Conferences and Special Meetings

THE Center convenes conferences, training programs and special meetings which fulfill the Center’s three primary categories of activity (Capacity Building and Training found in Global Activity; the Professions; and Transnational Education ).  An overview of select past conferences and key meetings appears below. Publications are available from several of these gatherings. Training programs are provided either in Washington, D.C. or at a site requested by various countries in the section entitled Global Activity.

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April 1, 2007:

Trans-Atlantic Dialogue, a meeting in Toronto of national quality assurance and accreditation agencies of Europe, the United States and Canada. The first of these meetings was held a decade prior in Paris, convened by The Center. Out of these discussions have evolved a better understanding of national and regional systems of quality assurance and accreditation and what is possible between jurisdictions for mutual recognition agreements. Representing Europe were member countries of the European Council for Accreditation (ECA) which has different purposes but similar membership to the European Network of Quality Agencies (ENQA). Representing Canada were members of national institutional and provincial higher education associations including the Association of Accrediting Agencies of Canada (AAAC).  The United States was represented by the heads of a number of regional institutional accrediting bodies and professional accrediting bodies.

May 31-June 2, 2006:

The 2006 CQAIE hemispheric Conference

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION: GATEWAYS TO QUALITY AND MOBILITY IN THE AMERICAS

San Jose, Costa Rica - May 31-June 2, 2006

Program and Venue

December 18-19, 2005

THE WTO AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN EDUCATION SERVICES:  THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF TRANSNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION

Hong Kong - December 18-19, 2005

May 26-27, 2005

Second Annual Hemispheric Conference

Santiago, Chile

Program and Registration Materials are available in both English and Spanish
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English (.doc)          Español (.doc)

June 10-11, 2004

Twelfth Annual Conference
of the Center for Quality Assurance in International Education

Hotel Camino Real
Mexico City

(view conference pictures)

Program and Registration Materials are available in both English and Spanish
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English            Español

September 6, 2003

The Globalization of the Professions and Its Impact on Accreditation

A special workshop for Specialized and Professional Accreditors
Scottsdale, Arizona

Immediately preceding the Fall ASPA meeting

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Proceedings for the September 6, 2003 and the May 22-23, 2003 Conferences will be available in the coming months
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May 22-23, 2003

Assuring the Integrity of Higher Education in the Global Marketplace:
Implications of Current and Future Services Trade Negotiations

Eleventh Annual Forum on the Globalization of Higher Education
U.S. Department of Commerce * 14th Street andConstitution Avenue, N.W. * Washington D.C.

Co-Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Center for Quality Assurance in International Education and its National Committee for International Trade in Education in cooperation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation

A forum for:

• Higher education institutions, training programs and testing providers
• State higher education executive offices and trade departments
• Accreditation and Certification organization
• Ministries and Inter-governmental organizations
• Federal agencies

Themes: The market access, or request/offer phase of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations is intended to promote the liberalization of member country practices that affect the flow of education services across national borders.  In addition to its participation in the current WTO round, the United States has negotiated bilateral free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore , continues negotiations in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and has begun new negotiations with Australia , the South African Customs Union, and Central America .  Countries including the United States have made public commitment to pursuing international trade liberalization at both multilateral and bilateral levels.  Questions remain as to the effect of these various agreements on:

• How higher education views its evolving role domestically and internationally (complicated by new forms of education delivery);
• Potential effects on State and Provincial oversight of higher education (in the U.S. and Canada ) and National oversight in virtually all other countries; and
• How the accreditation of institutions and programs and the certification of professionals will be further pressed on international issues.

***** Call for Presentations *****

From the stakeholders listed above, we invite 15-20 minute presentations in case study or reflective form on the multiple dimensions of the themes listed above.  One page abstracts are due to the Center by April 18, 2003 and you will be notified soon after.  Call us if you would like to discuss your presentation: +1 202 293 6104. Presentations made at the Forum will provide the content for the 2003 edition of the Center's annual publication. If accepted, your paper will be due by the conference or no later than June 30, 2003. Manuscripts can be submitted in English in hard copy and diskette; or they may be emailed to: CQAIE@CQAIE.org

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May 23-24, 2002

OECD/US Forum
on
Trade in Educational Services

Organized by

Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI),
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Committee for International Trade in Education,
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
The World Bank

In co-operation with

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. Department of State

23-24 May 2002

Department of Commerce
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington , D.C. United States of America

The Conference Proceedings of this historic meeting are now available.

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You can view the original conference announcement
here !

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