PUBLICATIONS AND POLICIES REPORTS
The following publications are a compilation of project reports, policy papers, and reference documents and tools. They span different areas of OBREAL Global activities, from flexibilization of learning, internationalization and quality assurance.
The Vita Global White Paper: Modularisation, flexibilisation and internationalisation in Higher Education
Vita Global has focused on three levels: 1) internationalizing the curricula in a strategic subsector for all of the partner regions involved: vitiviniculture and enology, 2) contributing to the modularization and flexibilization of curricula, and 3) sharpening the university contribution to local development, university-industry cooperation, and training and skilling.
Author: OBREAL Global
Date: 2023
Learning materials on Comparative regional integration in Higher Education
With the participation of leading African experts, HAQAA2 produced a set of written Materials on African Regional and Continental Integration and Cooperation in Higher Education.
Author:HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
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Policy brief: Higher Education Data in Africa
This document has been produced by the Policy-Data Unit Development Team of the HAQAA Initiative, which has made recommendations for improving and making more coherent the collection of data on HE in Africa.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
Road map to enhance Higher Education data collection capacity in Africa
This document has been produced by the Policy-Data Unit Development Team of the HAQAA Initiative, which has made recommendations for improving and making more coherent the collection of data on HE in Africa.
Author:HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
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African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance User’s Guide
The aim of this Users’ Guide is to further support the implementation of the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance by providing practical guidance and explanation
Author:HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
Mapping of existing Higher Education data sources in Africa
This document has been produced by the Policy-Data Unit Development Team of the HAQAA Initiative, which has made recommendations for improving and making more coherent the collection of data on HE in Africa.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
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Report on the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance awareness in Africa
This project was implemented in order to support the development and harmonisation of quality assurance in Africa through the dissemination of the ASG-QA.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
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Assesment of Quality Assurance Agency reviews and consultancy visits under HAQAA2
HAQAA2 offered agency reviews of established external QA agencies and consultancy visits to countries in which there is a newly established QAA or preparations are underway to set one up.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 2023
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Policies, Practices, and Tools to Promote Open Science. Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union in Trans-regional Perspective
This document is largely based on the presentations and discussions during virtual dialogues on Open Science organised by the EU-LAC Foundation and OBREAL Global together with partners from different regions held on 6 and 7 April 2022.
Author:Birle, Peter, Scientific Director, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Date: 10.05.2022
CESA Higher Education In Focus Summary Report – HAQAA2
The HAQAA2 Initiative has supported a series of online policy dialogue events entitled ‘CESA Higher Education (HE) in Focus’ between May and June 2021, with a common thread linked to data collection for policy making.
Author: OBREAL Global and HAQAA2
Date: 01.07.2022
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OBREAL Global Activity Report 2021
In this document you will find OBREAL Global’s activity report. This report compiles all the activities carried out by our organisation during 2021.
Author OBREAL Global
Date: 2022
Matrix for Institutional Processes and good practices – CAMINOS
CAMINOS “Enhancing and Promoting Latin American Mobility” is an Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education. This project was co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by OBREAL Global.
Author: CAMINOS Project
Date: 09.09.2019
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African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education – HAQAA2
Harmonised quality higher education systems are imperative for Africa to realise the vision of an integrated, prosperous and peaceful continent. The African Union (AU) has, at the highest level, called for the harmonisation and strengthening of the quality of higher education in Africa to make it both locally relevant and globally competitive.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 17.11.2018
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Institutional Analysis of EU-CELAC Relations
The objective of this study was to provide an analysis of the institutional framework of EU – CELAC relations (and of its components) able to offer a “EULAC Focus common vision” on the basis of which to propose a Plan of Action in the cultural, scientific and social domains
Author: EULAC Focus
Date: 11. 2019
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Report on Bi-Regional Mobility: Mapping and analysing Academic networksand Mobility Schemes between LAC and the EU
This report presents the results of the EULAC Focus activities undertaken in the course of task 4.1 of the work package on Scientific relations between EU and LAC. It is specifically targeted at identifying key actors, instruments and schemes of (bi-regional) academic cooperation as well as patterns of (bi-)regional mobility of researchers. Furthermore, the report explores opportunities for connectivity and up-scaling of bi-regional mobility between the EU and LAC.
Author: EULAC Focus
Date: 30.08.2019
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The challenges of cultural relations between the EuropeanUnion and Latin America and the Caribbean
This book is one of the main contributions of the EULAC Focus research project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project aims to assess the state of scientific, cultural and social relations between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Author: Lluís Bonet y Héctor Schargorodsky – EULAC Focus
Date: 08.2019
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African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM)
The African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM) was developed as a tool to facilitate a culture of continuous quality improvement in African Higher Education Institutions through self-evaluation exercises and external validation.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 10. 2018
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HAQAA Training Course on a Common Language for Quality Assurance in Africa
Between October 2016 and June 2017, the HAQAA Initiative organised a continental level Training Course entitled ‘Developing a common understanding for QA in Africa’. The Course, which gathered nationally nominated professionals representing quality assurance (QA) bodies across 41 African countries, reinforced the goals of the HAQAA Initiative, namely to support the development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation system at institutional, national, regional and Pan-African continental level.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 05.2018
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Mapping of the existing standards and guidelines in quality assurance in African countries
Quality assurance of higher education is a policy priority in most African nations. As universities are increasingly seen as drivers for further economic and social development throughout the continent, the concern for quality of provision of teaching, research and societal engagement is gaining more focus. At the same time, universities are challenged by ever more diversified and larger student body and by demands to operate in an increasingly international context. In such circumstances, a guiding document that will foster a common understanding of quality assurance across different national contexts is essential.
Author: HAQAA Initiative
Date: 04. 2018
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TRESAL: Transformations in Latin American Higher Education – Alfa PUENTES
Transformations and reforms in Higher Education in Latin America. A survey of leaders, professors and students of higher education institutions in Latin America.
Author: Alfa PUENTES project
Date: 2013
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University Associations in Latin America – A snapshot
The Alfa PUENTES Project is an international cooperation initiative created to foster the development of the Latin American Higher Education Area. Led by European and Latin American university associations, it aims to improve modernisation mechanisms, reform and harmonisation of Latin American education systems, and promote large-scale collaboration between European and Latin American universities.
Author: European University Association – Alfa Puentes Project
Date: 08.2019
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