DIES Conference

"Strengthening Universities, Enhancing Capacities - Higher Education Management for Development"

Bonn, 28/29 November 2011

With the international conference "Strengthening Universities, Enhancing Capacities - Higher Education Management for Development" the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) celebrated the ten years anniversary of their joined DIES programme. In Bonn, some 160 representatives from universities and development cooperation from Germany, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East discussed future challenges in higher education management. As part of the DIES programme, German universities and their international partners are jointly conducting training courses for higher education managers.

Conference Programme

Monday, 28 November 2011

Welcome Addresses
Dr. Dorothea Rüland, Secretary General, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, Germany
Dr. Thomas Kathöfer, Secretary General, German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), Bonn, Germany
Dr. Roger Fischer, Deputy Head of Division on Education, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Bonn, Germany

Panel Discussion
Higher Education Management – Where do We Go from Here?

• Professor Philip G. Altbach (PhD), Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA
• Professor Dr. Le Quang Minh, Vice-President, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Professor Francisco Telémaco Talavera Siles, Rector de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, Nicaragua
• Professor Dr. Mayunga Nkunya, Executive Secretary, Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), Uganda
• Professor Dr. Patricia Pol, Former Vice-President International Development, Université Paris-Est, France 
  Chair: Jan-Martin Wiarda, Edit-Reporter, DIE ZEIT

Working Groups “DIES Good Practice”

Working Group 1 "Strengthening Capacities for Higher Education Management – The DIES International Deans’ Course (IDC)"
Chair: Marc Wilde, Head of Section, DAAD, German

• Professor Dr. Bassey Antia, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria [PDF, 12.96 MB]

• Professor Dr. Frank Ziegele, Managing Director, Centre for Higher Education (CHE), Germany [PDF, 0.99 MB]

• Professor Surasak Taneepanichskul, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand [PDF, 0.02 MB]

Working Group 2 "Cross-border Quality Assurance through Capacity Development and International Cooperation – DIES Projects in Developing Countries"
Chair: Barbara Michalk, German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), Germany

• Francisco Alarcón, Deputy Secretary General, Central American University Council (CSUCA), Guatemala [PDF, 0.31 MB]

• Professor Dr. Mayunga Nkunya, Executive Secretary, Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), Uganda [PDF, 0.03 MB]

• Dr. Nantana Gajaseni, Executive Director, ASEAN University Network (AUN), [PDF, 6.53 MB] and
  Dr. Chantavit Sujatanond, Special Advisor to SEAMEO RIHED, Thailand [PDF, 5.48 MB]

• Dr. Antony Stella, President, Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN), Australia [PDF, 0.09 MB]

Working Group 3 "Strategies of Internationalisation – The DIES Partnership Programme on Higher Education Management"
Chair: Marijke Wahlers, Head of International Department, German Rectors’ Conference

• Dr. Birgit Barden, Head of International Office, University of Hannover, Germany [PDF, 4.66 MB] and
  R. Srinivasan, Assistant Director, International Relations Office, VIT University Vellore, India [PDF, 4.66 MB]

• Ad Boeren, Senior Policy Officer, Netherland Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic), the Netherlands [PDF, 0.5 MB]

Panel Discussion 
The „Entrepreneurial University“: How to Educate Entrepreneurial Minds and Manage Links between Higher Education and the Private Sector?

• Professor Dr. Intan Ahmad, Dean of School of Life Sciences and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

• Professor Dr. Ulrich Braukmann, Director of the Institute for Research in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Wuppertal, Germany

• Werner Wasmuth, German International Cooperation GIZ, Germany

• Dr. Lydia Raesfeld, Vice-Rector of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico

Chair: Jan-Martin Wiarda, Edit-Reporter, DIE ZEIT

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Working Groups  “Future Challenges”

Working Group A "Capacity Development in the field of Research Management"
Chair: Christoph Hansert, Director, DAAD Office Nairobi, Kenya & Hamadi Boga, REAL Coordinator Kenya

• Professor Dr. Brigitta Schütt, Vice-Rector for Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany [PDF, 1.62 MB]

• Professor Henning Jensen, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica [PDF, 0.03 MB]

• Professor Dr. Rasha Sharaf, Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt [PDF, 1.2 MB]

Working Group B "Good Governance in Higher Education: Concepts, Implementation and Training"
Chair: Professor Dr. Peter Mayer, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Germany

• Professor Dr. Florian Hoffmann, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany [PDF, 0.43 MB]

• Professor Naomi Shitemi, Moi University, Kenya [PDF, 0.13 MB]

• Professor Dr. Le Quang Minh, Vice-President, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam [PDF, 1.71 MB]

Working Group C "E- and Mobile Learning: Innovative Delivery Methods in Continuing Education"
Chair: Felicitas Quass, Content Manager Alumniportal Deutschland, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany

• Professor Dr. Olaf Zawacki-Richter, University of Oldenburg, Germany [PDF, 3.66 MB]

• Professor Tolly S.A. Mbwette, Vice Chancellor, The Open University Tanzania, Tanzania [PDF, 0.05 MB]

• Volker Lichtenthäler, E-Academy, German International Cooperation GIZ, Germany [PDF, 4.39 MB]

Working Group D "How to sustain Capacity Development Programmes effectively? Working with Alumni in the field of Higher Education Management"
Chair: Professor Dr. Michael Fremerey, UNISTAFF Associates, Germany

• Professor Dr. Gabriel Katana, Coordinator of the DIES-Alumni Network in East-Africa (REAL), Kenya [PDF, 6.81 MB]

• Dr. Abraham Simatupang, President of the DIES-Alumni Network INDOSTAFF, Indonesia [PDF2.54 MB]

• Professor Dr. Alicia Vargas Porras, Coordinator of the Capacity Development Programme DECARA for DIES-Alumni in Central America and México, Costa Rica [PDF, 0.04 MB]

Conclusion "Lessons Learned: How to Enhance Capacity in Higher Education Management"
Dr. Helmut Blumbach, Director, Southern Hemisphere Department, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, Germany