| The region should strengthen the role of UNESCO-IESALC as the main |
| organization that coordinates integration policies in the region in the area of higher |
| education, and as a permanent forum of discussion and debate, promoter of inter- |
| institutional agreements, research focused on the sustainable use of strategic |
| resources, and others. It is UNESCO-IESALC’s responsibility: |
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| * To disseminate the results of CRES-2008 among governments, institutions of |
| higher education, and other relevant actors, including the Final Declaration and |
| Action Plan for the region. |
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| * To offer visibility and articulate initiatives of countries, networks, associations, |
| institutions of higher education, international organizations, sub-regional and inter- |
| regional entities within the framework of the Declaration of CRES-2008 and the |
| guidelines of the Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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| * To establish contacts between other players such as: university networks and |
| associations of the region, global university networks, organizations such as CAN, |
| ALBA, MERCOSUR, CAB, RIACES, CARICOM, SICA, the Ibero-American Forum |
| of Higher Education, SELA, projects such as TUNING and 6x4, universities and |
| regional programs such as UWI, UNILA, Universidad del Sur, FLACSO, CLACSO, |
| CYTED/RICYT, requesting a list of specific activities to be carry forward within the |
| framework of the Action Plan for cooperative efforts in the region. |
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| * To jointly develop with interested regional players in higher education, science, |
| technology, and innovation, the agenda of intermediary meetings between CRES |
| and WCHE in which activities proposed by these players in regards to the Action |
| Plan for the region will be discussed. |
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| * To establish follow-up/monitoring, and implementation mechanisms for the |
| proposals of CRES-2008 stated in the current Action Plan. |
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| * To request that the themes of CRES 2008 be included in the Ibero-American |
| Summit of Chiefs of State at the OEI. |
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| * To create a higher education observatory under UNESCO to study the |
| commitments assumed by countries in the WTO and informing about its |
| development and results. |
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| * To submit the Declaration of CRES-2008, the Action Plan and the proposals of |
| the region for higher education in the world during the World Conference on Higher |
| Education - WCHE 2009. |