Thank you for your participation at CRES 2008, Regional Conference of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 in Cartagena, Colombia.  For those of you who are new to this conference, please go to BACKGROUND and INTRODUCTION for more details.

UNESCO-IESALC is pleased to announce the Action Plan, with the goal to promote the implementation of the values and principles of the Declaration of CRES 2008.

The Action Plan is comprised of five guidelines and has recommendations for government, higher education institutions, networks and others. For full details, please go to CONTENT.  It emphasizes the commitment, focus and efforts of all the players involved to influence the debate at the World Conference on Higher Education – WCHE to be held in July 2009 in Paris.

UNESCO-IESALC would like you to step forward and provide inputs for the five key guidelines of the program, which are: 1)Expanding Higher Education (undergraduate and graduate levels) with quality, relevance, and social inclusion; 2) Promoting accreditation, assessment, and quality assurance policies; 3) Encouraging educational innovation and research at all levels; 4) Building a regional agenda for science, technology, and innovation in order to overcome  the disparities and promote sustainable development of Latin America and the Caribbean, in accordance to  the general policies of Member States;  and 5) Supporting regional Latin American and Caribbean integration as well as the internationalization of higher education through the construction of ENLACES – Latin America and the Caribbean Area for Higher Education, among another initiatives.

In regards to the fifth guideline, the creation of ENLACES, is important for us to have your active participation in the platform for registration of experiences in Higher Education called Portal of Initiatives on Higher Education for Latin America and the Caribbean.

We are counting on your cooperation in sharing your suggestions on higher education public policies, projects, events and any other initiatives in which your institution or country organizes or participates.  With your help, we aim to meet the stated objectives of CRES 2008.

We also know that diet and exercise are important parts of a healthy lifestyle, so part of the conference will be presented by an exercise physiologist bondi junction and a dietitian bondi junction. The exercise physiologist sydney and dietitian sydney will conduct and number of lectures and workshops and will be available throughout the event to answer all health and fitness related questions, so please take advantage of their expertise and time!

Results of this conference can be found in the presentation section of this website. Likewise you may visit our website at www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve to follow the latest news of Higher Education in Latin American and the Caribbean.

We would like to thank the following supporters; NUS Chinese Society, Institut Català d’Antropologia, Althouse2010.com, Law, Religion, and Ethics, thaicensus.org and Pratyasha: Cancer Children’s Welfare Society.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Jose Renato Carvalho
Director A.I.
UNESCO-IESALC

http://www.igu2010.com

Questions?  Comments?  Suggestions?  Do get in touch with us through our coordinators by clicking COORDINATORS.

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