Membership

Membership in CANQATE is wide and includes:

• National accreditation bodies

• Tertiary Institutions

• Ministries of Education

• Professional bodies/agencies

• Individuals who are interested in quality assurance and standards

Membership in CANQATE is open to all countries in the Caribbean. CANQATE has three kinds of membership:

• Full:  organizations such as accrediting agencies, universities and other tertiary institutions, evaluation agencies and similar organizations within the region responsible for assuring the academic quality of tertiary institutions or educational programmes;

• Associate:  Organisations with a major interest in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education, but without the responsibility for assuring quality for institutions or education programmes;

• Individual:  persons who are interested in and/or involved in quality assurance.

All full members may participate in the administration, the General Assembly and other governing bodies of CANQATE. Associate and individual members may participate in the General Assembly and other activities of CANQATE but do not have the right to vote.

To apply for membership in CANQATE, the applicant must complete a Membership Registration Form.

Members are obliged to:

• Abide by the Constitution of CANQATE

• Comply with decisions and resolutions of CANQATE; and

• Remit, in due time, the subscriptions or any other contributions determined in accordance with the Constitution.

Benefits of Membership include:

• Annual conference

• Reduced rate for annual conferences

• Publications including newsletters featuring members’ activities, conference proceedings

• Secretariat services

Members Fee

 Membership fees effective 1 January 2004: 

Current Membership Profile
 

	Type of Membership
Country	Associate	Full	Individual	Grand Total
Bahamas		1		1
Barbados		3	1	4
Belize		4		4
Bermuda		1		1
Commonwealth of Dominica		1		1
Jamaica	2	24	7	33
St. Lucia		1		1
Suriname	1			1
Trinidad & Tobago	2	8	6	16
Turks & Caicos			1	1
Grand Total	5	43	15	63

 Membership Registration Form

CARIBBEAN AREA NETWORK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE

IN TERTIARY EDUCATION (CANQATE)

MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION FORM

To apply for membership, please use this form.

*Type of Membership:            Full [  ]            Associate [  ]               Individual [  ]

Name of Institution/ Organization/ Individual (Dr, Mr., Mrs, Ms):

Head of Institution/Organization (Full and Associate Members only)                                                        

Address_________________________________________________________________

Country                                                                                                                                  

Telephone______________________________  Fax______________________________

E-mail______________________________  Website_____________________________

State institution/organization/individual role ____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

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SEND YOUR COMPLETED FORM WITH PAYMENT TO:

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), 6b Oxford Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica, West Indies

E-mail: elondon@cwjamaica.com

Tel: 876-929-7299,906-8012, 920-1424, 920-1165 Fax: 876-929-7312