Categories of Memberships for Non - Accredited Membership

1.Institutional Membership: for qualified academies , schools, colleges and universities which have met all the requirements for the membership status, but have not yet begun the Accreditation journey with CTAC.

2. Corporate Membership:: membership category institutions that supports TNE and Cross- border education policies, CTAC Accreditation and quality assurance.

3. Professional membership: this category of membership is for individuals, working on the academia and quality assurance industry. You welcomed to join CTAC as an individual.

Pre- Accreditation Membership Categories

1. Affiliate Membership

This affiliate Membership category is for Institutions which have achieved CTAC approved and participated affiliation status with one of the CTAC institutionally Accredited universities.

2. Associate Membership

The Associate Membership Category is for institutions which have achieved CTAC approved and participated affiliation to led to an institution achieving Associate college college or seminary status part of a university institutionally Accredited by CTAC.

Accreditation Status Membership Category

1. Candidate for Accreditation:

Member on a five year journey to accreditation and met the requirements to be put on this level to start this journey to prove that the institution is accreditation - worthy.

2. Provisional Accreditation - the first level accreditation achieved by institutions with deficiencies to fix.

3. Full Accreditation:

when an institution has met full requirements for full institutional accreditation for the first 4 years! and may be renewed for another four years then thereafter, 12 years!

4. Programmatic Accreditation :

This is a course by course assessment and evaluation and accreditation of each individual courses offered inside the institutionally accredited universities and colleges.

The State and Jurisdiction of Higher education in Curacao:

To evaluate the quality of a Curacao educational institutional credentials, understanding the State and the jurisdiction of higher education in Curacao is very crucial.

It is imperative to understand that in Curacao, the ministry of education Curacao, does not control TNE institutions , though they grant the establishing charter to them. TNE institutions granted charter in in Curacao , are licensed and controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Curacao Transnational Accreditation Council (CTAC). B.V. Curacao., is the regional institutional and programmatic accreditation agency officially recognized by the Government of Curacao through the Ministry of Economic Development for all TNE institutions in and outside Curacao.

Understanding the Jurisdiction of Ministry of Education,

AAC Approval by the ministry and the status CTAC Curacao as an accreditation agency.

After Curacao has become an independent constituent of country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curacao government has adopted and licensed two private accreditation agencies in Curacao.

Through the Ministry of Education - the government adopted and licensed the AAC - for accreditation of all government and all Curacao private institutions. The ministry of education Curacao through it grant establishing charter to all TNE institutions, does not, under, the Curacao laws, have any jurisdiction over the TNE institutions. This power is arrogated to the Ministry of Economic Development.

Through the Ministry of Economic Development - the Curacao government adopted and licensed the CTAC.BV. - for the accreditation of all TNE institutions in and outside Curacao. Hence CTAC recognition through the Ministry of Economic Development and AAC Approval under the ministry of education.

Administrative Structure and Contact for: Curacao Transnational Accreditation Council CTAV.BV. Curacao



1. CTAC Executive Secretary: is the CEO of CTAC operations.

2. CTAC Registrar General is the chief scribe and COO of CTAC
3. Chairperson of Accreditation Committee chairs and approves of accreditation exercises recommended to him by the committee members.
4. CTAC Treasurer oversees membership and finance Accounts.
5.Logistics and Security Officer Transportation and logistics

6. CTAC Legal Counsel - attorneys for the corporation