Creation of Education Institutes: Includes all the activities related to the preparation of institutional projects to be presented to official agencies that regulate and authorize the educational activity both in Argentina as well as throughout Latin America. These services include:

1. Identification of potential educational demands: Market studies
2. Elaboration of an institutional project: Design of an academic offer and economic and financial planning according to each country’s legal frame.
3. Presentation and follow-up.

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Institutional Strengthening: Includes all activities related to the improvement of academic and administrative management of the Education Unit. These services include:

1. Institutional Diagnosis: They contribute to determine the position of the institution in relation to its environment, by analyzing its fortresses, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
2. Selection of Human Resources: Selection of Directive and Teaching staff, as well as administrative personnel based on the profiles chosen.
3. Development of Strategic Alliances: It comprehends all actions taken to improve the bonds between the institution and the community – public sector, companies and civil society – as well as the preparation of joint teaching activities with other institutions.
4. Human Resources Training: Making of training courses on the different aspects of  modern academic management.

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Academic Quality: This area includes all activities towards the preparation, evaluation, implementation of improvements, application of quality standards, certification and accreditation of organizations and its teaching programs. These services include:

1. European Quality Standard Model: CR & Associates Consulting uses the European Quality Standard Model for Education due we consider is a suitable and flexible methodology adapted to the needs of most educations institutes in Latin America, specially in relation to self-evaluation processes. CR Consulting counts with the recognition of the Instituto de Técnicas Educativas de la Confederación Española de Centros de Enseñanza (Madrid, Spain) for the application of this model which must be evaluated by the  European Foundation for Quality Management  (E.F.Q.M). This methodology can be applied to any teaching institution –from a school to a university – in an integral way, or apply to particular teaching, research, administrative and/or extension areas.

2. University Evaluation: The worldwide tendency as far as the recognition of the quality of higher education institutions by external agencies –both public or private- is firmly consolidated on most Latin American countries. CR & Associates Consulting has developed two main work lines on this subject:

	Institutional Evaluation: Includes all activities of preparation, training and adaptation prior to the institutional evaluation carried out by the National and Foreign Agencies of University Evaluation and Accreditation. Besides, this advising activity means the assistance to create quality evaluation units inside the formal institutional organization charts.
	Careers Evaluation: CR & Associates  owns a peer evaluation bank that collaborates with the academic authorities prior to presenting an academic program (under or graduate)  to be certified. Health Science Area is one of developed area for advising.

 

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Distance Learning: From the 1990s, distance learning has widely developed throughout universities and teaching establishments in Latin America. CR Consulting provides the following services:

	Development of Distance Learning Programs: Design and implementation of undergraduate and graduate distance learning careers, contents development and incorporation of pedagogical tools that help promoting self-learning.
	Design of all teaching platforms and support for distance learning.
	Training of human resources in the use of new technological tools.
	Quality evaluation in distance learning: CR Consulting counts with a group of recognized professionals throughout Latin America and Spain for the design and implementation of evaluation methodologies in relation to distance learning.

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Obtaining of reimbursement funds educational institutions: Ellaboration and presentation of business plans and credit proposals towards the enlargement, modernization, equipment of universities and private educational institutes of Latin America. We mainly work with the main development banks that provide assistance to the private sector: InterAmerican Investment Corporation (IIC); International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other credit institutions settled in Europe and the United states. The services provided include: Viability Studies : Ellaboration of preproposals, analysis and evaluation of strategic plans, studies of social demand, economic and financial studies, economic feasibility and sustainability.