The IAU represents its Members and speaks out on behalf of the global higher education community at meetings and events around the world. The Association, represented by the IAU President, members of the IAU Administrative Board, the Secretary General and senior staff from the secretariat, presents its work and shares expertise on strategic issues for higher education and society at large. The selection of events listed aims at showcasing the ways in which the Association engages with HE stakeholders around the world for the benefit of the HE sector and society at large.

IAU official Policy Statements are available here.

 11 October
IAU Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van’t Land is invited to a pre-COP26 webinar on Higher Education, Knowledge Democracy and Sustainability on Monday, 11th October 2021 from 4-5:30 CEST. Based on the book Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy, this webinar will focus on two themes: knowledge democracy and place-based learning, offering perspectives from India, Africa, Latin America, and North America. The event is a joint initiative between the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility, the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (University of Glasgow) and the Low and Middle Income Countries Research Network (University of Glasgow).
Registration and more information here: onhttps://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/events/pre-cop26-webinar-series/.

 13 September
IAU organised a session on "Higher Education and Research – How universities around the world engage with Sustainability and build partnerships for the SDGs" as part of the 9th World Sustainability Forum (WSF), which took place virtually from 13-15 September (https://wsf-9.sciforum.net/). Experts from the IAU network made a strong case for higher education’s role in sustainable development, and also linked it with IAU’s work on its strategic priority of Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD). Strategies for increased collaboration between universities and other higher education institutions around the world were outlined, supported by presentations from representatives from the IAU Global HESD Cluster. The session focused specifically on SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing; SDG 4: Quality Education; and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals.
The recording is available on the IAU Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQjEjOvT3wU

 9 September
Together with Ocean Sustainability Bergen, Cluster Lead for SDG 14: Life Below Water, IAU organised a session at SANORD Conference on "Bringing SDG 14 to the forefront of Higher Education". Speakers included Lise Øvreås (UiB), Hilligje van’t Land (IAU), Stacy Kennedy (UWI), Martin Visbeck (Geomar Kiel), Isabelle Ansorge (University of Cape Town), and Aschneel Chandra (UiB).
More information here: https://t.co/fDKxYaMWmH?amp=1

 26-27 August
Pam Fredman, IAU President, opened the 2021 Gothenburg International Research Conference on SDG 8, which was organised by the team at Gothenburg University also working with the IAU HESD Cluster as Lead for SDG 8. Fredman was also a discussant in a session on higher education’s role for the future of work on one of the conference days.
More information: https://ui.ungpd.com/Events/15b6a516-39e8-4f15-82d9-d6a7fb6544dc#

 6-15 July
For the third consecutive year, IAU was actively involved in the UN High-Level Political Forum.
All events and details here: https://www.iau-aiu.net/HESD?onglet=3

 22 June
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalisation, member of the Steering Committee, contributed to the session "Capitalizing on the existing regional networks and collaborations” at the launch event of the report of the study “The Internationalisation of Higher Education: current and prospective trends”. The event was organised by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the study was commissioned by UfM and conducted by UNIMED Mediterranean Universities Union.
The recordings of the event are available on the UfM YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhhZySWU0k8

 16 June
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalisation presented the first results of the second edition of the IAU Global Survey on the impact of Covid-19 on higher education during a session at the Going Global conference. The session recordings are not available to the general public, but some highlights of the second day are available at https://www.britishcouncil.org/going-global/programme/highlights/day-2

 11 June
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalisation presented IAU’s work in research, with a special focus on research on internationalisation, at the WES-CIHE Summer Institute 2021 Fourth Panel: Practitioner-Oriented Research. The session recordings are available on the CHIE YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YFv878fhmk

 9-10 June
The IAU President Pam Fredman spoke on Gendered Impacts of the Pandemic in the context of Higher Education, during the 7th EWORA (European Women Rectors Association) online Conference. See programme

 - 26 May:
Dr Hilligje van‘t Land joined Eddie Watson, AAC&U, Olivia Fleming, OneHE and Warren Kennard, CONNECTed for a debate on The future of higher education, A global perspective, as part of a series of conversations in the GlobalMindEd-OneHE Virtual Events’ Week.

