CHAPTER ONE DEFINITIONS ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS In this Protocol, unless the context otherwise requires "Centre of Excellence" means a research institute within the Region designated as such by Member States under Article 8B of this Protocol; "Centre of Specialisation" means an institution within the Region designated as such by member States under Article 7E of this Protocol; "Community" means the organisation for economic integration established by Article 2 of the Treaty; "Council" means the Council of Ministers of SADC established by Article 9 of the Treaty; "Degree" includes a degree or any equivalent qualification; "Distance Education" means a system of learning and teaching that is grounded in the principles of open and resource-based learning and takes place in different contexts at a multiplicity of sites, through a variety of mechanisms and learning and teaching approaches; "Equivalence" means accepted arrangements of quality of educational competence and qualitative value of the various levels of the education and training systems and of whole education systems; "Executive Secretary" means the Chief Executive Officer of SADC appointed under Article 10 (7) of the Treaty; ''Harmonisation" means agreed and accepted arrangements which match the educational competence and qualitative value of one educational and training system with another or among a group of education and training systems; "HRD Sector" means the Human Resources Development Sector; "Organ" means the organ of the sub-Sector established by Article 11 of this Protocol; 3