LIII General Assembly of SICEVAES

On November 8 and 9, 2022, the LIII General Assembly of the Central American System for the Evaluation and Harmonization of Higher Education -SICEVAES- will take place, which brings together the Vice Chancellors and Directors of Teaching of the CSUCA universities.

SICEVAES is the system that promotes a culture of quality, evaluation and accountability to society in member universities, using evaluation and accreditation as a change management strategy, modernization and improvement of universities.

The opening of the General Assembly was attended by Francisco González, President of CSUCA and Rector of the National University of Costa Rica, who indicated ?As CSUCA we are about to celebrate 75 years of working on higher education at the regional level, being the institution oldest integration work in the region, this should prompt us to recognize our actions and the role of higher education for our societies?.

For his part, Felipe Alpízar, President of SICEVAES and Vice Chancellor of Teaching of the University of Costa Rica, expressed, ?We are starting the assembly of this body where I hope that the challenges of our universities will be discussed, taking into account that from the day activities began yesterday through the University Education Workshop ?Innovate in a simple and fruitful way? What shows us that the innovation that unites us today is the effect of a scenario that allows us today to share our ideas?

The development of the session will include the presentation of the conference ?Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (PEA), as well as a dialogue between the members of SICEVAES and the participants of the University Education Workshop, in order to be able to present the results obtained from this meeting of teachers.

Likewise, a report will be presented by the CSUCA General Secretariat of the project "Strengthening inclusive science and innovation systems in Latin America through a collaborative research network", the election of members of the Technical Commission and the work in commissions permanent by strategic objective.

It should be noted that the General Assembly takes place in a hybrid mode with attendance at the University of Costa Rica.