 19 May:
IAU takes part in the Calie Conference: https://calieproject.com/

 17 May:
IAU supports the C40 Students Reinventing Cities: https://www.c40reinventingcities.org/en/students/

 12 May:
AAP dialogue on Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora: https://aap.isp.msu.edu/engage/aap-public-dialogue-series/ sponsored by the IAU

 7 May:
First Advisory Board meeting of the newly launched Global Observatory on Academic Freedom (GOAF): https://elkanacenter.ceu.edu/global-observatory-academic-freedom

 4 May:
University of Rosario Launch event on the Digital transformation of HE and its impact on internationalization and interculturality: https://www.urosario.edu.co/Eventos-UR/Internacional/Transformacion-digital-y-su-impacto-en-la-internac/

 4 May:
Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran spoke at the ENIC NARIC network roundtable focusing on access to higher education due to COVID-19 and recognition of qualifications giving access to higher education.

 28-29 April:
Dr Hilligje van‘t Land spoke on the transformation of internationalization and new dynamics ahead at the Faubai Virtual Conference 2021

 26 April:
The IAU attended the third Expert Group Meeting working on the global report on HESD to be launched at the UNESCO WHEC

 22-23 April:
2021 EUA Annual Conference Universities 2030: From vision to reality, online: Pam Fredman IAU President spoke in the Official Opening and Session I: The future of Europe and its universities. The session opened with a Video message by Charles Michel, President, European Council, followed by an exchange with Pam Fredman, President, International Association of Universities (IAU) and Michael Murphy, President, EUA and moderated by Amanda Crowfoot, Secretary General, EUA. The Session set the scene for the conference by discussing the path ahead based on the European Union’s ambitions for research and higher education and the position published by EUA: Universities without walls – A vision for 2030

 20 April:
IAU ACU and AUF spoke on Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the THE Innovation and Impact Summit. Prof Barnabas Manangwe, VC Makerere University moderated the international Panel.

 20 April:
IAU presented on the role of higher education and global networking for sustainable development to the Greek Ministry of Higher Education Meeting.

 19 April:
IAU attended the Launch meeting of the AUF UniLab project

 14 April:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, presented on the topic of South / South mobility and cooperation at the virtual conference "South / South mobility: a framework for cooperation and action” organised by UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union

 13 April:
IAU took part in the first Steering Committee meeting on to launch the “Best Practice Programme in Promoting Academic Integrity”
– Watch this space: a Call for proposals will be issued shortly.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/-/best-practice-programme-in-promoting-academic-integrity-holds-its-first-steering-committee-meeting

 13 April:
IAU attended the UIL Advisory Group meeting on a joint international project on the role of higher education for Lifelong Learning

 8 April:
IAU took an active part in the IInd Central Asia Nobel Fest Conference - YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCff6kLmVoRpy5Wti9VaWpDg with Andrew Deeks, VC University College and IAU Board Member delivering a speech on the importance of science; Trine Jensen, Manager Events and Digital Transformation speaking on “The digital transformation of HE” and Hilligje van ‘t land, IAU Secretary General on “Soft Skills” – see: https://stream.inpolicy.net/en#!/tab/300184980-2

 24 - 26 March:
IAU is an Observer to the Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice (CDPPE) which oversees the Council of Europe’s programmes in the field of education and advises the Committee of Ministers on education issues. IAU is involved in the work on democracy, ETINED, The Local Mission of the University and a new project on Academic Integrity

 22 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation and Isabel Toman, IAU Programme Officer, Sustainable Development, gave a presentation titled "Higher Education around the world in the (post) Covid-19 era” at the University of Florida Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department’s weekly seminar

 19 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, gave a presentation at the Master in Management delle Università, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, on the topic "The challenge of COVID-19 for university systems: an international outlook”

 18 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, participated in the 2nd and last Steering Committee meeting of the 2021 edition of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Survey. During the meeting a preliminary report was presented to the Steering Committee members.
https://esn.org/ESNsurvey

 18 March:
The Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Education (MECCE) Project team, including the IAU, met to debate and define the future work plans for this project with global scope.

