The signing took place on the occasion of a two-day International Accreditation Forum “Challenges in Latin America”, attended by about 120 deans from Latin American universities and business schools. Prof. Purg was also a speaker in the session “Accreditation in Europe and its implications in Latin America”, where she presented the experience of CEEMAN both in terms of its accreditation and other key activities, including IMTA – International Management Teachers Academy.
Prof. Purg is member of the EQUAA International Advisory Board presided by Prof. Antonio Freitas, provost of FGV, one of the leading universities in Brazil. The EQUAA initiative got the support also of Peruvian Minister of Education, who was also present at the Forum in Lima, and will seek cooperation with governments of other Latin American countries.
The agreement with EQUAA covers three main areas:
- Cooperation for joint EQUAA-CEEMAN IQA accreditation
- Exchange of peer reviewers for accreditation visits
- Dual EQUAA-CEEMAN membership possibilities
Both organizations are committed to the joint experience and mutual learning in their efforts for better quality of management education in dynamic societies. Further details on the cooperation will be announced shortly and invite universities and business schools to benefit from this exciting opportunity.
In addition, CLADEA and CEEMAN will encourage higher participation of their members in each other’s Annual Conferences in September 2015. CLADEA members will be invited to participate at the
23rd CEEMAN Annual Conference on 23-26 September 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan on the same conditions as CEEMAN members, while CLADEA will arrange simultaneous translation from Spanish to English of the
2015 CLADEA Annual Conference taking place on September 6-8 in Viña del Mar, Chile to encourage higher participation of CEEMAN schools.