The fourth preparatory meeting for CRES+5 will be held in Havana (Cuba) on February 7 and 8, 2024

The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), the Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba, and the Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education Area (ENLACES), convene the fourth preparatory meeting towards the Regional Conference on Higher Education (CRES+5). This preparatory meeting will be held in Havana, Cuba, on February 7 and 8, 2024, within the framework of the University 2024 Congress.

This fourth preparatory meeting will present the progress made by the working groups on the 12 thematic areas of follow-up to the Regional Conference on Higher Education 2018 (CRES+5).

This fourth preparatory meeting of CRES+5 will serve to deepen the issues raised at CRES 2018, as well as to analyze the outcome of the debates corresponding to the preparatory meetings that preceded it in Cordoba, Puebla and Paraguay, with a view to reaching a consensus on an agenda for higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean that will contribute to the preparation of CRES+5.

With the support of UNESCO IESALC, various working groups have prepared drafts of the working documents for the different thematic areas of CRES+5. These drafts will be presented and discussed at the Havana meeting.

More information on the previous preparatory meetings can be found here and on CRES 2018 here. Details of CRES+5 can be found here.

For more information on this meeting contact director.iesalc@unesco.org.