 15 - 19 March:
The IAU Secretary General spoke at the S4D4C #SciDipNet2021 closing Conference on Addressing Global Challenges together - the Role of Science diplomacy .
A Summary is available here. The plenary sessions are available on YouTube channel. #SciDipNet2021 was a great milestone for the S4D4C initiative and, while the project is ending in April, its achievements and those of the science diplomacy cluster are not stopping here: learn more about the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance here.

 11 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, participated in the 4th and last Steering Committee meeting of the Study on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region commissioned by UfM, Union for the Mediterranean and conducted by UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union. The study has been completed and a preliminary report was presented to the Steering Committee.

 11 March:
IAU was invited to organize a workshop on how universities engage with Agenda 2030 and the SDGs for the Council of Higher Education Israel. Muneo Kaigo, Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsukuba University , Japan and Eva Wiberg, Rector, Gothenburg University, Sweden shared their vision and work during the Session. Context – Erasmus + Project

 10 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation represented IAU at the meeting to present the report on the solidarity project of NGO partners of UNESCO to fight against the pandemic.

 1 March:
A virtual meeting of the Network of International Education Associations, of which IAU act as coordinator, took place. The meeting discussed mainly internal organisational matters of the network such as the election of NIEA chair for the year 2021 or applications for NIEA membership and agreed to hold the next two official meetings for the year 2021 in a virtual form coinciding with the NAFSA and CAIE conferences in June and October respectively.

 1 March:
International Working Group Meeting on new international project on the Local Mission of Higher Education

 26 February:
15th Meeting of the Ubuntu Committee of Peers for the RCEs – for further information: https://www.rcenetwork.org/portal/

 25-26 February:
Trine Jensen coorganised a workshop on digital transformation of higher education for the Falling Walls Digital Education Conference

 16 February:
Meeting of the Administrative Board of Sulitest. IAU sits on the AB; SULITEST scales up its activities see: https://www.sulitest.org/en/index.html

 5 February:
IAU attended the Council of Europe 4th meeting of the ETINED Platform. The Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED) tries to address these challenges through a genuinely European dialogue and by drawing upon the materials and norms developed by the Council of Europe over the years. IAU brings in a global perspective and brings the ETINED outcomes to the attention of the global higher education community.

 1 February:
IAU and the International Science Council are supporting partners to the UNESCO / University of Bergen Global Independent Expert Group on the Universities and the 2030 Agenda (EGU2030). The Expert group and supporting partners met in February to advance on the development of the Project Report to be submitted at the UNESCO WHEC2021

 28 January:
The International Steering Committee Meeting to discuss the future work of the Global Cooperation to Advance the Democratic Mission of Higher Education -CoE/IC/OAS/IAU took place in January.

 27 January:
WUN Webinar on: BUILDING SOCIAL IMPACT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: Universities play a crucial role in creating new knowledge and educating the people who can apply this knowledge to benefit the society. This webinar will explore how universities, through civic engagement and development of social impact and young change leaders, can become a leading force for positive change both locally and internationally. The session is hosted by University World News and Mastercard Foundation. The panelsist are Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary-General, Lorlene Hoyt, Executive Director, Talloires Network of Engaged Universities and Maha Haidar Makki, Director, MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, American University of Beirut (AUB)
The session is moderated by Brendan O’Malley, Managing Editor, University World News

 22 January:
IAU sits on the UNU Ubuntu Committee of Peers. The RCEs, Session 2, debating the new Strategic orientation for the RCE community took place in January, online

 20-22 January:
IAU supported the York Conference “Sustainability on the Go” and contributed to several panels, including in particular: on Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization. Read the Conference Statement on 2021 Toronto Declaration on the Future of Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization in Higher Education

 19 January:
Dr Hilligje van’t Land sits on the High Level Advisory Group for Mission 4.7. A first meeting of the Group took place in January.

