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The ACAP vision is to be a renowned public organisation of international impact, a leader for other quality agencies and a model in developing and advancing measures and plans for quality and innovation at universities. The main values of the ACAP are:

• Commitment to public service and to providing guidance to the university community and to society as a whole.
• Independence: autonomy to fulfil our aims and for the experts and evaluators carrying out Agency tasks.
• Objectivity of our assessments, based on pre-established criteria.
• Impartiality: absence of preferential treatment for any institution or individual.
• Transparency: publication of the methods and procedures employed and their results.
• Involvement: participation of agents from the university system in the Agency’s programmes of action.
• Involvement of ACAP professionals in the creation of our quality policy.
• Institutional responsibility for the commitments taken on.
• Commitment to continuous improvement: regular review of all ACAP actions and performance.

ACAP actions aim to fulfil the functions set forth in our founding bylaws and achieve the objectives specified in our annual plan. These objectives are structured as follows:

• Accreditation and certification

Development of methodologies for the assessment, accreditation and certification processes in teaching, programmes, activities and services generally carried out at universities, in order to promote improvements in quality and increase the overall efficiency of the university system.

• Teaching staff assessment

Design and implementation of assessment methodologies regarding the achievements and merits of university faculty, both for the Madrid university hiring process and for granting supplementary pay for merit and achievement in teaching, research and management.

• Studies and forecasting

Development of planning and forecasting activities, which focus on the socio-economic sector’s foreseeable demand, its link to demands for training and R&D&i, and the level of university response and, in particular, the need to adapt Madrid’s university system to the criteria for European convergence, mobility and international cooperation within the framework of the European Higher Education Area.

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