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Bahiana participates in international congress on education in Bogotá
Presence at the event marks another REAII internationalization action.
05/11/2019
A Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública was represented by the Institutional Academic Relationship Nucleus (REAII) in the Congress of the Americas on International Education (CAEI), which took place from 23 to 25 October, in Bogotá, Colombia, as part of its action plan for the internationalization of teaching, research and extension. This year, the event addressed the theme, “Knowledge and Innovation Hubs: synergies for development”.
CAEI is the forum that brings together the main actors and leaders linked to the internationalization of higher education in the Americas to strengthen contacts, share experiences and outline the future of academic cooperation in the region. On the occasion, Professor Maria Antonieta Nascimento Araújo, manager of the REAII, also visited the Uniminuto University Corporation, with which the Bahiana will sign an agreement for exchanges in the areas of psychology and physical education and postgraduate courses.
The invitation to the Bahiana Participating in the congress came from the Universidad de Guadalaraja (Mexico), calling the institution to compose a roundtable in order to discuss the theme "Puentes de Movilidad: Diseño de Alianzas Estratégicas Internacionales. Cómo las Sinergias Fortalecen el Desarrollo". The relationship between the two universities was consolidated in November 2018, when an international mission from the Mexican entity visited the Bahiana for the establishment of an institutional partnership.
The REAII manager participated in the table alongside professors Estela Maricela Villalón de la Isla (Universidad de Guadalajara – Mexico), Victoria Eugenia Patiño Arenas (Corporación Universitaria de Comfacauca – Colombia) and professor Antonio Esqueda Flores (City University of Seattle – USA ).
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Prof. Antonieta tells that at the last meeting, held in 2017, in Canada, the Bahiana he participated only as a listener and, on that occasion, he established his first contact with the University Center of Jalisco of the University of Guadalajara. “This year our action was much broader. We participated in the discussion table, signed an agreement with UNIMNUTO, which will enable the carrying out of various actions within the Physical Education and Psychology courses, we brought a proposal for two lato sensu courses in Distance Education (EAD), also in partnership, in addition to starting a dialogue with other universities for future exchanges”.
During her stay in Bogotá, Prof. Antonieta visited one of the campuses of UNIMINUTO, a model community education organization, with seventy-two campuses spread over many cities in Colombia and a universe of one hundred and eight thousand students between on-site courses and EAD. On this visit, there was a presentation of courses from the Bahiana and a meeting with the coordinator of the institution's distance learning center.
The mission to Bogotá also made it possible to contact Dr. Pedro Marquez, vice president of Royal Roads University (Victoria, Canada), who intends to expand his projects in Brazil, in addition to enabling dialogue with representatives of the Canadian government, responsible for the incentive to academic and cultural exchange with Latin American countries.
During the visit to the Bolivian city, interaction was also made with the University of Rosario (Colombia), the City University (Seatle – USA), Universidad del Leste (Paraguay) and McGill University (Canada).
As the manager of REAII states, "this experience has shown that the Bahiana is on the right path towards its qualification as an international institution, expanding its borders. The creation of a nucleus responsible for internationalization, the inclusion of its actions in the Institutional Development Plan indicators and the expansion of the network of partners in other countries are a reflection of this”.
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The event is organized every two years in a different host country, in collaboration with regional, national and international higher education institutions and bodies, to offer a platform from which it is possible to learn about good practices, challenges and emerging trends linked to international education on the continent.
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