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Control group and publishers:
• SBBK Swiss Conference of VETO Offices
• SECO State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
• SVEB Swiss Federation for Adult Learning
• VSAA Association of the Swiss Employment Centers

The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK) endorses EduQua as an officially
recognized quality assurance scheme. EDK highly recommends the institution of higher education
accredited by EduQua. In more and more cantons, certification is a requirement for public
funding. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) also endorses EduQua.

https://ssm.swiss/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/EduQua-Certificate-2022.pdf

State Licensure and Other Recognition
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), located in the United States of America,
is an organization of degree-granting colleges and universities. It identifies its purpose as
providing national advocacy for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation to
certify the quality of higher education accrediting organizations, including regional, faith-based,
private, career, and programmatic accrediting organizations. CHEA is based in Washington, DC,
and is a member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies (INQAAHE). Swiss
School of Management programs are accredited by the IACBE. IACEB is accredited by the Council
for Higher Education Accreditation.

Approved by the Ministry of Education
The Swiss School of Management is an approved, hence recognized institution by the Ministry of
Education in Italy through a Memorandum of Understanding duly signed by both entities
initiating a fruitful collaboration between the institutions. Among many other points, both agree
on the following principles for an academic program:
• A program must enhance young people’s chances of entering the job market and
promote the development of soft skills throughout their educational paths.
• Programs are designed and supported to create educational integrated academic
pathways.
• Academic institutions of Higher Education must foster close collaboration with students
on their way to completing their secondary school studies.
• Academic institutions must develop training modules to enhance soft skills in the
students’ orientation and promote the spread of good practices throughout the chosen
educational path.
• The institutions will activate educational internships by mutual consent, based on the
demands of the academic institutions of the Region Lazio, which are interested in a
highly professional qualification of teachers in terms of didactics and European identity.
• The institutions will meet the educational needs of the staff of the academic institutions
of Region Lazio by mutual consent through the organization of training and advanced
training modules, giving value to skills acquired through work experiences that should
fulfill the demands for updating and deepening knowledge of disciplinary, didactic, and
professional requirements.
• The institutions will promote and endorse the active participation of School Heads and
Teachers of the Region Lazio in highly qualifying training modules with the common
aim of providing adequate competencies and specializations to professionals working
in the Adult Learning Sector.

https://www.usrlazio.it/index.php?cerca=Swiss+School+of+Management&s=1063

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