Seminario internacional BRIDGES-LAC: "Relaciones UE-ALC: la dimensión internacional del aseguramiento de la calidad en Educación Superior"
BRIDGES-LAC y OBREAL organizan este seminario internacional que tendrá lugar en la sede de Buenos Aires de la Universidad de Bologna.
16/10/2009 Buenos Aires
BRIDGES-LAC Seminar “Good Practices in the Internationalization of Higher Education: towards the Common Higher Education Area for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean”
Fecha: 26/06/2009 Ubicación: Bogotá, Colombia Institución Organizadora: BRIDGES-LAC, con el apoyo de la red AUSJAL
Approximately 60 institutions attended the seminar together with the BRIDGES-LAC partners. The most important Colombian universities and the main institutional players at the national and regional level participated in the event. AUSJAL network, associate partner of the BRIDGES-LAC project and the ANECA –Agencia Nacional de Aseguramiento de la Calidad de España- as well as the ASCUN –Asociación Colombiana de Universidades- supported the event.
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Doctor Iván Ramos Calderón, President of the ASCUN, Doctor Joaquín Sánchez, Rector of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and Doctor Ramon Torrent, Executive Secretary of OBREAL opened the event the Seminar.
During the opening ceremony, the speakers underscored the importance of the seminar as a fora in which to enhance the discussion on the relations between Latin America and the European Union and as an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation between both regions.
A presentation followed of the results of the study on Good Practices and Recognition of Degrees and Qualifications carried out by BRIDGES-LAC. The study showed that trust, mutual knowledge and a tradition of cooperation are the main factors that affect the development of good practices. It became clear that, even though the legal framework of the relationship is an important variable, there are also other more informal channels through which cooperation in the field of higher education can be promoted.
The discussion among the experts revealed once more the importance of “knowing the partners involved” at the moment of establishing good practices. The need to make raising awareness of this important issue in Latin America and the European Union also became apparent.
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OBREAL TOWARDS THE BICENTENNIAL
The objetive of the final round-table was to discuss the challenges posed when trying to develop the Common Higher Education Area for Europe, Latin America and ¬
the Caribbean vis à vis the problems that Latin American countries face in terms of higher education and citizenship.
Doctor Bernardo Rivera, Executive Secretary of the Colombian Association of Universities–ASCUN-, Doctor Obdulio Velásquez Posada, Rector of the Universidad de la Sabana, representatives of the Colombian Governement and of the Convenio Andrés as well as OBREAL participated in the discussions.
THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR BOTH REGIONS ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE INDEPENDENCES OF THE LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS IS TO WORK TO ENHANCE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY FOSTERING MUTUAL COOPERATION.
El contenido de este sitio es responsabilidad exclusiva de OBREAL y en modo alguno debe considerarse que refleja la posición de ninguna de las instituciones colaboradoras.
