VI General Assembly of SIREICU

Honduras March 29, 2023

Under the leadership of the National Autonomous University of Honduras -UNAH-, the Sixth General Assembly of the Regional System of University Information and Communication -SIREICU- is being held on March 29 and 30 in Honduras.

The activity aims to provide a collaborative workspace between the representatives of the communication and outreach offices of the member universities of CSUCA.

 To begin the activity, Armando Sarmiento, Secretary General of SIREICU, in his welcome message mentioned "The crisis we are experiencing as universities must be managed through the efforts of the communication area.".

Meanwhile, Maribelle Quiros, representing the Presidency of CSUCA and the Presidency of SIREICU, indicated that through the communication efforts of universities it is important to improve the quality of life of people in Central America.

 For his part, Carlos Alvarado Cerezo, Secretary General of CSUCA, encouraged the representatives of the General Assembly to have a motivating day of work, mentioning that "SIREICU is the most recent system, but with a great commitment to university work.".

One of the main activities is the development of the "University Crisis Communication Conference", led by Armando Sarmiento, who provided the necessary tools for the development of a study workshop using the Harvard model, where members of the system had the opportunity to develop proposed solutions to possible crises that arise within each university.

Furthermore, the development of the assembly provides the opportunity to propose the planning of the communication campaign within the framework of the 75th anniversary of CSUCA, as well as the presentation of the proposals selected by the system, within the voting phase in the logo contest for the anniversary of the Central American University Confederation, fulfilling the first phase of the contest.

Finally, the validation and working groups within the framework of planning for the next 5 years of the system.