The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) is the specialized institute of the United Nations system with the mission to contribute to the improvement of higher education in member States. The Institute organizes its activities around working programs that reflect the priorities set biannually by its Governing Board and approved by the UNESCO General Conference. From research, capacity building, technical cooperation, and concerted advocacy, four major work programs contribute to fulfill its mission.
Internationalization and Academic Mobility
Two new publications on recognition issues were presented and the Committee’s leadership was renewed, with Ecuador as vice-chair and Uruguay as chair for the second time
This publication is intended to be a reference guide and a tool to support public officials and institutions of higher education, mainly in neighboring countries, which receive a large number of Venezuelan migrants.
Francesc PedrĆ³ | This contribution has opted for an approach to the transformation of higher education that attempts to describe and analyze trends of which we are just beginning to have signs.
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The on-site event took place at the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum).
The Amazon University Program designs and implements a proposal for technical and technological training in integrated territorial management.
In the first panel of the year’s “Voices that add up” series, four specialists debated the role of higher education in the face of the emerging demands of the labour market.
The idea of this project is to support the role of youth by equipping them with project, policy and innovation skills.
Rectors from the region confirmed in Brazil their commitment to a vision of sustainability, development and efficiency through the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda.
Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries defend higher education as a universal human right, a social public good that must be guaranteed by states.
A suite of reports presents the key findings from a series of regional and thematic consultations on the right to higher education as an integral component of the evolving right to education.
UNESCO IESALC holds First Youth Dialogue on the Right to Higher Education in Latin America
The director of UNESCO IESALC reflected on the actions needed for global change through solidarity networking.
An in-depth consultation with more than 100 young people from 43 countries defined the challenges, improvements, and opportunities for higher education in 2050 in a new report by UNESCO
Two new publications on recognition issues were presented and the Committee’s leadership was renewed, with Ecuador as vice-chair and Uruguay as chair for the second time
This publication is intended to be a reference guide and a tool to support public officials and institutions of higher education, mainly in neighboring countries, which receive a large number of Venezuelan migrants.
The new partnership will leverage inspirational content, expertise and a global network to promote initiatives in greening teaching training institutions and curriculum in higher education.
Enhancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a side event in the framework of the Fourth International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4), to take place in Saint Johnās, Antigua and Barbuda, is designed to enhance the contributions of higher education to sustainable development in SIDS over the coming decade. The event will lay the groundwork for establishing a higher education for SIDS action network under the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), building upon the groundwork by the University Consortium for SIDS1. The focus areas of such network could include: Participants: Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, […]
The latest issue of the Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, published the article Closing Now to Reopen Better Tomorrow? Pedagogical Continuity in Latin American Universities During the Pandemic, by Francesc PedrĆ³ and DĆ©bora Ramos, director and academic specialist respectively at UNESCO IESALC.
The Universidad en Internet (UNIR) held last May, in Lima, the Congress “The Futures of Higher Education”, with the participation of 40 universities and institutions, including UNESCO IESALC represented by its director, Francesc PedrĆ³. The event served to reflect on the great challenges facing higher education, as a result of digitization and changes arising from the pandemic. It was attended by the mayor of Lima, Miguel Romero; the president of UNIR, Rafael Puyol; the rector of UNIR, JosĆ© MarĆa VĆ”zquez; the Spanish ambassador to Peru, Alejandro Enrique AlvargonzĆ”lez; the secretary general of the OEI, Mariano Jabonero, among other personalities. PedrĆ³ […]
UNESCO IESALC presented the guide āHarnessing the Era of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education. A Primer for Higher Education Stakeholdersā
The handbook explores how technological developments are currently being used and how to integrate them in a practical and ethical way into knowledge generation
This blog post is based on the interventions of Dr Francesc PedrĆ³, Director, UNESCO IESALC and Dr Axel Rivas, Director of the School of Education at the University of San AndrĆ©s and Academic Director of the Applied Education Research Centre San AndrĆ©s, Argentina, during the UNESCO IESALC webinar ChatGPT, inteligencia artificial y educaciĆ³n superior held on 17 April 2023. It also draws from UNESCO IESALCās publication, ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence in Higher EducationāQuick Start Guide.
UNESCO IESALC held a webinar to discuss its possibilities and challenges in higher education, a Quick Start Guide and an interactive seminar, which will begin in April 2023.
The idea of this project is to support the role of youth by equipping them with project, policy and innovation skills.
Six young people propose pillars for achieving change in the region through innovative learning
Capacity building
Registration for the second edition of the Campus IESALC sustainable leadership and governance programme is open until 31 August 2024.
Campus IESALC offers a course which will provide new resources and teaching skills to meet the needs of an increasingly digital student body that demands specific training according to their interests.
Technical cooperation
They were developed with the technical support of UNESCO IESALC, as part of the Program to Strengthen Improvement Plan Projects, financed by the PMESUT of the Ministry of Education Lima, 29, 2022.- During 192 hours of training and technical assistance 43 project managers and university teachers received personalized advice with quality mentors, as part of the Program for Strengthening Improvement Plan Projects aimed at improving the academic and pedagogical management of public universities in Peru. The program was designed by UNESCO IESALC within the framework of call 6 called “Improvement of Academic and Pedagogical Management in Public Universities”, financed by […]
On February 4, the Program’s first stage to strengthen university improvement plans ended with more than 14 virtual visits to 10 exemplary higher education institutions in Ibero-America The ability to respond to the abrupt interruption of face-to-face activities now depends on a digital environment. Many have had to become acquainted in a short period to guarantee pedagogical continuity. In this context, it is necessary to strengthen models of improvement plans that allow higher education institutions (HEIs) to establish a roadmap to develop the mechanisms required to ensure the quality and relevance of a face-to-face, non-face-to-face, and hybrid system. In this […]
Concerted advocacy
Francesc PedrĆ³, director of UNESCO IESALC, said in an interview with the Bolivian newspaper El Deber, that beyond the merits, UNESCO is committed to the universal right to higher education.
The next issue will be dedicated to governance in higher education.