro-Inf Project co-financed by the European Union under the Socrates-Programme from 2006 until 2008.
The Euro-Inf consortium comprised the German Accreditation Agency ASIIN, Hamburg UAS, the University of Paderborn and the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS).
The project consortium established and tested the so-called Euro-Inf Framework Standards and Accreditation Criteria for Informatics Programmes in Europe.
An Institution wishing to have one or more of its degrees accredited has to select between two different paths: The General Assembly is the highest decision-making body of EQANIE.