Caribbean Conference on Higher Education - Programme
Programme
APRIL 11, 2010 - SUNDAY
CONFERENCE OPENING
Maria Levens Download here
(Director, Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, Organization of American States, United States of America)
Kwame Boafo Download here
(Director, UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Jamaica)
José Renato de Carvalho Download here
(Director, UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), Venezuela)
Conference Opening Speech
Ronald Venetiaan Download here
(President of Suriname, Suriname)
Keynote Speech: Integration and Development of the Caribbean
Edward Greene Download here
(Assistant Secretary – General of CARICOM, Guyana)
Welcoming Reception
12 APRIL 2010 - MONDAY
Presentation of conference structure and announcement
Jeanelle van Glaanenweygel
(Senior Specialist, Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, Organization of American States, United States of America)
1- TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CARIBBEAN:
Chair: Omayra Leeflang (Minister, Ministry of Education , Culture and Youth, the Netherland Antilles)
- The Development of the HE in the Caribbean: perspectives and challenges
Hilary Beckles (Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor, UWI, Barbados)
- The role of Higher Education in the Caribbean and Latin America: a view from UNESCO
José Renato Carvalho Download here
(Director, UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), Venezuela)
Higher Education in Small States: Opportunities and Challenges
Mark Bray Download Presentation Download Paper
(Chair Professor of Comparative Education, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
2- QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDTIATION:
Chair: Morella Joseph, (Programme Manager, Human Resource Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana)
Evaluation and Accreditation in LA: from national to regional experiences
Guillermo Vargas Salazar Download Presentation - Download Paper
(President of Ibero-American Network for Quality Accreditation of Higher Education – (RIACES), Argentina)
Quality Assurance and Accreditation: the Caribbean experiences
Ethley London
(Executive Director, University Council of Jamaica, Jamaica)
3- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE CARIBBEAN:
Chair: Ronald Jones (Minister of Education and Human Resource Development, Barbados)
Science, Technology and Innovation in the Caribbean
Errol Morrison Download Presentation
(President of The University of Technology, Jamaica)
Latin American perspective on Science, Technology and Innovation
Campo Elías Bernal Download Presentation
(Technical Director of the Higher Level Programme at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia)
4- INTERNATIONALIZATION AND ACADEMIC COOPERATION:
Chair: Kwame Boafo (Director, UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Jamaica)
Internationalization of Higher Education in the Caribbean
Alvin Wint Download Presentation
(Pro Vice Chancellor and Chairman for the Board for Undergraduate Studies, UWI)
Academic cooperation between the Caribbean and Latin America
Eduardo Aponte Download Presentation
(Coordinator of the Centre for Studies on Higher Education, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)
13 APRIL 2010 - TUESDAY
5- SUPPORT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN HAITI:
Chair: Arsene James (Minister of Education and Culture, St. Lucia)
The Higher Education System in Haiti
Wilson Laleau Download Data Table - Download Presentation
- (Université d´Etat d´Haiti, Haiti) and Pierre André Dumas (Rector of the Université Notre Dame d'Haiti)
UNESCO Education Recovery Cell
Robert Parua Download Presentation - Download Summary: UNESCO's Reponse to Haiti Earthquake
(Education Specialist, UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Jamaica)
OAS Initiative
Albert Ramdin
(Assistant Secretary-General, Organization of American States, United States)
6- HIGHER EDUCATION AGENDA OF THE CARIBBEAN:
Chair: Edwin Wolf (Minister, Ministry of Education and Community Development, Suriname)
Higher Education Strategy of OECS countries: "Transforming Colleges into Universities"
Paul Payne Download Presentation
(Principal, Montserrat Community College, Montserrat)
"How UNICA Positions itself to play a decisive role in the sustainable development of the Tertiary Education Sector in The Caribbean"
Annette Insanally Download Presentation
(Secretary General of UNICA and Coordinator , Latin American-Caribbean Center, UWI, Jamaica)
Presentation of the Conclusions in each of the parallel sessions
Representatives of Ministers Download here
Higher Education Institutions Download here
International and Regional Agencies Download here
CLOSING SESSION:
1. Chair: Li fo Sjoe (Acting Director, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Suriname)
Declaration of the Conference
Li fo Sjoe
(Acting Director, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Suriname)
Closing speeches
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