Rafael Cordera CamposSecretary-General, UDUAL, Mexico

Utrecht, Netherlands, July 2008

Policy linesBOLOGNA UDUAL

Adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees;Adoption of a system essentially based on two main cycles;Establishment of a system of credits;

To be an strategic instrument to encourage the transformation of its affiliates, promoting the cooperation with the national and international organisms, to transform them in efficient elements to contribute for the economic, social, cultural, and technological development in the countries of the region.To defend the autonomy of the universities, the freedom of teaching and research.

Promotion of mobility for students and academic and administrative staff;Promotion of European cooperation in quality assurance;Promotion of the European dimension in higher education.Greater openness to theworld, responding to the challenges of a globalized world.

Promote and support the academic mobility, international cooperation and internationalization of knowledge.Promote a culture of a evaluation and accreditation to guarantee the quality of the services that are offered to society.Promote a higher quality of education and articulate the academic actions in different subject areas, creating the Cooperation and Study Organisms which are subject networks.

BOLOGNA UDUAL

UDUAL

To analyze and construct a contemporary concept of university autonomy.Relate higher education to the national realities, regional needs and international context

The HE system in LA

195075 HEI, publicuniversities most ofthem276,000 students2% of population 18-24 in HEI

20061500 HEI mostprivate

12 million students21% of population18-24 in HEI

García Guadilla. CRESALC-UNESCO

PROGRAMS AND ACTIONSStudents Academic Mobility Program (PAME)Universities Century XXI ProgramCreation of the Latin American and the Caribbean Space of Higher EducationALBANWHO- OPSALFA IIIGUNI & IAU

BOLOGNA AND LA PROPOSSALS

ALCUE (PARIS 2000)LATIN AMERICA TUNING PROJECT (2004)6 X 4 PROJECT

UDUALLatin American and the Caribbean Space of Higher Education. (2008 CUENCA)IESALC-UNESCO (CRES 2008)

BOLOGNA A RICH SOURCE OF EXPERIENCE

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