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It relies on the staff of the constituent institutions to drive agreed projects and for technical assistance and development work, retaining consultants and specialists as needed.</p> <h5>Vision and mission</h5> <p>To establish the Western Cape as a strong higher education region in a restructured national system which, through systemic inter-institutional co-operation and academic programme collaboration, will be</p> <ul class="smallbullets"> <li>Distinctively responsive to regional, national and international developments in the knowledge economy of the 21st century</li> <li>Sensitive to historical realities in promoting equity across its institutions</li> <li>Cost effective and of high quality.</li> </ul> </div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:15px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:15px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;" data-animationType="fadeInDown" data-animationDuration="1.0" data-animationOffset="top-into-view"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-2" style="--awb-text-transform:none;"><p>The vision and mission were developed at a time that the higher education sector In South Africa was being restructured. 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