First the organisation that seeks for obtaining a label for either the whole institution or a program/course needs to contact the Open ECBCheck Administration Office for a first inquiry (0. in figure 3). In this step, the applying organisation is informed by the Administration Office about the process that needs to be completed to obtain the label as well as about all costs and tasks. If the institution decides to continue the process, the eligibility application will follow.

In the second step (1. and 2. in figure 3) the applying institution has to fill in a first brief questionnaire (see Annex 2) either for the institutional process or the process for a program/course to find out whether the institution or programme/course meet the scope of Open ECBCheck and the organisation or program/course have a realistic chance to obtain the label. This application form is evaluated by the Administration Office and it is decided whether the institution or programme/course is eligible. If it is decided that the institution or programme/course is not eligible, the Open ECBCheck Administrative Office provides the institution with feedback on the reasons as well as advice on the question whether a reapplication would be an option in the future and what issues would have to be changed before. If the organisation is decided eligible the process can be taken further. As the analysis of existing standards and labels has suggested, this eligibility application is of importance to make sure that a programme or course falls into the scope of Open ECBCheck for the case of programme certification, that an organisation understands that the process needs at least a certain level of seriousness to be completed and that the programme or institution has the potential to successfully complete the certification process.

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