LIV Ordinary Session of CONREVE

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 22, 2025

The National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) hosted the Fifty-fourth Ordinary Session of the Regional Council of Student Life (CONREVE), an organ of the Regional System of Student Life (SIREVE), held in a hybrid format, with the participation of student life representatives from public universities in Central America, the Caribbean and Panama.

The opening ceremony included speeches by Dr. Mario Arístides Contreras, Vice-Rector of Student Affairs and Guidance at UNAH; and Dr. Carlos Guillermo Alvarado Cerezo, Secretary General of the Central American Higher University Council (CSUCA), who highlighted CONREVE's role in strengthening regional university welfare policies and programs.

During the session, reports were presented from the Presidency of CONREVE, the Deputy Secretariat for Student Affairs of CSUCA (SAAE), the Federation of University Students of Central America and the Caribbean (FEUCA), as well as the results of the IX Central American University Sports Games (JUDUCA), held in Tegucigalpa, and the First Pre-FICCUA 2026 Congress, held at the same university.

The reports demonstrated the commitment of the public university system to integration, youth leadership, and the promotion of culture, health, and sports as pillars of comprehensive student development.

Projected activities and new challenges

Among the central topics were the organization of upcoming SIREVE events, including the 20th edition of the Rubén Darío Award for Academic Excellence 2025, the 6th Meeting of Health Promoting Universities (EUPS) and the First International Congress of Research and Student Engagement (CONINVE), to be held in Costa Rica.

Also, the progress of the commission reviewing the modifications to the SIREVE General Regulations was presented, and the venues and dates for the 2026 activities were approved, including:

  • The 55th Ordinary Session of CONREVE.
  • The Second Pre-FICCUA 2026 Congress.
  • The XIII Central American Interuniversity Festival of Culture and Art (FICCUA).
  • The First Pre-JUDUCA 2027 Technical Congress.
  • And the actions of the Central American and Caribbean Student University Volunteer Network (Red UNIVOCES), aimed at training and professionalization in university volunteering.

The session concluded with the reaffirmation of the commitment of the CSUCA member universities to continue strengthening spaces for student participation, comprehensive health and leadership, promoting an inclusive, supportive university life committed to the sustainable development of the region.