SERVICES
are available to Members of CONIES including the following certifications; validation and accredition schemes.
Additionally, the International Credential Evaluation Service is available to any graduate of any higher education qualification programme worldwide.
Institutions of Higher Education, Universities and Colleges.
Other Learning Provider Services can apply for Affiliate Membership, if the Institution is interested in QM Certification and Programme Validation. Application for Quality Management Certification is available to any Learning Provider Service.
Qualitäts-Management-Beauftragte/r - Quality Management Appointee DIN EN ISO 9001
Interne/r Qualitäts-Auditor/in - Internal Quality Auditor DIN EN ISO 19011
Qualitäts-Manager/in - Quality Manager DIN EN ISO 9004
Externe/r Qualitäts-Auditor/in - External Quality Auditor DIN EN ISO 19011
EFQM-Assessor/in - EFQM Assessor DIN SPEC 77224
Innovations-Manager/in - Innovation Manager ISO 15504
The personal certifications are awarded with AFQ Akademie Futurum Qualitas Berlin
Quality Management System
ISO 9000 - Quality management
The ISO 9000 family addresses various aspects of quality management and contains some of ISO’s best known standards. The standards provide guidance and tools for companies and organizations who want to ensure that their products and services consistently meet customer’s requirements, and that quality is consistently improved.
Standards in the ISO 9000 family include:
ISO 9001:2015 - sets out the requirements of a quality management system
ISO 9000:2015 - covers the basic concepts and language
ISO 9004:2009 - focuses on how to make a quality management system more efficient and effective
ISO 19011:2011 - sets out guidance on internal and external audits of quality management systems.
Quality Management System in Higher Education
ISO 21001 First Edition 2018-05 Educational organizations — Management systems for educational organizations — Requirements with guidance for use, provides a common management tool for organizations providing educational products and services capable of meeting learners' and other beneficiaries' requirements.
There is a critical and continuous need for educational organizations to evaluate the degree to which they meet the requirements of learners and other beneficiaries, as well as other relevant interested parties and to improve their ability to continue to do so.
ISO 21001 is a stand-alone management system standard, aligned with ISO 9001. It focuses on the management systems of educational organizations as well as the impact of these on learners and other relevant interested parties.
The following standard was recalled:
ISO 29990:2010, Learning services for non-formal education and training – Basic requirements for service providers, will also enhance transparency and allow comparison on a worldwide basis of learning services, offering a single alternative backed by international consensus to the huge variety of national service and management standards which now exists in the field of non-formal learning.
ISO 29990:2010 is the first standard developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 232, Learning services for non-formal education and training. Thomas Rau, Chair of the committee explains. “The purpose of TC 232 is to create a suitable framework for preparing standards in the field of non-formal learning services. Core elements are ensuring the quality and effectiveness of the education or training and improvement of knowledge transfer, whilst also enhancing the transparency and comparability of the range of learning services provided. ISO 29990 will help learning service providers improve their ability to consistently provide quality services, improve organizational effectiveness, and reduce overall business costs.”
of transnational, inter-institutional, distance or online postgraduate education programmes
Notice: CONIES-ICHE Accreditation does not cover undergraduate or first-cycle programmes subject to national recognition authorities and qualification frameworks. CONIES-ICHE Accreditation applies to the accreditation of distance and online education, trans-national, inter-university collaborative provision schemes. CONIES-ICHE Accreditation complements and does not substitute national recognition or accreditation. It applies to postgraduate distance education or online programmes not falling into the scope of national recognition procedures and responsibilities regarding collaborative trans-national provision. It applies to the accreditation of doctoral degree programmes of universities from countries lacking accreditation schemes for doctorates or programmes of the third cycle.
Validation is the evaluation of a programme provided by a Business School or College or Research Institute without degree awarding authority. CONIES-ICHE Board of Accreditation validates a programme against CONIES and international standards of degree programmes at the respective levels of postgraduate higher education.
Business Schools, Colleges and Research Institutes qualify for programme validation. Programmes in a variety of specialisations are subject to validation for the recommendation of the award of postgraduate degrees by awarding institutions.
