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About the Portal of Higher Education Initiatives

¿What is the Portal of Higher Education Initiatives?

The portal is under constant construction, an evolving catalogue of currently existing projects, initiatives, experiences and activities in the region that allows HEI to learn what their counterparts are doing on specific matters to promote debates, collaboration and the exchange of ideas.

In a region as large and diverse as Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 9,000 HEI, it’s very difficult to know the reality in which we find ourselves. As a virtual tool, the Initiatives Portal makes it easy for institutions to register their projects, experiences and programs and as a result create a current panorama to develop policies that will improve the quality of HE.

It’s an initiative of UNESCO-IESAC and part of ENLACES that seeks to become a reference site for HEI so that researchers, professors, students and other interested players can interact with one another and learn about the projects underway in the region.

What is the objective?

  • Publicize existing HE projects in the region.
  • Foster a space for interaction between the different players in HE.
  • Create a database of initiatives that reflect the current situation of each country, taking into account the activities developed by their HEI in relevant topics.

How does it work?

The Initiatives Portal can be searched in four different ways:

  • Through the Catalogue of HE Initiatives, which shows a list of all of the Portal’s existing initiatives in the order in which they were registered.
  • Through the Map of Initiatives, where a geographic map is found with icons where the Initiatives are located. It’s possible to click on each icon and find a description of the initiatives underway there.
  • Through a search of categories of initiatives. When you click on one of the Portal Categories a geographic map will appear, which will show the initiatives of each category with a descriptive table.
  • Using a general search, located on the left side column of the Portal.