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  • To build, support and enhance quality assurance in education across the Arab countries by:
    - Providing quality reviews and accreditation services to educational institutions 
    - Promoting harmonization of quality policies and standards at the regional level 
    - Advocating on the importance of quality and accreditation amongst decision makers and stakeholders

  • To raise awareness among Arab educational institutions on accreditation and quality assurance by:
    - Collaborating with Arab and renowned accreditation agencies for training and capacity building to introduce internal accreditation/ quality assurance standards and criteria. 
    - Supporting institutions in enforcing standards and quality procedures 
    - Promoting the exchange of expertise and best practices amongst education administrative personnel in the region

  • To collaborate and cooperate with Arab and international accreditation bodies to facilitate benchmarking and sharing of expertise by:
    - Increasing the availability and accessibility of quality and accreditation resources 
    - Facilitating exchange of knowledge and expertise and transfer processes 
    - Strengthening international and regional partnerships and encouraging exchange of practices and experiences at all levels

  • To disseminate information about academic excellence in educational institutions in the Arab world by: 
    - Introducing a culture of excellence in learning/ teaching, resources and research 
    - Organizing, in collaboration with Ministries of education, awareness sessions, marketing campaigns, and show case models across the Arab countries   
    - Developing and maintaining online web portal of resources, material, expert discussion groups (forums), and support information for excellence in education 
    - Promoting communities in educational excellence across the Arab educational institutions

  • To provide quality assurance audit and accreditation services to Arab educational institutions by:
    - Collaborating with international partners – FIBA, ASIIN, ABET and others – to provide accreditation services for and quality audit of academic programs and degrees.

  • To facilitate establishing a ranking system for educational institutions in the Arab region by: 
    - Collaborating with education ministries to set up guidelines for ranking 
    - Publishing periodically rankings of educational institutions at the local and regional levels

  • To promote and facilitate educational quality research by:
    - Developing seed funds for quality research in education 
    - Awarding an annual prize for the best research paper in education quality 
    - Setting up a peer-reviewed “International Journal on Quality Assurance in Education”, with an international editorial board