as directed by the organization’s official guidelines. After the initial internal evaluation, the accreditation team will assign an external evaluator from a member institution in one of the other countries to visit the applicant and complete an evaluation. This assessment will validate all assertions that were made in the commission’s internal report. The general assembly of AUPRICA members, together with the accreditation team, consequently will look at the findings of both the external and the internal evaluations and will take a final decision on accrediting the requesting institution.