African and European higher education stakeholders, including many of Obreal’s key partners, convened in Bled, Slovenia, to advance a shared understanding of what equitable cooperation means in practice, and to finalize a joint position paper outlining concrete recommendations. In a two-day workshop organized by DAAD on 8 and 9 June 2026, “Co-creating knowledge with Africa:…
Obreal participated in the 1st Brazil–Africa Rectors’ Forum, held in Brasília from May 25 to 27, 2026. The Forum was organized by Brazil’s Ministry of Education, CAPES, and ANDIFES, and brought together more than 150 Brazilian and African university leaders, academic associations, and multilateral actors. The event aimed to strengthen higher education, scientific, technological, and cultural cooperation between…
The conference “International Trade after the Trump 2.0 Shock”, co-organized by Obreal in Berlin on May 28–29, 2026, together with KDI School and Freie Universität Berlin, brought together leading scholars and WTO Chairholders from Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia to discuss the future of the multilateral trading system in a context of increasing geopolitical…
The EnoTour project, co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ “Alliance for Innovation” programme, is the latest expression of a mission that Obreal has been pursuing for years: building ecosystems of collaboration between universities, businesses and territories that generate real impact in sectors with strong local roots. Wine tourism and gastro-tourism, activities deeply connected…
The Third Mission of universities, that is, contributing to society beyond teaching and research, has been on the table for years. The problem is that too often it fails to translate into action. In a new Obreal paper, “Promoting Open Innovation and the transformation of higher education from an Obreal perspective” Project Managers Ángel Manuel…
Obreal hosted a follow-up meeting in Barcelona as part of the Interregional Dialogue Process, bringing together regional institutions, university associations, and cooperation agencies from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, the Arab world, and China. The meeting advanced a shared agenda for cooperation in higher education, science, innovation, and development. It also confirmed the…
In recent years, Obreal has built an active and growing working relationship with UNESCO, one that takes shape through shared projects, joint participation in high-level spaces, and a common agenda. Obreal’s recent participation in the launch event for the new UNESCO report Trends in Higher Education is the latest example. Obreal’s Senior Advisor, Wail Benjalloun,…
Obreal convened the IMPACT HE Leadership & Stakeholder Forum in Nairobi, bringing together university leaders, policymakers and funding agencies from across Africa and Europe around a shared conviction: universities are more than academic institutions. They are agents of change. More than 100 participants representing 61 institutions from 13 countries participated in a forum that was…
Obreal carried out an intensive agenda of institutional meetings in Bavaria with the aim of strengthening and expanding strategic cooperation between Catalonia, Bavaria, Africa, and Latin America. Over the course of six days, the organization visited entities across various sectors, consolidating existing partnerships and opening new lines of work in key areas such as higher…
The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, has lost more than 90% of its volume over the past decades due to the overexploitation of the rivers that fed it. The desiccation has left behind an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe: contaminated soils, toxic dust storms, the collapse of the fishing industry, and…