This report is the result of an ENQA workshop, hosted by the German Accreditation Council (GAC) in Berlin in June 2008, which gave an opportunity to share experience of linking both programme-oriented and institutional-oriented approaches and to present different paths to a combined approach according to the different legal and political national backgrounds. The report brings together articles presenting national experiences and approaches to quality assurance in six European countries, and offers a range of various examples of quality assurance systems.