How does EAQUALS relate to the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN)?
ISO is a general system of quality assurance, which emphasizes quality assurance procedures; EAQUALS is (a) an association with professional activities and (b) specifically concerned with language education, assessing the quality of teaching and academic management as well as procedures. A number of EAQUALS members have also obtained ISO or other quality certifications and consider them to be complementary. CEN has set up minimum standards for language travel, which were drafted with EAQUALS participation in the Working Group. EAQUALS accreditation is directed to identifying and certifying excellence. EAQUALS has also observer status on two ISO technical committees.
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