• accreditation and re-accreditation of accreditation agencies by the time-limited granting of the entitlement to accredit study courses through the award of the foundation’s seal
• compilation of the common and the specific structural guidelines of the Länder into binding guidelines for the accreditation agencies
• regulation of minimum requirements for accreditation procedures including the prerequisites and limits of bundled accreditations
• monitoring of accreditations undertaken by the accreditation agencies