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On 7 October, SINTER, represented by the director Dr. Fernanda Leal, participated in the round table discussion “South-South International Cooperation: Outreach, research and teaching in the Global South”. The event took place in the School of Education (CED) at UFSC and was attended by representatives from UFSC’s partner institutions in Colombia and East Timor, as well as by the Attaché of the Embassy of East Timor in Brazil, Mr. Marcelono Magno Ximenes, who reinforced the positive impact of international cooperation with Brazilian universities, especially UFSC, for higher education in Timor.
The Director of the School of Education, prof. Hamilton Wielewicki; the coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Linguistic Policies for Multilingualism, Prof. Gilvan Muller; CED graduate programs’ coordinators involved in the cooperation; as well as Timorese and Brazilian graduate students were also present at the event.
Professors Suzani Cassiani and Patrícia Giraldo, who organized the event, have been leading UFSC’s international cooperation with East Timor for more than fifteen years. The most recent achievement of this cooperation was the approval, by Capes, of an Interinstitutional Doctoral Program (Dinter) between UFSC and Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e. To learn more about the cooperation, access here.
Board meeting at Confucius Institute at Unicamp, attended by prof. Bernardo Meyer, Head of the Rector´s Office at UFSC
On 14 October, the Head of the Rector´s Office (GR), prof. Bernardo Meyer, represented the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) at the board meeting of the Confucius Institute (IC) at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp).
The meeting was attended by the delegation from Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), which included the president of BJTU and full professor, Yu Zujun; the vice-president of BJTU and full professor, Gao Liang; the director of the Office of International Relations at BJTU and full professor, Song Fei; and the director of the Faculty of International Education at BJTU, Yao Enjian. Dr. Maria Luiza Moretti, executive vice-president at Unicamp, and prof. Paulo Van Nocije, director of the IC at Unicamp were also present.
During the meeting. they presented a report including all activities and investments carried out by the Institute. Then, discussed new investments as well as the need for funding to continue the cooperation between institutions. Finally, they highlighted the growing interest of UFSC community in the Mandarin courses offered by the Confucius Institute, and discussed about strengthening the relationship between BJTU-IC Unicamp-UFSC, aiming at bringing Chinese and Brazilian universities closer together in different aspects. They considered that the initial step is the signing of a formal cooperation agreement between institutions, which is currently underway.
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