During 2023, OBREAL played a key role in generating interregional dialogue and cooperation as well as sharing knowledge and building capacities. INTERREGIONAL DIALOGUES In 2023, we organized several interregional dialogues between regions from all over the world. Some of them were physical meetings, like the Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development in Buenos Aires, which…
OBREAL promotes dialogue and research to help the tourism sector cope with Climate Change Tourism has historically played an essential role in the social and economic development of many regions across the world. But the industry of tourism as a means for development is clearly risky due to the consequences of climate change. Tourism is…
The Organisation Committee of the Second Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean sets the roadmap for the coming months OBREAL hosted in Barcelona a meeting of the Organisation Committee of the “Second Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Shared solutions for…
On October 25, 26 and 27, a study visit of the DIGIGRAD Africa project took place in the Flemish region of Limburg. Hosted by Maastricht University and co-organised by the University of Applied Sciences Leuven (UCLL), it involved all African project partners with participants from South Sudan, Kenya, Burundi and Ghana.The ANIE network (the African coordinators…
In the framework of a study visit of the SUCCESS project to Barcelona, between 10 and 14 October 2022, a delegation of the participating universities from the Balkans was received by OBREAL. The universities represented were the following: The meeting served to present the interregional dialogues that OBREAL leads in different regions of the world…
A delegation of members of the Technological Higher Education Network South Africa (THENSA) paid a fruitful visit to OBREAL the week before hosting the final event of the HERESA project From Monday the 25th until Thursday the 28th of October, OBREAL welcomed a delegation from THENSA in Catalonia, Spain. The visit started in Tarragona with…
OBREAL has hosted yet another successful webinar from the series “Women, innovation and science”. This Thursday more than 60 attendees were able to listen to – and talk to – four panellists who discussed the role of women leadership in university management, innovation and research According to OBREAL view and mission – to create interregional…
South-south-north cooperation between universities, virtualization and digitalization in higher education or the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are some of the issues being addressed at “Camino a FIESA“, attended by OBREAL. The Universidad Nacional de San Martín, in Buenos Aires, hosted the conference in September 11th and 12th. The aim of these conferences is to…
Mark on your calendars the 11th and 12th of September 2024 for the next international conference ‘Camino a FIESA 24′, supported by OBREAL. Because this key event promises robust discussions on higher education policy and global trends in academic internationalisation. ‘Camino a FIESA’ offers a compelling preview of the diverse conversations to come. It is…
The MYCOMM Training Programme Committee met on 5-6 July to finalise a comprehensive training program aimed at strengthening the capacity and role of youth organisations supporting young migrants and refugees. The MYCOMM project, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, aims to address key challenges related to communication and advocacy for equality and inclusion in…