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International Cooperation for International Cooperation for Higher Education (ICE)Higher Education (ICE)
Academics Across BordersAcademics Across Borders
Higher Education DivisionHigher Education Division
Education SectorEducation Sector
Mission statement
ICE has at its core the realization of UNESCO function, in all its domains, as a laboratory of ideas and as a catalyst for international cooperation – complementing and giving leadership to know-how for social and economic development that underpins peace, human rights and democracy, equity and livelihoods. Thus ICE endeavours to meet emerging challenges in an era of globalization by promoting the use of new information technologies to build capacity and increase knowledge to advance the cause of sustainable development.
Rooted in its function is to bridge the knowledge gap and substantially increase the brain gain by assisting the establishment of centres of excellence in Member States. In so doing ICE promotes intellectual cooperation through twining and other linking arrangements among institutions of higher learning and academics throughout the world to permit access, transfer and adaptation of knowledge within and across borders.
Goals and objectivesTo: promote UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs as a strategy to
implement UNESCO programme and budget and Medium Term Plan
ensure that approved Chairs and Networks are in the framework of the global agenda, particularly the achievement of EFA goals and MDGs, while responding to national needs
strengthen higher education institutions in developing and transition countries
ensure that UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs serve as a global knowledge broker
advance UNESCO Academics Across Borders as an international initiative based on the principles of solidarity, sharing of knowledge and volunteerism
strengthen capacity in developing countries through exchange of knowledge, experiences, practices and technologies: south-south and north-south cooperation
release sources of quality in countries
Global Coverage Towards Sustainable Development – an inter-sectoral programme
Defining ParametersWorld Conference on Higher Education
Education for AllMillennium Development Goals
HIV/AIDS preventionSustainable Development (Social, economic,
technological and cultural development)Human Rights and Democracy
International Cooperation for Higher(ICE)
UNITWIN Networks
UNESCOChairs
Resource mobilization
AAB
UniversityVolunteers
Open Educational Resources
IESALC focal point
UNITWIN Portal
PublicationsNewsletters
Inter-sectoralcommittee
Academics Across Academics Across Borders InitiativeBorders Initiative
• AAB proposes to harness and channel intellectual resources to reduce the gap between industrial and developing countries in the area of high level training and research through volunteerism and the reinforcement of academic solidarity
The sky is my limit, and so is
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Immigrant Population - a Immigrant Population - a Potential for AABPotential for AAB
Number of Tertiary Level Educated Immigrants, (Age 25 and older), in Number of Tertiary Level Educated Immigrants, (Age 25 and older), in the United States,2000the United States,2000**::
RegionRegion CountryCountry No. of immigrantsNo. of immigrants
East AsiaEast Asia PhilippinesPhilippines 844,400844,400
Central AsiaCentral Asia TurkeyTurkey 37,78537,785
Latin AmericaLatin America ColombiaColombia 186,035186,035
PeruPeru 116,765116,765
North AfricaNorth Africa EgyptEgypt 75,170 75,170
South AsiaSouth Asia BangladeshBangladesh 43,08543,085
AfricaAfrica NigeriaNigeria 90,62090,620
**Source fromSource from US Census Bureau, 2000, page 26. US Census Bureau, 2000, page 26.
Benefiting global, regional and national development Creating capacity for the sustainable
achievement of the development goals through a balanced exchange of knowledge and experiences
Opening access to educational resources across borders
Improving research capacity for scientific and technological research that will advance development and create new opportunities for employment
Optimizing services of highly skilled professionals, thus adding to the “brain gain”
Pillars of Academics Across BordersPillars of Academics Across Borders
For successful achievement of Academics Across Borders
OpenEducationalResources
Partnershipswith
IndustriesNGOs
Foundations
High Profile
Volunteersfor
Universities
Implementation Strategy
Establish partnerships with on-going programmes and activities
Staying abreast of developments leading to the achievements of the global agenda
Strengthen partnerships with industries and the private sector at large
Create an early response team for reconstruction of higher education in countries emerging from crisis and those in transition
Create and effect an evaluation mechanism – including indicators and feedback channels
Operational mechanismsand procedures Establishment of a data bank and portal for
participating universities and high profile volunteers
Facilitation of cross border activities through linkages with universities, national commissions for UNESCO, permanent delegations to UNESCO and private sector organizations, foundations and NGOs
Within UNESCO - strengthening of the UNITWIN inter-sectoral and inter-institutional working group to include AAB in its work
Expected outputs and resultsContribution of AAB initiative to theadvancement of higher education in
developing countries Improved intellectual and research capacity
of UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs programme Improved performance of universities in the
areas of research and programme development leading to the establishment of centres of excellence
Open access to university courses across borders with possibilities for adaptation to local use
No. of high profile academics and participating universities