AUGM organized the Encuentro de Redes Universitarias sobre nuevo Pensamiento Latinoamericano en Desarrollo

In the event, universities from 6 different countries in Latin America as well as several students enrolled in Development studies debated on the importance of knowledge in Latin America for development.
The Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM) organized, jointly with the Comisión Económica para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (CEPAL), the Encuentro de Redes Universitarias sobre Nuevo Pensamiento Lationamericano en Desarrollo (University Networks Meeting on the new Latin American Thinking on Development), which took place in Universidad de la República (Uruguay) last 14-15 March.
The meeting was based on one of AUGM’s main objectives, which is to contribute to the integrating process through the creation of a common academic space, thus fostering development, strengthening and consolidation of higher education. The relationship and collaboration between AUGM and CEPAL were stated as essential in order to deal together with themes related to economic and social development, inequality, poverty and technological changes, amongst other themes. For more information, follow this link (in Spanish).