Main achievements
- Driver of multiple collaboration initiatives between European and Latin-American universities
- A consolidated network: 4500 University leaders involved in our projects; several of them have accessed governmental positions in their countries
- An international reference in the identification and development of innovations in quality of teaching, enterprise incubators and spin-off activities, regional development, research management, Continuing Education, etc.
- International projects 12 Alfa/@lis EU projects
- Training programs financed by the Inter-American development bank, World Bank, and governmental agencies
- Subsidies : 2250 000 Euros (EU, Grupo Santander, Compagnia di San Paolo, etc.)
What members appreciate
the most about Columbus …
Helping your university to move forward
Columbus Association
Vision
Our services
external financing-
-Development of projects with
-Training
programs-
-Study
visits-
-U-Benchmarking
Club-
-UNISCAN
(Strengthening of external financed research)-
-Tailor-made services:
Research conferences, deployment
of strategies, processes management-
-Columbus Partners:
Consultancies for institutions, governmental agencies and international organisations-
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Training programs with
proven methodologies
Since 1990,
Columbus supports
the professionalization University Management with action-learning methods and, more recently, on a web environment
*On-going:
Recent work areas:
Internationalization
Entrepreneurship
Collaboration with
the University Paris Descartes for
the impact assessment of training programs developed by Columbus
between 2010 and 2012, among 700 university top managers
Continuing Education
Research Management
Social Responsibility
Fundraising
A clear approach towards results
Broader Outlook of Higher Education in Europe and Latin America
Sharper focus on members´ strength and interests
Clustering in a favorable environment
Ideas may come from anywhere in the network,
propelled by interaction
Priority to collaboration among members
Funneling the necessary energy for their implementation
The road to successful projects
1.
Monitoring of financial mechanisms at
European and National Level (in EU and LA)
2.
Identification of relevant
issues and champions
Example:
19
50%
-Alfa Guide Project-
universities collaborating to fight against dropout during the first year of studies
members of Columbus, Cost: euros, financed by Alfa Program
-Food-
-Green Campus-
1.520.000
3.
73,61 %
Networking organization
& proposal development
Other projects:
Biblioteca de Babel
INTEGRA
COLPAC
Mirror
MANUFIN
Gradua2
Forthcoming: ERASMUS +, HORIZON 2020...
"Networking
to improve relationships
between Universities
as well as with other
public and private stakeholders"
"El compromiso firme
con el ánimo de entendimiento, colaboración
y asociación en el contexto
de un mundo globalizado"
"Su capacidad de
adaptación
y flexibilidad en entender
la problemática de las
universidades para generar
productos y servicios"
-Ernesto Martínez Ataz, Ciudad Real-
-Gonzalo Rodríguez,
Sonora-
-Laura Montanaro,
Torino-
"La capacité
à créer des liens et
construire des réseaux
créateurs
de valeur ajoutée"
"Su entusiasmo para hacer trabajar juntas a personas e instituciones de distintos países y culturas, ... y con éxito."
-Georges Blanc,
Paris-
-Alfons Stinus,
Barcelona-
"La experiencia y profesionalidad del secretariado de la red"
"Creatividad para
brindar un servicio
muy actualizado
e inteligente"
-Senén Barro-
Stgo. de Compostela
-Francisco Gatto,
Ushuaia-
"Its capacity to anticipate and analize relevant issues for universities in the near future"
"Its high level trainning programs in strategic areas and the support to establish relations with international partners "
"La posibilidad de establecer
contactos con las mejores
universidades para intercambiar experiencias y poder replicar
buenas prácticas institucionales"
-Marí Parellada,
Barcelona-
-Ilse Wisotzki,
Lima-
-Jannette Velez-
Bogotá
Columbus Association
What are we?
The first
multilateral network
of European and Latin-American
University´ Leaders
countries
in
We are
universities
15
47
In which
8
1.280.000
Students
languages are spoken
post-graduates students
250.000
Staff
115.000
Our database contains over
9500
contacts
How is your university coping with an increasingly complex world?
Facing competition
- Diversifying its funding base
- Increasing its connections in target regions
Building
- Attracting international students
International alliances
- Improving its performance in accreditation processes or rankings
Together With knowledge and competences,
connections are a very important asset.
The number of students enrolled outside their country of citizenship has risen at an annual rate of 7.1% during the period 2000-2010
Accreditation processes & rankings
have major impact on
the attraction of national and international students
There are 15.000 Higher Education Institutions in the World, but we are only worried about less than 100
Helping your university
to move forward
Columbus Association