Local Conferences

Organize local conferences at national or regional level with the aim of giving the widest possible reach to the dissemination of the project and its results.

Local Conference – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ), Bogotá – Colombia.

  • May 14, 2025: Conference: Academic Mobility in Times of Change 

5th Project Management Meeting – Online

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the project’s status, including pending tasks, delays, and completed work.

  • December 3rd – 4th, 2024

International Mobility Exhibitions

Inform the academic community (students, academic and non-academic staff) about international mobility and promote the internationalization in the hosting HEI.

International Mobility Exhibitions – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ), Bogotá – Colombia.

  • October 30, 2024: Mobility Photo Exhibition, Mobility Fair and Student Mobility Talks

International Mobility Exhibitions – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima – Perú.

  • Speed Dating: Café for students: November 21, 2024
  • PUCP Internationalization Awards: December 13, 2024

nternational Mobility Exhibitions – Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil.

  • I Internationalization of the Curriculum Meeting (ECOI, In Portuguese): August 14, 2024
  • Seminar on Sustainable Development Goals and their applicability in the Unifor Curriculum: September 12, 2024
  • Internationalization Week at Unifor 2024: November 18 – 22, 2024

International Mobility Labs

Make information on internationalization more accessible and didactic and raise awareness of the different mobility initiatives, by inviting the academic community to participate in activities (students, academic and non-academic staff).

International Mobility Labs – Universidad Católica de San Pablo (UCSP), Arequipa – Perú.

  • Farewell for outgoing students 2024-2 – ‘Crossing Borders: Departure Ceremony: July 8, 2024
  • Focus Group: How to improve my experience on the SAMI platform?: September 18, 2024
  • Student Mobility Programme Initiatives: Austria and Canada: September 23, 2024
  • Student Mobility Programme Initiatives: Republica Dominicana and Puerto Rico: September 25, 2024 
  • Student Mobility Programme Initiatives: Colombia and Chile: September 26, 2024
  • Intercultural Fair 2024-2: September 27, 2024

International Mobility Labs – Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá – Colombia

  • Q&A Session for the Undergraduate Exchange Program Call 2025-20:September 25, 2024
  • Informative Session on the I-MAT and ELA4ATTRACT projects: October 15, 2024
  • COIL Workshop for Professors: December 2, 2024

Training Programmes – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal – Brazil.

  • International Day: November 14, 2024

4th Project Management Meeting – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal – Brazil

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the project’s status, including pending tasks, delays, and completed work.

  • 20th – 22nd May, 2024

Trainning Programs

Training programmes are the last step of the development phase of the I-MAT Project before the implementation phase. These Training sessions will be held in the LA partner HEIs. The main goal of these trainings will be to strengthen the LA HEIs’ capacity to attract students and academic and non-academic staff to mobility initiatives.

Training Programmes – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) Lima – Perú.

May 7th – 10th, 2024

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) Bogotá – Colombia.

May 14th – 17th, 2024

Training Programmes – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal – Brazil.

 20th – 22nd May, 2024

Pilot-Workshop on the first version of the guidelines – Vilnius Tech – Lithuania

The Pilot Workshop was implemented as a crucial step to ensure the quality of the project in its mission to share and create new procedures in the field of higher education internationalization, adopting an innovative approach. A set of activities was implemented which, through various approaches based on sharing knowledge and experiences among the participants, was attended by 17 people – 16 participants and one facilitator – who directly contributed to the elaboration of the First Version of the Catalogue of Tools.

  • 15th – 17th November 2023

3rd Project Management Meeting – Vilnius Tech – Lithuania

During the project management meeting, current deliverables were presented: project website and promotional materials, draft Catalogue of Tools of the best practices to attract students, academic and non-academic staff for International Mobility, Survey on the obstacles to students and staff international mobility in LA countries.

  • 15th – 17th November 2023

2nd Project Management Meeting – Online

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the project’s status, including pending tasks, delays, and completed work.

  • 7th June 2023

1st Project Management Meeting – Instituto Superior Tecnico – Universidad de Lisboa, Portugal

Description: This Kick-Off Meeting took place in order to organize the work plan for the 36 months and to allow the whole consortium to be equally informed about all aspects of its implementation.

  • 1st – 3rd March 2023