Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area: Enhancing Quality, Promoting Mobility and Employability

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA

Enhancing quality, promoting mobility and employability
Barcelona, 23rd May 2011

PROGRAM

9.00 – 9.30 Welcome address

- Senén Florensa, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Government of Catalonia; President of the Executive Committee, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Spain

- Zulima Fernández, Director, National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), Spain

- Màrius Rubiralta, Secretary General for Universities, Ministry of Education, Spain

- Andreu Mas-Colell, Minister of Economy and Knowledge, Government of Catalonia, Spain

9.30 – 10.15 Higher education quality for mobility and employability

- Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretary General in charge of Research and Education, Union for the Mediterranean

- George Haddad, Director, Division of Higher Education, United Nations Educational, Scientific and

- Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

- Nick Harris, consultant, National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), Spain

10.15 – 12.15 The culture of quality: the primary need for growth

Chair: Enric Olivé, Executive Secretary, Euromed Permanent University Forum (EPUF), Spain

Introduction to the debate:

- Peter F. Webers, Director for Cooperation with Developing and Emerging Countries, Africa and the Middle East, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

- Chahrazed Mellef Mannai, President of the Training and Employment Commission, Tunis Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and ASCAME Training Commission, Tunisia

- Mohamed-El Aziz Ben Achour, General Director, Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Working Group on EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA 2
Lan Whitman, Head of the Programme for Co-operation with Non Member Economies, Directorate for Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Debate

12.15 – 12.30 Break

12.30 – 14.30 Internal and external quality assurance systems and local adaptation

Chair: Laureano González, Coordinator of Programme and Institution Evaluation, National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), Spain

Introduction to the debate:

- Saleh Hashem, Secretary General, Association of Arab Universities, Jordan Éric Froment, International Affairs Advisor, Evaluation Agency for Research and Higher Education (AERES), France

- Abdellah Chichi, Professor, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco

- Josep Antón Ferré, Director, Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU), Spain

Debate

14.30 – 16.00 Lunch

16.00 – 18.00 Euro-mediterranean scenarios for higher education

Chair: Joseph Mifsud, Chairman, Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), Slovenia
Introduction to the debate:

- Said Belkachla, Educational Planning Programme Officer, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States, Lebanon

- Fouad Ammor, Coordinator, TEMPUS National Office, Morocco

- Mourad Ezzine, Education Sector Manager, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank

- Teresa Oliveira, Policy Coordinator, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission

Debate

18.00 – 18.30 Conclusions
Leonello Gabrici, Head of Unit Regional Policies, EuroMed, Union for the Mediterranean, European External Action Service
Badr Abou Ela, Director of the Commission for Academic Accreditation, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE

18.30 – 19.30 Higher Education in the Mediterranean: the role of Regions
(exclusively for partners of the Medgovernance project and guest experts)
Government of Catalonia, Government of Andalucia, Tuscany Region, Lazio Region, Piedmont Region, Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur Region, European Institute of the Mediterranean-IEMed (Barcelona), Three Cultures Foundation (Seville), MAEM/MEMA (Florence), Centre for International Political Studies- CeSPI (Rome), Paralleli Institute (Turin), Institute de la Méditerranée (Marseilles)