Author: mario de leon

XLVII Ordinary Session of the Regional Council of Student Life

Central America March 30, 2022

 With the purpose of organizing the active participation of student life of the member universities of CSUCA, the XLVII ordinary session of the Regional Student Life Council is held.

The Secretary General of CSUCA, Carlos Alvarado, called for solidarity and collaborative work, taking into account that the universities are the students. After the words of the Secretary General, the quorum was verified and the approval of the agenda was generated, which consisted of the presentation of reports from the CONREVE presidency, the Secretary of Student Affairs, the FEUCA Presidency and the position of the universities of Costa Rica, in relation to the dynamics of CONREVE.

Likewise, the logistics advances of the IV Meeting of Health-Promoting Universities, organized by the universities of Honduras to be held in June 2022, under the hybrid modality, at the same time as the VI Central American and Caribbean Meeting, were announced. of Volunteering, which will be organized by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, to be held in the month of October in a hybrid format, the XLVIII session of CONREVE and the XVII edition of the Rubén Darío Regional Prize for Academic Excellence, to be organized on that occasion by the universities of Panama in hybrid modality.

Regional networks for exchange and scientific collaboration

As part of the actions promoted by the regional project ?Strengthening science and innovation policy capacities in the member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA), the results of the regional scientific exchange and collaboration networks are presented, to culminate with the expected results in the project.
Within the project, 9 scientific collaboration networks have been formed and strengthened, being the same:

- REBAMAR, with the purpose of evaluating marine plastic litter in Central America through the formation of a regional research network.
- RED-CIED, formation of the Central American and Caribbean Network for Research in Economics and Development.
- HidroREDCA, creation of a hydrogeological research network to strengthen the preparation and resilience to extreme weather events of the populations of the Central American Dry Corridor.
- RT-LAMP, interdisciplinary network for capacity building in Central American countries for the development of a diagnostic test for proactive screening in sources of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection using technology.
- RECIEC, Central American network of research in critical extension.
- RedCMD, Central American network for the management of epidemiological data.
- RCN, network of researchers for the development of natural sciences.
- Red Free Network, articulation of actors from the academy-industry-state for the generation of economic reactivation initiatives post COVID-19 pandemic and strengthening of the innovation ecosystem in Central America.
- RIESI, regional academic network for the support of higher educational inclusion for people with disabilities and social disadvantage in the countries of the Central American and Caribbean region.

The project has been promoted by the General Secretariat of SICA, in conjunction with the Central American Higher University Council (CSUCA) and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) based in Canada, the National Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT) of Guatemala as the Permanent Secretariat of the Commission for the Scientific and Technological Development of Central America and Panama (CTCAP) and the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of Panama (SENACYT). The networks have been created and strengthened and estimate their sustainability, presenting their goals in the short, medium and long term.

BIREDIAL-ISTEC International Conference on Digital Libraries and Repositories in Latin America

The BIREDIAL-ISTEC International Conference on Digital Libraries and Repositories in Latin America commemorates this year its 11th edition and will be held in Costa Rica by the National Council of Rectors (CONARE).

It will take place in the week of October 3 to 7, 2022 in virtual mode and access will be free.

The Organizing Committee invites teachers, researchers, students, administrators, librarians, technicians, editors and the general public with an interest in promoting open access to scientific knowledge, to present papers in presentation or poster format, according to the following Themes:
Axis 1: Open academic, scientific and cultural communication
Axis 2: Open data
Axis 3: Evaluation and alternative metrics
Axis 4: Technological infrastructure

The deadline for receiving papers and posters is May 5, 2022.
For more information go to: https://biredial.istec.org/call-for-papers-2022/