Obreal’s Director for Education Policy and Programs, Elizabeth Colucci, has just concluded three days of intensive meetings with Chinese universities and associations in Beijing, an important step towards opening and consolidating partnerships with the Chinese higher education sector, in pursuit of common development goals. The visits have been facilitated by UNESCO-INRULED, a UNESCO institute based…
Obreal has officially launched the 2026 edition of the Julio Cotler Program at an event held at the Office of the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia in the Southern Cone, in Buenos Aires. The debate and networking event featured the participation of Josep Vives, Delegate of the Government of Catalonia to the Southern Cone;…
The agreement, which includes the joint coordination of activities, was signed by Sandra D’Agostino, Undersecretary for Digital Government, and Nicolás Patrici, Obreal’s Director of Strategy and Development.
Obreal has returned to the annual APAIE (Asia-Pacific Association for International Education) Conference for the third time, hosted this year in Hong Kong. Welcoming over 2500 participants globally under the theme “Asia-Pacific Partnerships for the Global Good”, this conference has been an important forum for scanning internationalisation trends in Asia-Pacific, and for promoting Obreal’s work…
Obreal has released the first episode of the second season of its podcast, focusing on a topic that is increasingly present in public debate: international cooperation. Often reduced to aid or framed as a one-directional gesture, international cooperation is far more complex. It involves shared responsibility, partnerships, long-term investment, and mutual learning across regions. At…
This week Obreal officially launched two new international cooperation projects co-funded by the European Commission. The goal of the two is to improve higher education both in the Latin American countries where they will be implemented and in Europe. One of them focuses on creating an innovative educational model designed to respond to local challenges,…
Obreal representatives have met with authorities from the Association of Arab Universities and the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Ayman Ashour, to start the preparations for the organization of the 4th Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development. These meetings, held in Cairo, marked a first…
Obreal has renewed and strengthened its long-standing cooperation relationship with Morocco on higher education and quality assurance. In the framework of the 5th General Assembly of the RAFANAQ network, Nicolás Patrici, Director of Strategy at Obreal, and Rachid Hilal, Director of the National Agency for Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education and Scientific Research…
Obreal has released a new series of short interviews recorded during the Third Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development between Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe held in Bogotá in November. The videos feature insights from high-level representatives including the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia, the Commissioner for ESTI of the…
As part of its deep cooperation with the South African higher education sector, Obreal has completed an intensive week of deliberations in Pretoria in the framework of the South Africa Science Forum which took place between the 24th and the 28th of November. In particular, Obreal Director of Education Policy and Programs, Elizabeth Colucci, chaired the session “Strengthening higher…