REPORT ON THE PROFFORMANCE AMBASSADOR ROADSHOW
The PROFFORMANCE Ambassador Roadshow was a series of presentations and workshops designed to promote the PROFFORMANCE Toolkit—the Assessment tool, a free, three-dimensional framework, the international Teaching Excellence Database and the PROFFORMANCE short courses that supports higher education (HE) teachers and institutions to assess and to develop higher education teachers’ competencies thus to enhance teaching quality at universities. During these events, PROFFORMANCE Ambassadors (experts and project partners) presented the toolkit, conducted hands-on demonstrations, explained how the tool aligns with European Higher Education Area (EHEA) priorities (digitalization, internationalization, inclusion, and sustainability) and discussed how to best use the toolkit at the higher education institutions.
During the PROFFORMANCE Ambassador Roadshow, more than 30 events were implemented between 2022-2025, spanning 13 countries and 15 cities. The cities hosting the greatest number of activities were Budapest (9) and Prague (5), signaling strong involvement from Hungarian and Czech institutions, followed by Brussels, Bucharest, Debrecen, and Tbilisi (2 each).
While around 21 of these events were international— in some cases collaborating with BFUG, ENQA, or EUA and EURASHE—roughly 10 focused on a single country’s higher education context with 5 online, 2 hybrid, and 25 physical sessions.
Overall, 32 presentations introduced the tool’s concept and usability, and 9 workshops offered hands-on demonstrations, with some events featuring both formats.
These statistics underscore the tool’s growing recognition in various HE settings; the significant number of physical sessions reveals strong interest in interactive, face-to-face engagement, and the high share of international events highlights PROFFORMANCE’s alignment with broader European policy and quality assurance initiatives.
Alignment with EHEA Priorities
Event reports justifies how well the PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool aligns with the EHEA’s main priorities: digitalization, internationalization, inclusion, and sustainability. Participants often highlight its value for developing educators’ digital skills, either teaching in physical, online or blended/hybrid settings. They also appreciate that it is available in 7 languages, and also emphasises how to teach in an international environment and to students with various nationality and culture, which support institutions aiming for stronger international collaboration. Competency areas focusing on how to address diverse learners’ needs help teachers to develop a universally designed curricula, applying tailor-made teaching and learning methodology. Finally, sustainability emerges as a growing theme, supporting educators how to embed environmental and social issues into their courses and everyday teaching practices.
PROFFORMANCE was presented to a wide and diverse audience at various gatherings, including events organized by the BFUG Teaching & Learning Working Group, EURASHE, and at EQAF. The tool's widespread relevance is further demonstrated by showcasing its results at prestigious international conferences such as NAFSA, EAIE. Its presence at these reputable platforms highlights how well the tool aligns with international standards, EHEA and EU policy objectives and existing quality assurance frameworks, (ESG), emphasizing its usefulness for both internal and external quality assurance processes. Policy makers, quality assurance professionals, and academic institutions may consider using PROFFORMANCE’s evidence-based approach as complementary to their existing systems, thereby contributing to a culture of continuous improvement across European higher education.
The PROFFORMANCE Ambassador Roadshow stands as a model of pan-European collaboration, effectively bridging policy objectives and on-the-ground teaching practices.
UPDATE
Following the closure of the PROFFORMANCE+ project in December 2025, the professional use and wider dissemination of its results continued throughout 2026. As part of the Ambassador Roadshow, the PROFFORMANCE Team and experts presented the tools, methodological approaches and experience developed through the project at a range of national and international professional forums.
The 2026 Roadshow reached five countries – Austria, Hungary, the United States, Georgia and Portugal. The focus of each presentation was adapted to the professional context of the respective event, connecting PROFFORMANCE results to key areas including inclusive higher education environments, learning outcomes assessment, international cooperation and partnership building, inter-institutional knowledge sharing, sustainability, and digitalisation and learning-support content development.
The 2026 Ambassador Roadshow demonstrates how the PROFFORMANCE results can continue to be applied and shared across diverse professional contexts beyond the lifetime of the project. Rather than focusing on a single theme, the Roadshow adapted the PROFFORMANCE perspective to the focus of each event, while maintaining a consistent emphasis on supporting teachers’ professional development, enhancing the quality of higher education, fostering institutional learning, and promoting international knowledge sharing.
In 2026, PROFFORMANCE therefore continued its professional outreach beyond its established communities, bringing the knowledge, tools and experience developed through the project to new professional forums and international audiences.
About PROFFORMANCE Ambassadors
PROFFORMANCE Ambassadors, partners, experts affiliated with the PROFFORMANCE+ project provided hands-on workshops, presentations, and strategic consultations for higher education institutions seeking to adopt the assessment tool.
For more details, please contact: ehea@tpf.hu.
+Ambassador roadshow 2026
Our Ambassadors promoted the PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool by presenting it at the following conferences, thematic webinars, workshops, professional gatherings, meetings, etc.
