CXVIII Ordinary Session of the Central American Higher University Council

City of San Salvador, April 08, 2022

Today, the CXVIII Ordinary Session of the Central American Higher University Council was held in hybrid mode, with headquarters at the University of El Salvador. Presided over by the 24 rectors of the CSUCA member universities and 19 presidents of the Student Federations, representatives of the CSUCA member universities.

Said session began with words of welcome from Mr. Rector Roger Arias of the University of El Salvador, who welcomed the university and recalled the 181st anniversary of the UES, which has experienced different moments of adversity, but Despite this, he fights for Salvadoran society through the university-society-state link.

Likewise, Mrs. Rector Ramona Rodríguez of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Managua, president of the CSUCA, gave a cordial welcome to the council session, indicating the importance of this meeting and the opportunities provided by connectivity to be able to develop the event in hybrid mode. After that, the reports of the presidency of CSUCA, SG-CSUCA and FEUCA were released.

It should be noted that at the CXVIII session, the election for the position of Secretary General of the CSUCA was held, period July 2022-June 2026, through the election process, with 38 votes in favor, Mr. Carlos Guillermo has been re-elected Alvarado Cerezo, to continue with the work carried out during the period July 2018- June 2022. 

With one person absent, 3 voting abstentions, 2 votes in favor of Mr. Diego José Montenegro López and 38 votes in favor of Mr. Carlos Alvarado, the 44 votes of the Central American Higher University Council were complemented, corresponding to the election of such an important position.

?I want to thank the members of the council, we are a family, we must work in solidarity and collaboration, to meet the challenges that education has from our region, for me it is a challenge and a challenge the trust that they have deposited in my person, we are going to work hard and we are not going to disappoint the trust? words of Mr. Carlos Alvarado.

In this session, the advances in the implementation of PIRESC V were also presented, as well as the challenges for the university community of Central America and the Caribbean, through Mr. Francisco Alarcón. For his part, Mr. Juan Bosco Bernal, Rector of UDELAS, presented the topic ?Higher education and governance? with the purpose of publicizing the experience that said university has had on the subject. Additionally, Mr. Roger Arias, presented the advances of the University of El Salvador in the digitalization of Higher Education and Mr. Luis Adolfo Guillot, Manager of Government Solutions for Latin America, a Huawei official, culminated with the experience that he will develop the University of El Salvador through the smart campus project, as part of university digitization.

Among the various items on the agenda, the opportunity was given to Mr. Rector Francisco Herrera of the National Autonomous University of Honduras and Mr. Luis Sandoval, president of the Federation of University Students of Honduras, with the purpose of making known the student electoral process, to elect the positions of the Executive Committee of the Federation of University Students of Honduras (FEUH), the Executive Committee of the Association of Faculty students, university center and regional center; the Executive Committee of the Association of Career Students as the election of student representatives before the University Council, of the UNAH, after 17 years.   

Before finishing, a space was given to Ms. Rector Etelvina Medianero de Bonagas of the National Autonomous University of Chiriquí, who requested the solidary support of each one of the members of the council, since the university has suffered accusations and acts of vandalism that they have harmed his person and said house of studies. Likewise, Mr. Rector Wilmer Reyes, from the National University of Agriculture of Honduras, expressed that the university has presented with concern the intervention proposal of the UNAG, before the National Congress of Honduras. In both requests, it was agreed to provide support from the CSUCA, through a pronouncement.

For his part, Mr. Rector Eduardo Flores, from the University of Panama, has expressed his interest in issuing an invitation to the University of Havana, so that it joins the CSUCA, said request has the support of Mr. Rector Francisco Herrera from UNAH and Mr. Rector Enrique Torres Herrera from UDELAS.

Before concluding the session, Mrs. Rector Ramona Rodríguez of UNAN-Managua, two months after handing over the position of the presidency of CSUCA, thanked for the support for her management and expressed the importance of working in harmony.

Finally, it was agreed to hold the CXIX Ordinary Session of CSUCA at the University of Panama, on September 8 and 9.