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Accreditation

GRANA: Generación de Recursos para la Acreditación en las Naciones de América

Delivering Global Solutions for the Advancement of Accreditation Standards

Sponsored by ACE Initiative

The following document, GRANA-ISTEC™: Evaluation, Certification, and Accreditation (PDF), was published in the book “International Accreditation Perspectives. International Conference on Accreditation. ICA 2011″.

History

Since 2003, ISTEC has been involved in the research and development of tools in the area of accreditation, resulting in the GRANA self-evaluation service. GRANA has trained over 60 evaluators and has assisted in the accreditation process of various institutions in Latin America.

Vision

Align quality standards of Ibero-America and first-world countries in the areas of education and technological development, by creating learning communities and generating research paradigms focused on solving problems common to the region.

Mission

  • That all institutions members and non-members of ISTEC providing educational programs for undergraduate, post-graduate, continuous education, accredit their programs as a continuous improvement of quality and elevated social pertinence, tied to the world-wide network of knowledge.
  • Having a compatible educational model in all Latin America and as a way to strengthen the education-learning process according to current professional and competitive needs. At the same time, forming networks of knowledge, breaking cultural, ideological and geographic barriers.
  • To achieve regional technological development that allows Latin America to compete internationally.

For more information on how your institution can participate in the GRANA self-evaluation process, or for information on course offerings in the topic of accreditation, please write to us at info@istec.org