 18 January:
Dr Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General sits on the new Advisory Board for the redevelopment of U-Mutirank. The 1st Advisory Board Meeting to debate the future of U-Multirank took place

 14-15 January:
The MRU-AIUB Webinar on Higher Education in the New Normal
Pam Fredman and Hilligje van’t Land respectively opened the event and presented on the challenges and opportunities marking the HE landscape today.

 12 January:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, participated in the 3rd Steering Committee meeting of the Study on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region commissioned by UfM, Union for the Mediterranean and conducted by UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union. During the meeting UNIMED updated the Steering Committee on the development of the study.

 8 January:
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager Internationalization IAU, contributed to the “Forum des Carrières” organized by ISIT PARIS – Institut de Management et de Communication Interculturels

 1 December: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoni contributed to the XIV webinar of the International Fair of Higher Education (FIESA) organised by the Inter-university National Council (CIN) of Argentina on the theme “Times of global change in Higher Education. Effects on Internationalisation processes.” The webinar language is Spanish.

 2 December: IAU partnered with NUFFIC, DAAD and AAU and prepared the Opening Round Table on “Leave no knowledge behind” during the Africa Know! Conference
https://www.africaknows.eu/

 2-4 December: IAU took an active part in the UNODC E4J Dialogue series 2020 “Reimagining education for a more just world – inspire, change together”
IAU coorganised two sessions and took an active part in the in the Opening and closing sessions: “Reaching SDG16 through higher education: Are we ready to educate the future leaders?”

• Higher Education’s Role in Preventing Environmental Crime by Promoting SDG 16
• Rethinking Education for Justice

If you want to know more about the E4J Global Dialogue Series, please visit the following webpage, where you can access video recordings and other materials of the various sessions. In addition, please read the webstory about the E4J Dialogue Series. If you would like to keep up to date with the Education for Justice’s activities and materials, please register here.

 3 December: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoni contributed to the 2020 One Belt One Road Education Forum: "Educational Cooperation and Development under the Belt and Road Initiative framework” organised by Beijing Normal University, China in collaboration with Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Giorgio Marinoni contributed with the presentation “From talent attraction to talent circulation: the world needs more collaboration and less competition” under session 2 of the forum “Talent Training and International Cooperation in BRI countries”

 16-18 December: IAU 2020 international Conference of NGOs to UNESCO “Envisioning a better and sustainable future: a new paradigm for civil society”. IAU chaired the Round table on the Role of Higher Education.
The Conference resolution can be accessed online.

 3 November: IAU participated in the Austrian Higher Education Conference (Hochschultagung 2020) organised by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD). Hilligje van’t Land was the keynote speaker at the conference on the topic “Internationalization of higher education under review: is it time for a new paradigm?”.

• OeAD: https://oead.at/en/
• The conference website : https://oead.at/fileadmin/Dokumente/oead.at/KIM/Veranstaltungen/2020/programm_hochschultagung_2020.pdf

 6 November: IAU Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land contributed through a video message to the annual conference of the Japan Society for Global System and Ethics (JSGSE). In the video message Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land reflected on the actual state of higher education in the world and on future society.
https://sites.google.com/site/jasgseenglish/home

 9 November: IAU participated in the Falling Walls Day as part of the Jury selecting the Breakthroughs of the Year in digital transformation of teaching and learning. Held on the anniversary of the historic fall of the Berlin Wall, the event is organized every year in Berlin by the Falling Walls Foundation, in cooperation with the Centre for Higher Education (CHE), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, this year online.
https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/en/termine/falling-walls-remote-2020-breakthroughs-year

 18 November: IAU Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land attended the Wilton Park Dialogue on Putting African Youth at the Centre of COVID-19 Recovery. The event was organised by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wilton Park Youth Dialogues, in partnership with the African Union.
https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/event/wilton-park-series-putting-african-youth-at-the-centre-of-covid-19-recovery-education-employment-entrepreneurship-and-empowerment-wp1847/

 18 - 20 November: IAU took part in the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual Conference which was themed ‘Advancing Full Participation’. Ira Harkavy, Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania, Ahmed Bawa, UNISA, and Hilligje van’t Land presented in the session entitled ‘Higher Education’s Mandate in Comparative Context: The Fight for Diverse, Inclusive, Anti-Racist Democracies.’ A follow up project is being developed.
https://www.ashe.ws/ev_calendar_day.asp?eventid=58

