The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program educates organizations in performance excellence management and administers the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

The European Foundation for Quality Management's EFQM Excellence Model supports an award scheme similar to the Baldrige Award for European companies.

In Canada, the National Quality Institute presents the ' Canada Awards for Excellence ' on an annual basis to organisations that have displayed outstanding performance in the areas of Quality and Workplace Wellness, and have met the Institute's criteria with documented overall achievements and results.

The Alliance for Performance Excellence is a network of state and local organizations that use the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria at the grassroots level to improve the performance of local organizations and economies.

* Voorheesville Central Schools, A Commitment to Excellence with a Tradition of Quality

The European Quality Award is now referred to as the EFQM Excellence Award.

The EFQM Excellence Model is a non-prescriptive framework for organizational management systems, promoted by EFQM ( formerly known as the European Foundation for Quality Management ) and designed for helping organizations in their drive towards being more competitive.

Over the years a number of research studies have investigated the correlation between the adoption of holistic Models, such as OIQ, Organizational Integrated Quality and EFQM Excellence Model, and improved organizational results.

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service ( LSIS-formerly the Quality Improvement Agency and Centre for Excellence in Leadership ) is the sector owned body supporting the development of excellent and sustainable FE provision across the learning and skills sector.

In Europe's largest health market Germany the Institute for Quality and Economy in Health Services ( Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen-IQWiG ) is responsible, while it is the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICE in the United Kingdom.

One of five undergraduate-only programs in the United States to hold such accreditations, Monfort is the sole business school to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the Office of the President of the United States and the U. S. Department of Commerce, the Timberline Award from Colorado Performance Excellence, and the Program of Excellence Award from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.

* Quality Summit New York Gold Trophy 2007 ( International Award for Excellence & Business Prestige ) and Award of Excellence Maintenance for Sumitomo Heavy Industry & TSUBKIMOTO-KOGIO, Japan won by Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur.

The Sloan Consortium has recognized UIS with the 2007 award for Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching and Learning and the 2008 Ralph E. Gomory Award for Quality Online Education.

It was recognized by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America as a Centennial Quality Council every year from 2006 and 2010 and was a Gold level Journey to Excellence Council in 2011.

Distinguished Service Award, by the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, in 1981 ; Governor's Award as Legislator of the Year, by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in 1985 ; Award of Excellence, by the Triangle J Council of Governments, in 1985 ; Distinguished Service Award, by the Research Triangle Group of the Sierra Club, in 1986 ; Service Award, by the Orange-Chatham Alliance for the Mentally Ill ; Triangle Conservation Award, by the Triangle Land Conservancy, in 1987 ; Consumer Advocate of the Year, by the North Carolina Consumers Council, in 1987 ; Honorary Citizenship of the City of Raleigh, by Mayor Avery Upchurch, in 1987, for efforts in the passage of the phosphate detergent limitation ; Resolution of Appreciation, by the Governor's Crime Commission, in 1987 ; Service Award, by the Joint Orange Chatham Community Action, Inc. Board of Directors, in 1988 ; Service Award, by the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club, in 1988 ; Legislative Award, by the North Carolina Chapter, American Planning Association, in 1989 ; Legislative Award, by the N. C. Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the N. C. Pediatric Society, in 1989 ; Appreciation Award, by the Chatham County Advisory Council of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, in 1990 ; " Best Bets For 1990 ", by the Center For Policy Alternatives, Sustainable Growth Program, in 1990, " For Leadership in Reducing Environmental Hazards by Sponsoring Legislation to Establish Free Disposal Sites for Used Tires "; Service Award, by the Environmental Quality and Natural Resources Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference, in 1991, " In Appreciation For His Outstanding Leadership As Chairman .... 1989-1991 "; Recycling Merit Award, by the North Carolina Recycling Association in 1991 ; Appreciation Award, by the North Carolina Property Mappers Association, in 1993 ; Jake Alexander Public Service Award, by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Students Against Driving Drunk, and the Governor's Highway Safety Program, in 1993 ; Distinguished Service Award, by the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, in 1996 ; Legislator of the Year, by North Carolina Citizen Action, for " your years of outstanding leadership and dedication to the fair protection of North Carolina families, workers and environment ", in 1996 ; Certificate of Commendation, by the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, for " persistence and legislative commitment to improving mental health in North Carolina ", in 1997 ; Governor's Award as Legislator of the Year, by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in 1998 ; Friend of Education Award, by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educators, in 1999 ; Public Service Award, by the Child Care Services Association, for " outstanding advocacy and service on behalf of young children and their families ", in 2003.

