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HICA-Harmonisation & Innovation in C. American HE Curricula

HICA Project -  Harmonization and Innovation in Central American Higher Education Curricula: Enhancing and Implementing the Regional Qualifications Framework  (鈥淗ICA鈥� or 鈥淢arco-Innovate鈥� or 鈥淚nnovAC-QF鈥�).

The aim of the HICA Project is to support the innovation of higher education curricula in Central American universities and the alignment of such curricula under a regional qualifications framework for higher education.

Specific objectives:

• To further complete the regional qualifications framework for higher education in Central America (MCESCA), an output of the previous project 鈥楢lfa PUENTES鈥�, that has been designed and adopted by CSUCA 鈥� the Central American 深夜亚洲福利久久 Council - and the rectors conferences of the region. This entails defining descriptors for the short cycle of higher education and indicating a common time and credit range for obtaining degrees in the region
• To pilot the MCESCA on a sample of universities and disciplines in the region; This entails re-designing study programmes in those disciplines in order that they align with the generic learning outcomes stated in the MCESCA
• To further promote and disseminate the MCESCA across the Central American region and Latin America more broadly to ensure buy-in of different types of public and private universities, employer organisations, quality assurance agencies and ministries
• To encourage practice sharing and dialogue between European and Central American higher education stakeholders on the development and implementation of qualifications frameworks and their utility for the HE sector.

The following are the partners involved in the HICA Project:

European Partners (5): OBREAL (Coordinator-Spain), EUA (Belgium), HRK (Germany) and 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Ireland

Central American Partners (27):

CSUCA (Central America, coordinator)

• CONARE, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA), Instituto Tecnol贸gico de Costa Rica (ITCR), Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica, (UNED), Universidad T茅cnica Nacional (UTN), Ministerio de Educaci贸n de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras (UNAH), Universidad Pedag贸gica Nacional "Francisco Moraz谩n" (UPNFM), Universidad Nacional de Agricultura, UNAG + Ministerio de Educaci贸n de Honduras  (Honduras)
• Consejo de Rectores de Panam谩 (CRP), Universidad de Panam谩 (UP), Universidad Aut贸noma de Chiriqu铆 (UNACHI),Universidad Especializada de las Am茅ricas (UDELAS), Ministerio de Educaci贸n de Panam谩 (Panama)
• Universidad de El Salvador, Universidad  Don Bosco de El Salvador, Ministerio de Educaci贸n de El Salvador (El Salvador)
• Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC), Ministerio de Educaci贸n de Guatemala  + 1 additional university (Guatemala)
• Consejo Nacional de Universidades de Nicaragua (CNU),Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de Nicaragua, UNAN鈥慚anagua, Universidad Nacional Agraria de Nicaragua, UNA; Universidad Nacional  Aut贸noma de Nicaragua (UNAN-Le贸n), Ministerio de Educaci贸n de Nicaragua  (Nicaragua)
• Consejo Centroamericano de Acreditaci贸n de la Educaci贸n Superior, CCA

Associated Partners:

Federaci贸n de Entidades Privadas de Centroam茅rica, FEDEPRICAP

Federaci贸n de C谩maras y Asociaciones Industriales de Centroam茅rica y Rep煤blica     Dominicana, FECAICA

Confederaci贸n de Profesionales Universitarios de Centro Am茅rica, CEPUCA

HICA Updates

The Kick-off Meeting for the HICA Project was held in Guatemala City from the 15th-17th February, 2016. U.C.C. was represented at the meeting by Cliona Maher, International Strategy Officer for Latin America, U.C.C.. Agenda and documents are available on the HICA website.

The first HICA training workshop on curricula reform was held in Antigue, Guatemala in April 2016. 

A second HICA training workshop took place in Managua, Nicaragua from the 12th-14th October, 2016. 

HICA Study Visit to UCC