 19 November: IAU attended the European Higher Education Area Ministerial Conference (EHEA 2020) that took place online yet out of Rome this year and applauds the adoption of: EHEA 2020 Ministerial Communiqué ; Annex I - Statement on Academic Freedom; Annex II - Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen the Social Dimension of Higher Education in the EHEA; Annex III - Recommendations to National Authorities for the Enhancement of Higher Education Learning and Teaching in the EHEA. All documents can be accessed here https://ehea2020rome.it/pages/documents.

 26 November: IAU participated in the ^{UNESCO IIEP Strategic Debate: Resilience of Higher Education}. The webinar participants – Francisco Marmolejo, N.V. Varghese, Hilligje van’t Land, and facilitated by Michaela Martin – discussed the disruption of higher education caused by COVID-19 and how some systems and institutions have adapted and responded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUll9Pd9t8.
To learn more about the debate outcomes, please read the following paper on “COVID-19 tests the resilience of higher education”, by Michaela Martin and Uliana Furiv, published in University World News (UWN) on 12 December 2020

 30 November: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoni participated in the 1st Steering Committee meeting of the 2021 edition of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Survey. The ESNsurvey is a Europe-wide research project covering different topics concerning mobility and education. It is the largest project of its kind carried out solely by volunteers. Every year since the establishment of the project in 2005, the ESNsurvey team develops an online questionnaire and disseminates it among students at European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to collect information about students’ experiences from their exchange period abroad.
https://esn.org/ESNsurvey

 6 October: Trine Jensen and Hilligje van’t Land took part in the Falling Walls, Digital Education Jury Board session

 7 October: Isabel Toman and Hilligje van’t Land took part in UNODC E4J grants for young scholar

 9 October: As part of the expert group for the research project “The Lifelong Learning Provision by Institutes of Higher Learning” coordinated by the Institute for Adult Learning Singapore (IAL), IAU Secretary General, Hilligje van’t Land and Project Officer, Lianne Guerra Rondón participated in a virtual meeting on 9 October to provide feedback on a proposal for indicators to measure lifelong learning.

 13 October: Trine Jensen chaired the 2020 UNESCO Mobile Learning Week’s break-out session on ’Resources for Distance Learning in Higher Education’.

 15 October: Hilligje van’t Land attended CoE/IC/OAS/IAU steering committee meeting

 16 October: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the ProSPER.Net Webinar on Sustainability UNU-IAS Virtual Event

 19 October: Giorgio Marinoni took part in the panel discussion on ’The Impact of Covid-19 on Internationalization in Higher Education’ hosted by CLICKS. The session can be watched here.

 20 October: IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the 2020 GEM Theme 1: Protect domestic and international financing of education

 21 October: The Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of IAU met with the the Egyptian UNESCO Delegation to discuss potential parternships

 22 October: IAU represented by Hilligje van’t Land attended the UNESCO Extraordinary GEM Meeting High Level Segment

 29 October: IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Education held under the Greek Chairmanship. Themes discussed were the education response to COVID-19; and utilising education to promote awareness of cultural heritage at risk from climate change in a culture of democracy.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/informal-conf-ministers-education-oct2020

 29 October: IAU Deputy Secretary-General Andreas Corcoran participated in the ENIC-NARIC meeting entitled DigiRec : Connecting digital student data and credential evaluation.
https://www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/recognition-projects/digirec

 29 October: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoniparticipated in the 2nd Steering Committee meeting on “Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Mediterranean”, organised by the Union for the Mediterranean in the framework of a service contract performed by UNIMED - Mediterranean Universities Union.

