IDE, as a Civil Society expert in the field of higher education, is involved in projects which improve and strengthen quality at higher education institutions. IDE created guidelines on approaches for assuring quality at higher education institutions that could contribute to the improvement of fairness and social inclusion as well as bring together results of evaluations made by the Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MZOS) and other main stake holders in education as well as the broader public. IDE is participating in the reaccreditation process of higher education institutions as an associated member of ASHE. The accreditation council plays an important role in initial accreditations and reaccreditations of higher education institutions as well as in thematic evaluations in science and higher education in Croatia.