Obreal participated in the Global Smart Education Conference 2026 and held a series of institutional meetings in China focused on artificial intelligence, education, rural transformation and interregional cooperation. Held from 18 to 20 August at Beijing Normal University under the theme Reimagining Education in the Age of AI: Equity, Quality and Sustainability, the conference brought…
The IUCEA Stakeholder Forum is taking significant steps to advance higher education data management across East Africa. The forum’s objectives include the following: OBREAL has a long-standing partnership with IUCEA. It is driven by the belief that higher education is a catalyst for regional integration and development. Effective data collection, management, and analysis are crucial…
OBREAL, in collaboration with NODE Garraf, hosted a dynamic event spotlighting entrepreneurship and economic growth within the circular economy in the Barcelona region. The event was held in the framework of Start Circular, a project co-funded by the European Union. The participants were able to listen and comment on the contributions from public representatives from…
The Center for Global Higher Education (CGHE), has developed a webinar series together with OBREAL that aims to analyse the interregionality approach in Higher Education. The CGHE, based at UCL Institute of Education, is the largest research centre in the world specifically focused on higher education and its future development. OBREAL is honored to have…
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 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,…
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…
OBREAL is proud to announce the upcoming Second Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. This pivotal event, themed “Shared Solutions to Common Challenges in the Context of the African Year of Education,” is set to take place in person at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,…
OBREAL, CAMES and other regional organizations dedicated to the regional integration of higher education are meeting this week in Yaoundé, Cameroon. A week during which several meetings and gatherings are planned. The objective is to generate synergies and make more efficient use of the resources of the various projects in which several partners are involved….