 30 October: IAU Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land contributed to the launch meeting of the Observatory for Higher Education Transformations OHET, organised by Higher School of Economics in Moscow. The OHET gathers education research institutes of international universities. Based on the principles of equality and reciprocity, mutual understanding, respect and trust, OHET will promote broader international cooperation and carry out high-quality research in response to multiple political, social, economic and technological challenges worldwide.. IAU is invited as the only global association of universities to be part of it.
https://ioe.hse.ru/en/news/419901100.html

 1 September: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the COVID-19 roundtable during the virtual Higher Education Summit 2020

 1 September: The IAU, represented by Hilligje van’t Land took part in the Global Education Coalition Emergency Meeting for Lebanon

 3 September: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the CGHE 2020 Annual Conference Webinar Panel: Higher Education And Sustainability

 4 September: IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the conference on Modern Universities - Adaptability as a Competitive Advantage

 9 September: Giorgio Marinoni took part in the online International Forum & Expo for Academic Collaboration hosted by the University of Guanajuato. The session can be watched here.

 18 September: IAU Secretary General who sits on the UNESCO Futures of Education Advisory Board took part in a joint meeting with the UNESCO International Commission to this initiative.

 18 September: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the UNESCO Futures of Education Advisory Board

 Since July 2020, the IAU Secretary General, Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran and IAU Manager, HE & Internationalization Giorgio Marinoni have met with several UNESCO delegations to discuss opportunities for collaboration with the Association and to foster the advancement of the higher education sector in various countries: Uganda, Turkey, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Hungary, Kuwait, The Netherlands, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Portugal, Mozambique, Egypt.

 20-27 August: Giorgio Marinoni and Hilligje van’t Land took part in LACHEC 2020 online conference

 7 July: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the workshop on ’Developing transformational partnerships to catalyze SDGs implementation’ co-organized by UNODC.

 8 July: IAU co-organized the HESI workshop ’Where Next? Reimagining Further Education for the Future’ and Hilligje van’t Landmoderated the panel discussion.

 8 July: International Green Gown Awards Ceremony 2020-Hilligje van’t Land presented the winner for ‘Sustainability Institution of the year’

 13 July: IAU co-organized the workshop ’Teaching, Learning and Integrating the SDGs at universities and beyond - Linking to the Decade of Action’ and Hilligje van’t Landmoderated the panel discussion.

 15 July: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the HESI Rountable on how ’Higher Education can come together to redesign the future of further and higher education’

 29 July: Pam Fredman took part in the 8th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) - Europe and Central Asia.

 2 June: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the discussion about internationalization at universities, organized by RENEPA.
https://youtu.be/mb-y0RIRdd8

 5 June: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the MINES ParisTech – PSL and British Council webinar entitled ‘Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals: Universities and Students Looking for Solutions”.
https://www.britishcouncil.org/going-global/live-events/reaching-SDGs

 11 June: Giorgio Marinoni participated in the Symbiosis International University, India webinar ‘Conversations for Communities - The Way Forward’.
https://www.siu.edu.in/

 11-12 June 26: Meeting CDPPE Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice – IAU is an observer to the CDPPE. The CDPPE discussed the education policies and practices throughout Europe in the context of COVID-19. Sharing of policies and practices allowed to develop the first draft of a joint statement for policy and action to be adopted in the fall.

 15 June: Andreas Corcoran took part in the ENIC NARIC annual meeting and presented IAU’s work related to WHED and the WHED-ID.
https://www.enic-naric.net/

 18 June: Online Meeting with leadership Magna Charta Observatory on launch of Magna Charta Universitatum 2020

 24 June: International meeting of the Advisory Board to the Futures of Education Initiative under the presidency of HE Sahle-Work Zwede, President of Ethiopia and the leadership of S. Giannini, ADG/ED UNESCO. IAU is one of the Members of the Advisory Board. The Board validated the document “Nine Ideas for Public Action – Education, learning and knowledge in a post-Covid world”, developed by the International Commission on the Futures of Education

 25 June: AUF (Bureau de l’Europe de l’Ouest) – Réunion sur le développement d’un document cadre sur la diplomatie académique francophone (en ligne)

 25 – 27 June: ACUNS (Academic Council on the United Nations System) Annual Meeting on the Future of partnership and multilateralism - online this year. IAU was invited to speak during the Second Plenary session on Global Partnerships in an International World: Towards Innovative Co-operation.
https://acuns.org/am2020/

