LIII General Assembly of SICEVAES

The 8th and 9th of November 2022 gave rise to the development of the LIII General Assembly of the Central American System of Evaluation and Harmonization of Higher Education -SICEVAES-, which brings together Vice-Rectors and Directors of Teaching from the universities of CSUCA.

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

The opening of the General Assembly included the participation of Francisco González, President of CSUCA and Rector of the National University of Costa Rica, who stated, “As CSUCA, we are about to celebrate 75 years of working on higher education at the regional level, being the oldest institution working on integration in the region. This should encourage us to recognize our actions and the role of higher education for our societies.”.

For his part, Felipe Alpízar, President of SICEVAES and Vice-Rector of Teaching at the University of Costa Rica, stated, “We are beginning the assembly of this body, where I hope that the challenges facing our universities will be discussed, taking into account that activities began yesterday with the University Education Workshop, “Innovating in a Simple and Fruitful Way,” which demonstrates that the innovation that unites us today is the result of a scenario that allows us to share our ideas.”.

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

Also, a report will be presented by the General Secretariat of CSUCA on 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 permanent commissions by strategic objective.

It is important to note that the General Assembly is being held in a hybrid format with in-person attendance at the University of Costa Rica.