Lizette Brenes Bonilla (UNED, Costa Rica) visited universities in Argentina and Chile.

The objective of her travel was to make a series of interviews for the WP1 of our project EL-Gate, in order to collect quantitative and qualitative data on the workings and management of the International Departments of the local Universities, in order to develop a model of Cooperation and an International Department Management Course. In Buenos Aires Lizette visited on monday 7th of September the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE), accompanied by Haydée Nieto and Soledad Alén (USAL); she met Eduardo Ossoinak, Coordinador de Relaciones Internacionales, who showed her around the various parts of the university (library, offices, classes, etc.).

On tuesday 8, together with Haydée Nieto (USAL), she visited the Universidad Nacional of Quilmes (UNQ) and interviewed Viviana Anache and Juan Luis Mérega of the Subsecretaría de Planificación y Relaciones Institucionales with Daniel Borro of the Departamento de Ceremonial y Protocolo; after the interview a lunch was organized in the university restaurant followed by a visit of the various parts of the university.

Finally on wednesday 9 she visisted the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) where she interviewed Valeria Pattacini (in the picture above), Directora de Relaciones Internacionales, with whom she also visited the very nice university buildings. On the occasion of this visit she was accompanied by Haydée Nieto and Elena Vinelli (USAL).

On tuesday 8, during the Virtual Meeting that is organized every month, the partners of EL-Gate agreed on the analysis criteria of the data collected during those interviews.

In the evening of September 9th, Lizette travelled to Chile where she interviewed Dra. Nuria Alsina of the Universidad Católica de Chile, Dra. Soledad Rodríguez of the Universidad de Chile, and Dr. Iván Díaz of the Universidad de Concepción.

Univ.Nac.de Quilmes-Argentina             Univ. de Concepción - Chile                UADE - Argentina