The "Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies" (DIES) programme offers training courses and dialogue events to promote the improvement of institutional management at higher education institutions in the Global South, the strengthening of higher education management skills among university managers and practice-oriented exchange on higher education management issues. Regional sustainability activities contribute to securing and further developing the results achieved in the DIES partner regions of Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

DIES alumni are also supported in passing on the knowledge they have acquired and thus multiplying it at national level. Building on the experience gained in the DIES programme, the DAAD also contributes its expertise in the fields of higher education management and quality assurance to other projects (currently the EU initiative HAQAA III).

DIES is jointly coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) and funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

María Alejandra Alquijay Aguilar, Dean of Admissions, Partnership and Collaboration at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, participant of the DIES International Deans´ Course Latin America 2022/2023

 

María Alejandra Alquijay Aguilar on the DIES International Deans' Course

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