 4 May: Pam Fredman was one of the speakers the webinar and online launch of the report ‘New Schools of Thought: Innovative Models for Delivering Higher Education’ by the Qatar Foundation and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
https://bluesyemre.com/2020/05/04/new-schools-of-thought-innovative-models-for-delivering-highereducation/

 11 May: IAU took part in the judging panel for the Green Gown Awards. Developed under the leadership of EAUC, this Award is co organised with IAU, ACU and AUF. The Awards will be announced virtually during the UN High Level Political Forum in New York, in July 2020.
https://www.greengownawards.org/international-green-gown-awards

 15 May: The IAU Secretary General was convened to an online meeting with the Ministry of higher Education of Turkmenistan, 10 Rectors from Turkmenistan Universities and representatives from the Embassy of Turkmenistan to France to debate future cooperation and the development of HE in Turkmenistan. For more information on the HE system and the HEIs in Turkmenistan, please use the IAU WHED (www.whed.net).

 20 May: The IAU Member University the University of Catalonia organised a Webinar on the Role of higher education to address the Sustainable Development Goal 3 – Health and Well being

 22 May: Pam Fredman made a presentation at the Open Up Education event ‘E-learning and open educational resources’.
https://www.openuped.eu/

 28 May:Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni participated in the ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) meeting to debate future of ASEM work.
https://www.aseminfoboard.org/about/overview

 28 May: IAU took part in the CGHE (Centre for Global Higher Education) webinar panel ‘Does Covid-19 mean the end of international education as we know it?’
https://www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-seminar/webinar-panel-does-covid-19-mean-the-end-of-international-education-as-we-know-it/

 3 April: IAU attended the EAIE (European Association for International Education) online meeting ‘Placing care at the centre of COVID-19 responses’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVxpJ1GaCjA

 6 April: IAU attended the Council of Europe Global Forum meeting, online.

 16 April: IAU took part in a CHEA/CIQG Webinar ‘Sustaining and Enhancing Institutional Autonomy: The Role of Quality Assurance’.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=245960223441308

 20 April: Trine Jensen attended the UNESCO Expert Meeting for the development of an instrument on ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to shape the first UNESCO Global Recommendation on AI.
https://en.unesco.org/news/unescos-international-expert-group-begins-work-drafting-first-global-recommendation-ethics-ai-0

 20 April: IAU took part in the Administrative Board Meeting of Sulitest (online meeting).
https://www.sulitest.org/en/the-sulitest-initiative.html?newWorkingLanguage=en

 24 - 27 April: Hilligje van’t Land represented the IAU on the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE) meeting (online). In particular the meeting discussed the impact of COVID-19 on European education sector, including higher education and discussed the draft CDPPE position paper
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/cdppe

 17-19 December: Hilligje van’t Land and the Secretariat staff at the International Conference of NGOs, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

 13-14 December:Hilligje van’t Land, the UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) to discuss its new international research project on “SDG4: Planning for flexible learning pathways in higher education” in Paris, France

 5-7 December:Hilligje van’t Land and Carine Sébast, the Global Convention on the Recognition of
Higher Education Qualifications, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

 3-5 December:Hilligje van’t Land, the UNESCO Global Education Meeting (GEM 2018), in Brussels, Belgium

 29-31 October: Hilligje van’t Land, the Hearing on Competences for Democratic Culture and Higher Education (CDC-HE), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

 25 October: Hilligje van’t Land, the Convocation of the 10th meeting of the Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

 24 October:Hilligje van’t Land, the Europe and North America 2030 Education Consultation jointly convened by UNESCO in close cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Commission, at the CoE, in Strasbourg, France.

 15 October: Giorgio Marinoni, Le Programme national d’aide à l’Accueil en Urgence des Scientifiques en Exil (PAUSE), PAUSE Network Day, College de France, Paris, France

 5 October:Hilligje van’t Land, U-Multirank Advisory Board Meeting

 26-27 September: Hilligje van’t Land at the Western Balkans Regional Meeting on Ethics and Integrity in Higher Education in Skopje, Macedonia. The meeting was organised within the framework of the joint European Union and Council of Europe action “Strengthen integrity and combat corruption in higher education”.

