HELTASA is affiliated as the South African network contributing  to this international consortium. The consortium accepts only one member per country and presently has 24 members.

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is responsible for managing the post schooling education sector.

For several decades, in South African universities research has been prioritized over teaching in the hiring and rewarding of academic staff. Furthermore, university teaching generally has not been viewed as a professional activity, requiring appropriate knowledge, skills and dispositions and, like any professional activity, continuous professional learning.

To oversee the implementation of the National Framework for Enhancing Academics as University Teachers, a National Coordinating Committee (NCC) was established. The NCC comprises representatives from all public universities, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), Council on Higher Education (CHE), Universities South Africa (USAF) and the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa (HELTASA). NCC will guide at a national level, and monitor implementation at institutional level.