Constant quality improvement in education and research Constant improvement in the quality of the provided processes and services Constant improvement in work and life quality within AUTH Transparency at all levels Dissemination of AUTH contributions to the society and political leadership, as well as to the international academic community The quality policy is carried out by: the commitment to comply with the legal and regulatory framework of the Foundation the establishment, review, redesign and redefinition of quality assurance objectives, which are fully aligned with the Foundation's strategy. This policy mainly supports: the organization of the internal quality assurance system the assumption of responsibilities by the leadership of the Institution, Departments and other functional units, staff members and students, as well as their role in quality assurance safeguarding academic principles, ethics, preventing discrimination, encouraging the involvement of external bodies in quality assurance the continuous improvement of learning and teaching, research and innovation quality assurance of study programs and their compliance with the special standard of HAHE the efficient organization of services and the development and maintenance of infrastructure the availability and effective management of the necessary resources for the operation of the Foundation the development and rational distribution of human resources. Έγκριση οργάνωσης, λειτουργίας και αρμοδιοτήτων της Μονάδας Διασφάλισης Ποιότητας (ΜΟ.ΔΙ.Π.) του Aριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης και της δομής του Εσωτερικού Συστήματος Διασφάλισης Ποιότητας (Ε.Σ.Δ.Π.). By signing the Bologna Declaration in 1999, the European Ministers of Education declared their willingness to establish by 2010 the single European Higher Education Area (E.H.E.A.), namely to harmonize the structure of studies in Europe. The E.H.E.A. included the improvement of the recognition of diplomas, as well as the promotion of the mobility and the European cooperation in matters of quality assurance. Implementing the above most European countries has established national institutions for quality assurance. The Bologna process was launched through a programme of work that received guidelines by biennial ministerial conferences (2001 Prague, 2003 Berlin, 2005 Bergen, London 2007 and Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve 2009). The Conference of European Ministers of Education in Berlin (2003) entrusted the ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) to develop an agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines on quality assurance. The text drafted by ENQA "Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area" was adopted at the next meeting in Bergen (2005). Quality assurance is foreseen at three different levels: Internal assurance procedures - in the level of academic units and Institutions - performed by the Institutions themselves External assurance by organizations outside the Institution External evaluation of organizations themselves, as a guarantee of accountability and independence in applying evaluation procedures to Institutions.