Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

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The Office of International Relations (SINTER) attended the online signing ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement between the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and the Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS), China. The partnership was established through the Institute for Studies on China (ICHIN) at UFSC.

The following representatives of UFSC and ZIBS were present: Prof. Irineu Manuel de Souza, Rector of UFSC; Prof. Raúl Burgos, Coordinator of ICHIN; Prof. Daniel Martins, Deputy Coordinator of ICHIN; Luciana Miashiro Lima, representing the Office of International Relations (SINTER); Paula Eduarda Michels, English/Portuguese Translator and Interpreter at UFSC; Ben Shenglin, Dean of ZIBS; Shen Li, Assistant Dean and Chief Operating Officer (COO); Lisha Chenqi, working in International Communication and Collaboration; Yaqiao Yu (Kate), Director of International Partnerships; and Rodrigo Moura, Executive Director of ZIBS Latin America Center.

During the online meeting, areas for possible collaboration were discussed, once both institutions seek to promote cultural, educational, and scientific cooperation. They aim to work together in research, training, curriculum, institutional development, dissemination of information, exchange of faculty, students, and technical-administrative staff members, and participation in seminars, research, forums, and other joint activities.

The intention of developing joint research between the Institute for Studies on China (ICHIN) at UFSC and the ZIBS Latin America Center (ZLAC). ZIBS has special interest in promoting fintechs, innovation, smart cities, and other possibilities in these areas.

The staff member Graziele Ventura in front of the UNL Rectorate building.

The staff member Graziele Ventura Koerich Rodrigues visited the Universidade Del Litoral (UNL) in Santa Fe, Argentina, through the Escala Gestores y Administradores program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). Ms. Rodrigues was selected in a Call for Applications in 2019. However, due to the lack of resources that year, she only carried out the mobility in 2022. Check below her report:

“The photos in this post summarize what I lived on 26, 27, 28, and 29 September at the Universidade Del Litoral (UNL) in Santa Fe, Argentina. The Escala Gestores y Administradores program of AUGM surely fulfills its function of strengthening the university management and administration, contributing to their development, and increasing the understanding of the different organizational structures. The visit provided me with a rich exchange of experiences and procedures concerning the activities carried out at UFSC and UNL. I thank UFSC and SINTER for their support and trust. I thank UCL for the reception, hospitality and kindness”.

Click here to learn more about the AUGM programs. 

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) received, between 26 and 30 September, the visit from Laura Ascenzi, staff member of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), through the Escala Gestores y Administradores program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Universities of Montevideo Group] (AUGM). Ms. Ascenzi is in charge of the institutional communication area at the Facultad de Ciencias Económicas and has been working at UNC for fourteen years. In addition to working as a staff member, she is also a professor and researcher in the areas of Social Communication, Management of Innovative Technologies and Linkage.

The staff member was welcomed on 26 September by the UFSC Communication Agency (Agecom). During her stay, she visited the TV UFSC, the Office of Distance Learning (SEAD), the Prorectorate for Outreach and Extension (Proex), the Prorectorate for Undergraduate Studies and Basic Education (Prograd) and the Prorectorate for Affirmative Action and Equity (Proafe). The Escala Gestores y Administradores program aims at promoting mobility between technical and administrative staff from AUGM member universities in order to strengthen university management and administration, contributing to their development and increasing the understanding of the different organizational structures.

Laura Ascenzi visits Agecom at the Trindade Campus.

From left to right: Vice-Rector Joana Célia dos Passos, UCL staff member Laura Ascenzi and Rector Irineu Manoel de Souza.

The Director of International Relations, Fernanda Leal, and the staff member responsible for the finances at SINTER, Luana Leite, are at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC) in Argentina, this week. The staff members have been visiting UNC through the Escala Gestores y Administradores program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM). The program aims at promoting mobility between technical and administrative staff from AUGM member universities in order to strengthen university management and administration, contributing to their development and increasing the understanding of the different organizational structures.

The two staff members participate in a meeting with international relations managers from UNC and several Brazilian universities. 

As part of the agenda, they took Spanish and Latin American culture classes.

The Office of International Relations announces that applications are open, from 19 September to 16 October 2022, for the Escala Posgrado  program of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [ Association of Montevideo Group universities] (AUGM), according to the Call for Applications no. 15 SINTER 2022. The program is targeted at graduate students regularly enrolled at UFSC. Four places will be offered, two for master’s students and two for doctoral students. The program includes accommodation and food support, as well as exemption from tuition fees at the host university. Applicants must send all the documentation required scanned in Portable Document Format (.pdf) to augm.sinter@contato.ufsc.br.

Schedule:

The Water Academic Committee of the Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo [Association of Montevideo Group Universities] (AUGM) promotes its third cycle of virtual conferences on water resources at a regional level. The event will have presentations from experts from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, who will discuss topics related to climate change, water resource management, technologies for hydrological studies, plastic, water governance, among others.

The conferences will take place on Wednesdays, at 3 p.m. (Buenos Aires time), on 22 September, 27 October and 17 November. The event will be streamed on YouTube. Participation is free and open to the public. Click here to check out the schedule.