Ocean voice at the 3rd UFM regional meeting on higher education internationalization
Cairo, 1 December. This meeting was jointly organized by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt.
It brought together representatives from Ministries of Higher Education of UfM Member States, key regional and international partner organizations, higher education institutions and relevant regional stakeholders.
Participants initiated a reflection on a renewed strategic regional agenda of cooperation for higher education in the Euro-Mediterranean area with a view to building upon lessons learnt from past experience, updating priorities and ensuring proper follow-up mechanisms for future implementation.
The meeting reinforcied higher education cooperation across the Mediterranean for the further development of internationalization and academic mobility.
Session 1 – Towards a renewed Strategic Agenda for Higher Education in the Euro-Mediterranean Area
- Presentation of the main results from the regional consultation process on the key challenges, needs and requirements for strengthening structural cooperation.
- Feedback from countries on the main results: proposed priorities, follow-up mechanism and process.
- Agreement on the next steps and validation process: presentation to the SOM for endorsement by the 43 UfM Member States.
Session 2 – Building upon experience: Lessons from regional initiatives and projects
- Sharing of experience by ongoing regional initiatives and projects.
- Exchange on the most important challenges or needs the initiatives and projects are facing to achieve greater and more structural impact.
- Roundtable discussion aiming at identifying specific support needed by countries and stakeholders and possible actions to be included in the Strategic Agenda for Higher Education in the Mediterranean Area.
Session 3 – Strengthening regional partnerships and cooperation
Roundtable discussion aiming at identifying specific support needed by countries, and stakeholders and possible actions to be included in the Strategic Agenda for Higher Education in the Mediterranean Area.
Ways to enhance cross-fertilisation between parallel intergovernmental processes in the region
Exchange on the most important challenges or needs the countries are facing to further develop South-South cooperation.
OceanSciTech, Ocean Sciences and Techniques Academy joined as the ocean voice of the Mediterranean sea