Fourteen higher education institutions, united under the sectorial brand Learn Chile, participated at the EAIE 2018 Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in order to strengthen its links with the main continent from which the exchange students in Chile come from. The UFRO was one of them, with the participation of the International Affairs Office´s director, Dr. Pamela Leal.

Geneva, Switzerland. Hundreds of work meetings, new international cooperation agreements, an excellent visibility and the positioning of the academic offer in Chile – this is what these 14 higher education institutions, who were present at the European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conference 2018, achieved. At this event, 5500 experts and educators of 85 countries came together in order to get to know the latest tendencies in higher education and to activate new cooperation networks that will pave the way for student exchange and academic cooperation during the next years.

The delegation, which presented itself as one whole country, strengthened the position of Chile as an important player in the field of international education in Latin America, with an emphasis on Chile´s leadership in the areas safety, life quality, connectivity and institutional responsibility. Working together with ProChile´s support through the sectorial brand Learn Chile, which brings a total of 24 higher education institutions throughout the country together, the exhibition was an opportunity to reinforce mechanisms for student mobility and the development of inter-university cooperation projects that will benefit Chilean and foreign students.

In addition to the signed agreements for each participating institution, the network Learn Chile established an ambitious work plan with the university network University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP), with which Chilean students will be able to opt for different types of student mobility support and funds for countries in Asia and the Pacific. At the same time, the strategic alliance with the Colombian Network for the Internationalization of Higher Education, an organization that brings more than a hundred higher education institutions in Colombia together, was strengthened and they agreed to do a networking meeting with Learn Chile in Medellin, Colombia, in November of this year.

In times of political unrest and quick changes in the international scene, the conference included a series of lectures and spaces of conversation that reveal the importance of international education as a bridge for dialogue between different countries. Under the motto “Facing Outward”, this version of the EAIE conference encouraged the participants to seek for a better understanding and cooperation regarding points of view other than your own.

At the end of the event, the sectorial brand Learn Chile confirmed its participation at the Conference in 2019, which will take part in Helsinki, Finland.

Source: Learn Chile