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18/11/2013

In October 2013, UNAE, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education, KU Leuven and VVOB organised a series of activities in Ecuador to shape the Master for teacher trainers. 'UNAE' stands for 'Universidad Nacional de Education' (National University of Education). This is a new educational institution that is in the start-up phase.

Designing a Master for teacher trainers

In October 2012, VLIR-UOS gave its approval for a joint project to hold a congress on the development of the Master programme at UNAE. The Ecuadorian Ministry of Education, UNAE, KU Leuven and VVOB organised the event on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties in August 2012.

From the 21st till the 25th of October 2013, numerous experts from Argentina, Belgium, Ecuador and the United States participated in a series of workshops, lectures and other activities to achieve a draft of the Master programme for teacher trainers at UNAE.

Strengthening cooperation on education reform between Ecuador and Belgium

In addition to the conference activities, there were also plenty of other meetings during which UNAE and KU Leuven found each other. They indicated a strong interest for inter-institutional cooperation between the two universities, with temporary support from the Ministry of Education and VVOB.

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