to improve HCI education at all levels of higher education;

to coordinate and unite efforts to enhance the development of HCI curricula;

to recommend fundamental structures for curricula and course materials and for their adaptation to the various national educational systems;

to advance international recog-nition of qualifications in this field, and

to promote the teaching of HCI

the evaluation of the needs of industry to enhance the qualifications of HCI, based upon societal objectives to improve the work environment;

the collation of existing curricula, course literature and other relevant materials developed by member societies or institutions who are contributing to their work;

the design of recommendations and guidelines for HCI curricula at different levels of higher education, and the adaptation of the guidelines to the cultural situation within which the respective education systems are based.