OBREAL has delivered a training workshop for the successful formulation of projects in the framework of the Erasmus+ Program in Panama. The training, aimed at higher education institutions and vocational training centers in Panama, was attended by more than 100 participants. The workshop was financed by the Delegation of the EU in Panama with the…
OBREAL is glad to contribute to empowering African Universities by leading a key Interregional Dialogue at the QS Africa Summit. More specifically, OBREAL’s Senior Coordinator Higher Education Policy, Marina Larrea, moderated the panel discussion titled “Interregional Dialogue in Higher Education to enhance the role of Universities as Agents of Innovation, Integration and Sustainable Development”. This…
OBREAL is present at the 13th Annual East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Forum, hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 9 to 12. The Forum provides, on an annual basis, a platform in which quality assurance practitioners come together to share experiences on areas of common interest in ensuring and managing quality in the institutions….
OBREAL was present at the SPHERE‘s Study Visit to Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) in Finland. Under the premise of enhancing University-Industry collaboration for current and future employment, innovation and Sustainable Ecosystems, the study visit provided a comprehensive understanding of how an institution utilises diverse modes of industry cooperation to meet different objectives. SPHERE…
OBREAL participated in three key meetings on higher education integration in Africa held in Mauritius. OBREAL’s Director of International Projects, Elizabeth Colucci, and the Project Manager Africa, Apiyo Okwiri, travelled to Mauritius to participate in these three key meetings organized under the HAQAA3 initiative, financed by the Global Getaway program of the European Commission. These…
OBREAL will contribute to two of the QS Higher Education Summits: the QS Africa Summit and the QS Americas Summit. These summits, organized by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), are “thought leadership conferences around the world to connect with industry experts, build partnerships and discuss the latest challenges, opportunities and trends in higher education.” A unique opportunity…
OBREAL, the Association of African Universities, and the Mozambican Conselho Nacional de Avaliação de Qualidade do Ensino Superior (National Council for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (CNAQ) have organized, on behalf of the HAQAA3 Initiative, the first national policy visit to Mozambique. The objective of these policy visits is to gather the contributions of relevant players in the definition, implementation,…
The Second Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean brought together more than 200 higher education representatives from 54 countries. Government representatives, ambassadors, rectors and directors of cooperation agencies from countries in Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe met at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis…
The First Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa held in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, facilitated the creation of a series of interregional graduate courses. Argentine professors devised and developed a series of 6 courses that were taught during the second quarter of the year at universities in…
OBREAL has had the pleasure of participating in the Contact Seminar between Spanish and Indian Universities organized by the Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). More than 21 Indian universities, delegates from most of the Catalan universities and representatives of the Catalan government have been present…