Our constant concern is to measure your satisfaction and our results, and to adjust our practices in order to improve continuously. This is reflected in our ISO 9001 certification since 2008.
An integrated approach
Since 2008, CIHEAM Montpellier has validated its continuous improvement process by obtaining ISO 9001 certification for its management of on-site training. Following the integration of the Project process, from 2024 onwards, the CIHEAM-IAMM management system is certified for the following activities:
Hosting and supervising doctoral students; delivering master's programmes and professional training in situ, mainly in the field of economics and social sciences, and French as a foreign language; implementing projects for agricultural, agri-food and rural development in the Mediterranean region.
Activities within the Quality scope
The quality management system (QMS) includes eleven activities working in synergy.
The management’s objectives: a framework for our actions
Our priority objectives for training, research, and development cooperation are part of the strategic directions that structure the current formulation of the Institutional Project (2023-2026). In 2024, our efforts will be focused primarily on:
OS1: Strengthening the training offerings by asserting the international dimension in recruitment and implementation, and by consolidating local anchoring.
- Experiment with certain approaches to make the Master of Science more attractive
- Continue to anchor IAMM's specific training courses in the Montpellier environment
OS2: Being more readable and visible in the specific skills we mobilize and develop, both in research and technical assistance projects for development, and in our training offerings.
- Organize 1 to 3 internal seminars in the Institute's areas of expertise
- Communicate the strategic project to our partners
- Prefigure an enlarged Mediterranean network of researchers around the issue of "Supporting decision-making for resilient and sustainable for resilient and sustainable agri-food systems in the context of the agro-ecological transition in the transition in Mediterranean".
OS3: Developing site-based projects that contribute to research and training
- Make the Institut's park a demonstration site for the possibilities of adapting to climate change and agro-ecological practices
- Identify and sign agreements with partners likely to develop certain areas of the park
- Develop synergies between Renovel members in the conduct of activities and the provision of internal services
OS4: Be exemplary in our environmental and social practices and provide ourselves with the means to be eco-responsible on a daily basis
- Step up implementation of the gender equality action plan and include actions in the regular training agenda
- Formalise clear and transparent rules for the advancement and promotion of staff, in particular scientific administrators
- Increase efforts to save energy
OS5: Develop the Institute's internal organisation to better ensure the efficient mobilisation of resources and skills, and guarantee the sustainability of the business model.
- Redefining the organisation needed to support the setting up and management of projects
- Redefining the remit of the Teaching and Schooling Department and the profile of the post of Director of Studies
OS6: Operationalizing PACMED 2025 through joint actions of the CIHEAM.
- Remain involved in the working groups and joint actions carried out with CIHEAM and its other Mediterranean agronomic institutes (Bari, Zaragoza, Chania).