The College has also been awarded the Artsmark – Bronze Award, International School Award, School Achievement Award, Sport England SportsMark Award, Basic Skills Quality Mark and Becta ICT Mark for Excellence in ICT.

Awards are distributed to organizations in the areas of Service Quality Excellence and Marketing Innovation.

The bank is also the recipient of several awards including the Dubai Quality Award, Shaikh Khalifa Award for Excellence, Best Bank in the UAE award by The Banker awards as well as other citations from financial magazines such as Banker Middle East.

The World Council for Total Quality & Excellence in Education was established in 1999 with its Corporate Office in Lucknow and head office at Singapore.

The bank has also won the Dubai Quality Award in the Emirate of Dubai as well as the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

As a result of this careful construction, the Paris Pike project won a 2002 Merit-Design award from the American Society of Landscape Architects as well as the 2003 Federal Highway Administration's Environmental Excellence Award and the National Partnership for Highway Quality 2003 State Award.

The Elephant Amenity Network is a local group promoting a ' Charter for Community Inclusion and a Better Quality of Life for All ' and campaigning for ' a regeneration that benefits local people '.

“ Effective Strategies in Selecting Quality Faculty ”, International Conference for Community College Chairs, Deans, & Other Instructional Leaders, Phoenix, Arizona, 1993

In 2006 the principal of Derrimut Heath Primary School ( Now Baden Powell College ), Julie Mason, was chosen as the " Wyndham Citizen of the Year " for her key role in the development of the Wyndham Community Education Plan 2004-2007 and serving as chair of the Quality Community Plan Education Committee.

* Quality Child Care From University of Florida / IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Factors in choosing quality child care.

* Quality Child Care From University of Florida / IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Factors in choosing quality child care.

These include the American Osteopathic Association ( AOA ), Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program ( HFAP ), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities ( CARF ), Community Health Accreditation Program ( CHAP ), the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. ( ACHC ), Utilization Review Accreditation Commission ( URAC ), the " Exemplary Provider Program " of The Compliance Team and the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation ( HQAA ), who are recognised in the state of Ohio.

* Medicare Quality Improvement Community Online resources to support quality improvement in Medicare.

CLA provides direct legal advice services to the public via its Community Legal Advice website and helpline, and also provides advice centre offices for low-income individuals and families, who are referred to participating solicitors and advice agencies that are certified through the CLA's Quality Mark scheme.

* Existential Theory of Quality Teaching and Learning

Recognized as a National Quality Learning for Life Council

On 14 October 2010, Cabinet Secretary for Education, announced that HMIe would be subsumed, along with Learning and Teaching Scotland, into a new body named the Scottish Education Quality and Improvement Agency.

In April 2007 the former Office for Standards in Education merged with the Adult Learning Inspectorate ( ALI ) to provide an inspection service which includes all post-16 government funded education ( but not Higher Education Institutes and Universities which are inspected by the Quality Assurance Agency ).

Twycross Zoo has achieved the standards to claim the Learning outside the Classroom Quality Badge, one of only a few zoos in this country to have the award.

In December 2010, the DLC released The 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning.

Further, to distinguish high quality from low quality service-learning experiences, Youth Service California has published the " Seven Elements of High Quality Service Learning " that include:

Also in England, until 2006, there was the Learning and Skills Development Agency, which split into the Quality Improvement Agency and Learning and Skills Network in March 2006.

The Minister heads one of the most important economic departments in the Irish Government, responsible for the implementation of policy in five key areas-Enterprise, Innovation, Growth ; Quality, Work and Learning ; Making Markets and Regulation work better ; Quality, Value and Continuous Improvement ; and the European Union.

* 1996, On Learning and Systems That Facilitate it, in: Center for Quality of Management Journal Vol.

These are also set out as part of the British Standard 8848 and the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge both of which World Challenge hold.

Glen Oaks has received its reaffirmation of regional accreditation through the Academic Quality Improvement Program ( AQIP ) of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

It has won several awards, including the Singapore Quality Class Award and Best Practice Award in Teaching and Learning.

The Education Quality and Accountability Office ( EQAO ) is an arm ’ s-length Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada, legislated into creation in 1996 in response to recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Learning in February 1995.

In 2008, the school was re-validated with the Singapore Quality Class Award, obtained, for the second time, the Best Practice Award ( Teaching and Learning ) and attained the Best Practice Award ( Student All-Round Development ) in the MOE External Validation exercise.

The management of the college is split into five areas of responsibility ( Teaching & Learning, Support & Guidance, Planning & Quality, Resources, Staff Development & Lifelong Learning ), each of which is assigned to a member of the CST.