Conference "Internationalization of Higher Education: Opportunities, programmes and joint degrees"

09.00

Welcome to participants

09.30

Opening Session
(José Ferreira Gomes - Secretary of State for Higher Education)

09.45

The new Erasmus + Programme : Opportunities for Higher Education
(António Silva Mendes - Director for Education and vocational training, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission)

10.15

Internationalization of Higher Education
(António Rendas - President of the Council of Rectors, Joaquim Mourato - President of the Council for Polytechnic Institutes)

10.45

Debate
 

11.00

Coffee break
 

11.15

Creating Joint Programmes and Degrees in Portugal: the perspective from the Higher Education Institutions
(Manuel Mota - Universidade de Évora, Fernanda Barbosa - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Adriana Lago de Carvalho - Universidade do Minho)

12.00

Accreditation of joint programmes and degrees
(João Duarte Silva - Member of Management Board of A3ES - Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education)

12.30

Debate

13.00

Lunch (free)

14.30

Presentation of JOQAR Project
(Joint Programmes: Quality Assurance and Recognition of Degrees Awarded) 
(Mark Fredericks - Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders / NVAO)

15.00

Presentation of JDAZ Project
(Joint Degrees from A to Z)
(Hendrik Hobbes - Organization for international cooperation in Higher Education, in the Netherlands / NUFFIC)

15.30

Presentation of BRIDGE and INTER-HED Projects
BRIDGE (Best Recognition Instruments for the Dialogue between Global Experts: Crossing the bridge between EM National Structures and Naric centers)

INTER-HED (The Internationalization of HE: an on-line training course for EM Administrators) 
(Ana Mateus - Directorate General For Higher Education, DRMCI)

16.00

Debate

16.15

Closing Remarks
(Nuno Crato – Minister of Education and Science)