 17-19 September: Pam Fredman and Eva Egron-Polak at the 30th Anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum - University values in a changing world in Salamanca, Spain

 11-14 September: Giorgio Marinoni and Hilligje van’t Land, EAIE 2018 conference, Geneva

 8-10 July: Hilligje van’t Land, Jordan Academic Society, Amman

 27 June: Hilligje van’t Land Symposium "Professions within Higher Education, contributers to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", Paris, France
Event website

25 June: Hilligje van’t Land Sustainability Curriculum Consortium Faculty Conference 2018, Pittsburgh, USA (IAU remote)
Event website

 20-21 June: Amanda Sudic, UNESCO-IFAP 10th session of the Intergovernmental Council, Paris, France
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 18-19 June: Carine Sébast ENIC Naric Network Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic

 11-13 June: Pornchai Mongkhonvanit ISCN Conference "Sustainable Development, acting with purpose", Stockholm, Sweden
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 7 June: Pam Fredman spoke at the Conference on “Higher Education in a Challenging World” organised by the Romanian National Council of Rectors (CNR), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF).

 June: Prof Abdulganjyu Ambali, Vice Chancellor, Ilorin University Nigeria and IAU Vice President, represented the IAU at the African Association of Universities (AAU) Board meeting.

 25-25 May: Hilligje van’t Land, EHEA Ministerial Conference, Paris, France
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 23 May: Hilligje van’t Land, Observatory Magna Charta (MCO) Seminar, Paris
Event website: Integrity: a Cornerstone Value for Higher Education and Research

 21-22 May: Pam Fredman, IV Universia International Rectors’ Meeting, Salamanca, Spain

 25-27 April: Hilligje van’t Land, UNESCO Global Action Programme on ESD, Costa Rica

 12-13 April: Hilligje van’t Land, 2018 Annual Groningen Declaration Network (GDN) Meeting, Paris, France
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 5-6 April: Hilligje van’t Land, EUA 2018 Annual Conference: Engaged and responsible universities shaping Europe
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 14-15 March : Hilligje van’t Land, International Cooperation in Education Conference 2018, Bodø, Norway
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 9 March : Hilligje van’t Land, U-Multirank Meeting

 19 February : Hilligje van’t Land, Council of Europe Meeting on Higher Education and Democracy, Strasbourg, France

 15 February : Hilligje van’t Land, UNESCO Regional Consultation Meeting for Western Europe bon Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Geneva, Switzerland
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 8-9 February: Hilligje van’t Land, SDG conference on Knowledge for Our Common Future, Bergen, Norway
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 31 January - 1st February: Hilligje van’t Land, CHEA 2018 Annual Conference & CIQG 2018 Annual Meeting: A Global Quality Forum, Washington DC, USA
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 25 January : Hilligje van’t Land, MIDIS / développement durable - Agenda 2030 : quel rôle pour les établissements d’enseignement supérieur ?
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 5 - 8 dec: Hilligje van’t Land, First RCE Conference : Towards Achieving the SDGs, Okayama, Japan
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 27 - 29 nov: Hilligje van’t Land, Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference, Bucharest, Roumania
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 16 - 17 nov: Pam Fredman, Netter Center 25th Anniversary Conference, Philadelphia, USA
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 13 - 14 nov: Hilligje van’t Land, Extraordinary Meeting of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee, Strasbourg, France

 8 - 10 nov: Hilligje van’t Land, Donor Harmonisation Group, Stockholm, Sweden

 25 - 28 oct: Hilligje van’t Land, 8th Prague Forum, Prague, Czech Republic
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 18 - 19 sept: Hilligje van’t Land, GUNI International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Actors and Implementation, Barcelona, Spain
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 12 - 15 sept: Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni, EAIE 2017 Conference, Seville, Spain
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 30 août - 2 sept: Eva Egron-Polak, IAU former Secretary General and IAU Senior Fellow, Magna Carta Observatory Conference XXIX Anniversary, Pécs, Hungary
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