Further PROFFORMANCE Ambasador activities and opportunities can be read at the profformance webpage: https://profformance.eu/en/ambassador-activities
| Date (dd.mm.yyyy) | Event | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.10.2026 | VII. Oktatásinformatika a felsőoktatásban konferencia és szakkiállítás – Új utak a tanulástámogató tartalomfejlesztésben (upcoming) | Budapest | Hungary |
| 18–19.06.2026 | SEFI Regional Event 2026 – Education for Sustainable Development | Aveiro | Portugal |
| 15.06.2026 | International Conference – Sustainable Development Goals: Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation | Tbilisi | Georgia |
| 26–29.05.2026 | NAFSA 2026 Annual Conference & Expo | Orlando, Florida | USA |
| 12–13.05.2026 | “SPREAD EUI” – European Universities Alliances as Role Models: Sharing Innovative Results with Other Higher Education Institutions – Informal National Agency Meeting | Budapest | Hungary |
| 05.05.2026 | Spring TCA Officials’ Week – Partner Search | Esztergom | Hungary |
| 21.04.2026 | Adjunk értéket a tanulásnak! – A tanulási eredmények mérése és értékelése a gyakorlatban | Budapest | Hungary |
| 18–19.02.2026 | „Változást hozunk”: A felsőoktatási intézményi kultúrák inkluzívabbá tétele – Peer Learning Activity | Salzburg | Austria |
| 27.11.2025 | Coordinators' Meeting | Kecskemét | Hungary |
| 12–14.11.2025 | European Quality Assurance Forum | Budapest | Hungary |
| 09.01.2025 | Educatio – Budapest | Budapest | Hungary |
| 27.11.2024 | Workshop on “Tools for Developing Teaching Competencies in Educating International Students” | Budapest | Hungary |
| 18–20.11.2024 | CZEDUCON Conference on Internationalisation of Higher Education | Prague | Czechia |
| 14–15.11.2024 | SQUARE – Addressing 3rd Mission in Universities: Local and Global | Tbilisi | Georgia |
| 12.11.2024 | Gathering of coordinators and professionals of international programmes | Debrecen | Hungary |
| 21–22.10.2024 | EURASHE Quality Assurance Community of Practice | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| 12.10.2024 | 5th Conference & Exhibition on Educational Informatics in Higher Education | Budapest | Hungary |
| 10.09.2024 | Presentation at the European University Alliance meeting | Budapest | Hungary |
| 29.11.2023 | PAT HU Launch | Budapest | Hungary |
| 23–25.11.2023 | European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) | Aveiro | Portugal |
| 26–29.09.2023 | EAIE 2023 | Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| 23.06.2023 | BWSE for 2030: PLA 3 (EUA webinar) | Zagreb | Croatia |
| 19–21.06.2023 | EACEA Cluster Meeting | Brussels | Belgium |
| 19–20.06.2023 | DisCo Conference | Prague | Czechia |
| 07–09.06.2023 | “Fostering Digital Pedagogies through International Cooperation” (ACA) | Bled | Slovenia |
| 07–09.06.2023 | EURASHE 2023 Conference – PROFFORMANCE won the PHE Star Award for Digitalisation | Bucharest | Romania |
| 07.06.2023 | BFUG WG Teaching & Learning – 2nd PLA on Student-centred Learning | Bucharest | Romania |
| 30.05–02.06.2023 | NAFSA 2023 Annual Conference & Expo | Washington D.C. | USA |
| 05.05.2023 | Semmelweis University – PROFFORMANCE presentation | Budapest | Hungary |
| 24–25.04.2023 | EDUdig Erasmus+ Project Closing Conference | Linz | Austria |
| 20–21.04.2023 | ENQA Members’ Forum | Tbilisi | Georgia |
| 01–02.03.2023 | “Digitalisation in International Higher Education: Forward-Looking Perspectives” | Prague | Czechia |
| 24.02.2023 | “Teaching Competencies Assessment – The PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool (PAT)” hands-on workshop | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 24.02.2023 | Erasmus+ StudES Project Final Symposium | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 10.02.2023 | OIP 2023 (Education-IT-Pedagogy Conference) | Debrecen | Hungary |
| 16.12.2022 | “Talks on Quality Assurance” (EURASHE online) | Brussels | Belgium |
| 21–22.11.2022 | CZEDUCON Conference | Prague | Czechia |
| 17–19.11.2022 | EQAF 2022 Conference | Timișoara | Romania |
| 28.10.2022 | Educational Informatics in Higher Education Conference | Budapest | Hungary |
| 27–28.10.2022 | BFUG PLA: Professional Development for Teachers in Higher Education | Paris | France |
| 30.09.2022 | BFUG – PROFFORMANCE+ Synergies, WG Teaching & Learning meeting | Budapest | Hungary |
| 08.09.2022 | Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports – PROFFORMANCE+ workshop | Prague | Czechia |
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