An essential requirement for programme validation is the compliance with legal regulations in the countries where the validated programmes are provided. In the UK trans-national programme validation requires RSEO by QAA for the collaborative provision. Various countries and US states regulate restriction, registration, approval, audits or accreditation of foreign or out-of-state university programmes provided in their country or state. All CONIES validated programmes must be legally provided in the country or countries of provision. CONIES applies rigorous standards in the audit and validation of providers and programmes in line with CONIES regulations and standards.
CONIES member universities and awarding institutions can accept the CONIES Validation for the award of the respective degrees in validated provision.
CONDITIONS FOR APPLICANTS FOR ACCREDITATION
The applicant institution is one of the following
- a nationally recognised IAU-WHED (UNESCO) listed university;
- a nationally recognised and accredited institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers;
- a state approved or licensed institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers;
- a legally established and operating institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers and with institutional accreditation by an accrediting agency recognised or listed by any government authority or board in charge of recognising accrediting agencies, or listed and recognised by CHEA, EQAR, ENQA, APQN or INQAAHE and other regional accreditation associations;
- a legally established and operating institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers offering programmes with programmatic accreditation by an accrediting agency recognised or listed by any government authority or board in charge of recognising accrediting agencies, or listed and recognised by CHEA, EQAR, ENQA, APQN or INQAAHE and other regional accreditation associations;
AND
The applicant institution is an accepted Affiliated Member of CONIES-ICHE.
AND
The programme is one or more of the following
any postgraduate programme leading to the qualification of Specialist, Master or Doctor provided under one or all of the following conditions:
- distance education or online provision of the programme;
- the programme is provided by more than one institution (collaborative provision);
- the programme is provided in more than one country (trans-national provision);
- the programme is open for enrolment to international students.
The following ISCED fields of eduation and training are subject to an application for validation or accreditation. Fields not mentioned below are excluded.
If there is just a Broad field listed, the whole field is included. In case a Narrow field is listed, the whole Narrow field is eligible. When particular Detailed fields are listed, only the Detailed fields are applicable.
Excluded fields cover all medicine and engineering fields.
ISCED fields of education and training (ISCED-F 2013):
Broad field
01 Education
02 Arts and humanities
03 Social sciences, journalism and information
04 Business, administration and law
05 Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Narrow field
052 Environment
06 Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
09 Health and welfare
Narrow field
090 Health and welfare not further defined
091 Health
Detailed field
0919 Health not elsewhere classified
092 Welfare
0921 Care of the elderly and of disabled adults
0922 Child care and youth services
0923 Social work and counselling
0929 Welfare not elsewhere classified
098 Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving health and welfare
10 Services
102 Hygiene and occupational health services
108 Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving services
CONIES-ICHE Board of Accreditation will consider applications for validation or accreditation of a programme taught in one or more of the following languages:
English, Spanish, German, French, Slovak, Polish.
If a programme is instructed in another language, the applicant may suggest the nomination of independent peer auditors.
CONIES-ICHE Board of Accreditation reservers the right to reject applications for lack of capacity in the language of instruction.
CONIES-ICHE Board of Accreditation Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will explain how CONIES uses the personal data we collect from you when you submit applications.
CONIES may use your personal data for the purpose of membership, certification of quality assurance systems, accreditation and validation of programmes and qualifications offered by a higher education provider online, transnational and/or by collaborative provision.
What data do we collect?
CONIES collects the following data:
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide CONIES with the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
CONIES may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources given your written prior consent:
How will we use your data?
CONIES collects your data so that we can:
How do we store your data?
CONIES securely stores your data at the head office of CONIES with limited access.
CONIES will keep your data for the period of accreditation or validation plus one year. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data.
Marketing
CONIES would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like.
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop CONIES from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the CONIES Group.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please INFORM US.
What are your data protection rights?
Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request CONIES for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that CONIES correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request CONIES to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that CONIES erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that CONIES restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to CONIES processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that CONIES transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email.
