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STRATEGIC MACROPROCESS: SELF-EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION MANAGEMENT
SELF-EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION MANAGEMENT PROCESS
CHARACTERIZATION
PROCESS OWNER
Wilson Ricardo Pinillos Castillo
Director of Self-Evaluation and Accreditation
- Achieving accreditation of programs and institutional accreditation according to the planning of institutional goals resulting from the self-evaluation and accreditation exercises.
- Continuously improve the performance of the processes through the implementation of good institutional practices and the application of the mechanisms provided by the University of Cundinamarca, for the constitution of an intelligent university organization with soul and heart.
- Ensuring an environmental culture institutional within the framework of its commitment to education that fosters life, democratic values, civility and freedom.
- Consolidate and make visible to the University of Cundinamarca as a Green University Institution, consistent with its responsibility to society and nature, within the framework of the international standard.
- Promote comprehensive protection of the physical and mental health of officials and contractors who contribute to the fulfillment of the institutional mission, through the prevention and control of occupational risks.
- Identify the hazards, To evaluate, assess and address the risks present in the processes developed by the University Community and other interested parties, establishing the respective controls, with the purpose of avoiding and minimizing incidents, work accidents and occupational diseases that may arise as a result of these.
- Establish and maintain The roles and responsibilities of the Information Security Management System – ISMS, taking into account the different hierarchical levels in the institution, from Senior Management assigning the necessary and sufficient resources for the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of the ISMS.
- To comply to the legal and regulatory requirements regarding information security and privacy that link the activities of the Information Security Management System – ISMS.
STAGES
1. PLAN
2. DO
3. VERIFY
4. ACT
OBJECTIVES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
Coordinate the processes of Qualified Registration, Self-Assessment, and Accreditation of academic programs to comply with the requirements of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) and the National Accreditation Council (CNA), through a culture of quality assurance.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. Obtain the qualified registrations for the Academic Programs, from all the processes that the MEN processes for approval during the Validity.
2. To comply with the improvement plans and activities established for the academic period resulting from the Institutional and Program self-evaluation.
3. To comply with the contingency plans for the scheduled activities, for academic programs in the completion of cohorts, resulting from withdrawal from renewal of qualified registration, within two current academic periods.
4. To achieve the filing of the documents for the assessment of initial conditions of the 2 academic and institutional programs, in compliance with the high quality accreditation route of the University of Cundinamarca during the validity.
SCOPE
To propose the schedule of activities, raise awareness, socialize and accompany the academic community in the development of the exercises of Qualified Registration, Self-evaluation and Accreditation of the Academic Programs and Institution, continues with the feedback of the documents and the registration in the SACES-CNA platform, to obtain the MEN administrative act (Resolution), and start or continue with the academic offer.
PROCESS OPERATION POLICY
The Self-Assessment System for Accreditation purposes of the University of Cundinamarca projects its guidelines in the document “Institutional Self-Assessment Model” (Approved by the Higher Council, Minutes No. 015 of 2017-10-20) and in Institutional Regulations, following the parameters of the Ministry of National Education -MEN, in addition to the guidelines of the National Council for Higher Education -CESU, and the National Accreditation Council -CNA.
The Self-Evaluation and Accreditation process is based on the Political Constitution of Colombia, Law 30 of 1992, Law 1188 of 2008, Decree 1075 of 2015, Chapter 2, among others, the Institutional Educational Project (PEI), the Strategic Plan, the Operational Plan, the Guidelines for the Accreditation of Academic Programs (CNA), the Guidelines for Institutional Accreditation (CNA), as well as the UCundinamarca Quality Assurance System (SAC); the NTC ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and the Standard Model of Internal Control (MECI), among other systems. Furthermore, the strategic macro-process interacts and is interrelated with all the University's processes: Core, Support, and Evaluation and Monitoring.
| ENTRIES | PROCEDURES | EXITS |
| – MEN Decree 1330 of 2019
- Resolution 0529 of 2024 – Internal regulations, reform, adjustment or curricular modification Ucundinamarca |
EAAP01 – Creation, extension, expansion, modification, and renewal of the development location, agreement, and renewal of academic programs |
- MEN Qualified Registry Resolution |
| – CNA guidelines for the accreditation of undergraduate and master's degree programs– MEN quality guidelines for the verification of quality conditions of virtual and distance learning programs– Specific indicators for self-evaluation processes for accreditation purposes of technical and technological higher education programs of the CNA | EAAP03 – Self-Assessment of Academic Programs |
– Self-Assessment Report - Improvement Plan and Monitoring (evidence) |
| - Verification matrix for program quality condition requirements - CNA Guide 02: Assessment of initial conditions for academic and institutional Higher Education programs | EAAP04 – Accreditation and Re-accreditation of Programs |
– MEN Resolution |
Monitor compliance with the schedules for qualified registrations, self-assessment, and accreditation.
Review the information recorded in the master documents, initial conditions, and self-evaluation reports with a view to the accreditation of academic programs.
Verify compliance with the action plan goals and Management System indicators.
Manage continuous improvement through:
- Improvement Plan for the Self-Evaluation and Accreditation Directorate.
- Risk mitigation through improvement actions.
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