Workshop 3: Europe and Africa: Intra and Inter regional academic mobility
May 3: Intra-regional academic mobility: Comparing challenges and objectives in Europe and Africa
Introduction to the event
Michael Gaebel, EUA
Opening Plenary: The Why and How of Intra-Regional mobility: Rationales, incentives and realities
Erasmus, mobility and the foundations of Bologna, 10 years of the European Higher Education Area: How far have we really come with European mobility?
Monique Fouilhoux, Education International
Current realities in the African continent: motivations to generate mobility, creating an African Higher Education Space?
Juma Shabani, UNESCO Bamako Cluster Office
Plenary 2: Panel: Experiences, policies and challenges for institutional mobility: institutional case studies and panel discussion
Lex Bouter, VU Amsterdam
Wilson Wasike, Training Department, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Break outs 1: Structuring and valorising mobility
WG1: Recognition and mobility
Recognition in Europe: Principles of the Lisbon Recognition Convention, implementation and remaining challenges
Andrejs Rauhvargers, Bologna Recognition Working Group / Latvian Rectors' Conference
Recognition in Africa: Taking Arusha forward
Olusola Oyewole, Senior Education Expert, African Union Commission
WG2: Virtual mobility: A new dimension for partnership?
Otto Kroesen, TU Delft and David Ndegwah, Tangaza College
Virtual collaboration on real problems - Kroesen and Ndegwah
WG3: Joint degrees and mobility - innovative curricula and other institutional benefits
Pär Svensson, Lund University
Nan Warner, University Science Humanities and Engineering Partnerships in Africa (USHEPiA)
Plenary 3: Panel: Generating regional mobility in Africa: Launching Nyerere and other schemes
The Nyerere programme and Mobility objectives of the AU
Olusola Oyewole, African Union Commission
Supporting regional integration and an African HE space
Deirdre Lennan, DG Education and Culture, European Commission
May 4: Inter-regional academic mobility and professional brain drain
Plenary 4: A current picture of brain drain from Africa: Scope and effect
Abdeslam Marfouk, Université Catholique de Louvain/ Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Considering brain drain: Lessons from Access to Success
Forces and drivers: Presentation of access and retention workshop and study results
MeeFoong Lee, EAN
Potential and real solutions: Presentation of capacity building workshop
Tor Rynning Torp, UHR
Break outs 2: Fighting brain drain, driving brain circulation: Current modalities
WG 1
Almudena Caballos Villar, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Heike Edelmann-Okinda, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
WG2
Abdoulaye Salifou, Bureau of Central Africa, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
Richard Middleton, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC)
Plenary 5: Inter-regional mobility and brain drain: Student input
Presentation of student input meeting and discussion (National Union of Ghana Students, Erasmus Mundus Alumni, European Students Union)
Ghanaian student perspective
Plenary 6: Panel: Institutional perspectives on brain drain: challenges and solutions
Barack Owuor, Maseno University, Kenya
Steven Simukanga, University of Zambia
Brian O'Connell, University of Western Cape
Plenary 7: Conclusions and policy messages of workshop
Michael Gaebel, EUA and Goolam Mohamedbhai, AAU
Additional presentations:
Christoff Pauw, Stellenbosch University: South South Research Collaboration. The Case of Stellenbosch University.
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