Changes to our privacy policy
CONIES keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 15 December 2019.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about CONIES privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that CONIES has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Data Manager’s Office.
DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT IN PDF
CONIES ICES International Credential Evaluation Service assists higher education graduates in determining the equivalency of their international credentials in terms of higher education systems.
We will work with you to provide the type of evaluation you need and review academic credentials submitted by individuals and provide foreign academic evaluations, quality evaluation and verification of foreign educational documents of internationally educated professionals from all countries around the world, analysing foreign academic and professional credentials to establish the equivalent degree, credits or years of study at different levels of education that would be awarded in the European and U.S. educational system.
Our general credential evaluation report accurately document your expertise and educational level, the evaluation may help an individual with foreign academic degrees and credentials ensuring that foreign-educated people are respected and recognized for their educational achievements. to gain access to higher education, employment, or professional certification by General or Document by Document Evaluation, including the institutions attended, dates of attendance, credentials earned, dedicated to providing expert assistance in the interpretation of academic credentials in terms of their European Higher Education Area and United States equivalents.
GENERAL DOCUMENT REPORT - DOCUMENT BY DOCUMENT REPORT will include
Status of the awarding institution
Degree or qualification awarded
Equivalents in the EHEA (EQF, HE cycles, Dublin Descriptors) and in the United States (NACES standards).
The fee for a General Document Report is 120 EUR.
Documents required:
Scan of degree(s) or qualification(s) awarded
Scan of transcript or diploma supplement or record of grades
Proof of the status of the awarding institution if the institution is not listed in the WHED database of recognised universities
Contact us about the International Credential Evaluation Service
CONDITIONS FOR APPLICANTS FOR ACCREDITATION
The applicant institution is one of the following
- a nationally recognised IAU-WHED (UNESCO) listed university;
- a nationally recognised and accredited institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers;
- a state approved or licensed institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers;
- a legally established and operating institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers and with institutional accreditation by an accrediting agency recognised or listed by any government authority or board in charge of recognising accrediting agencies, or listed and recognised by CHEA, EQAR, ENQA, APQN or INQAAHE and other regional accreditation associations;
- a legally established and operating institution of postsecondary education with degree awarding powers offering programmes with programmatic accreditation by an accrediting agency recognised or listed by any government authority or board in charge of recognising accrediting agencies, or listed and recognised by CHEA, EQAR, ENQA, APQN or INQAAHE and other regional accreditation associations;
AND
The applicant institution is an accepted Affiliated Member of CONIES-ICHE.
AND
The programme is one or more of the following
any postgraduate programme leading to the qualification of Specialist, Master or Doctor provided under one or all of the following conditions:
- distance education or online provision of the programme;
- the programme is provided by more than one institution (collaborative provision);
- the programme is provided in more than one country (trans-national provision);
- the programme is open for enrolment to international students.
Payment of Affiliate Membership fee (1st year) is required.
Prior to step I Payment of QM Certification fee is required.
STEP II- Pre-Accreditation Evaluation
Your submitted application will be reviewed by the CONIES-ICHE and if considered, you will be contacted to send further details which will also be analysed regarding the eligibility policies of the Board of Accreditation. After the evaluation phase, you will be advised about the fees, policies and regulations. Once you agree, the next phase of evaluation commences.
STEP III- Self Evaluation, Audit and Accreditation
Your institution will go through self evaluation and external CONIES-ICHE audit phases through which the institution's quality will be gauged and checked. After we spend a considerable amount of time reviewing the individual programme, it becomes CONIES-ICHE accredited.
The peers do not conduct an on-site audit on the physical premises of the institution - which have already been audited during QMS certification or institutional audit - rather than on the virtual premises, the online learning platform and ODL system environment of the provider, and by means of online video conferencing.
This virtual on campus audit explains why and how we can manage to offer the validation and accreditation services at reasonable prices covering the own cost of CONIES-ICHE Board of Accreditation for this member service.
Prior to step III Payment of Programme Validation or Programme Accreditation fee is required.