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Save the date: ALFA PUENTES bi-regional leadership conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil (12-14 November 2012)
January 19, 2012
As part of the ALFA PUENTES project, the first major bi-regional conference of university associations and their members from Latin America and Europe will take place in Sao Paolo in November 2012. Under the title "Innovative Strategies for Higher Education in Latin America and Europe: International Collaboration and Regional Development", the event will focus on a wide range of issues including the changing roles of Latin American and European universities in society, growth and development, as well as the strategic priorities for HE collaboration between both regions.
The conference will be jointly hosted by four universities: UNICAMP – Universidade Estadual de Campinas, USPI – Universidade Sao Paolo, UENESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, USC – Universidade Federal Sao Carlos, and supported by the entire ALFA PUENTES partnership, which consists of national and regional university associations across Latin America and Europe.
Approximately 250 participants from Latin America and Europe are expected to take part and various side-events and bi-lateral meetings will be included. Preliminary interest for participation can be expressed via email to alfapuentes@eua.be. Registration will be launched in March 2012.
More information about the event can be downloaded here.
The ALFA PUENTES project, launched in 2011, aims at building capacity at the level of university associations in Latin America and Europe as important drivers in the internationalisation and regional integration agendas. It is led by the European University Association in close cooperation with its member associations, the national rectors’ associations of Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Poland and with 17 national and regional university associations in Latin America, the EU-Latin America Observatory (OBREAL) and the Santander Group of Universities (AGS).
The ALFA PUENTES project is co-funded by the European Commission ALFA programme.