Introduction
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping various sectors, including higher education and its management. It holds significant promise for addressing critical educational challenges such as improving administrative efficiency, enhancing decision-making processes, and optimizing resource allocation. However, the integration of AI into higher education management also brings a host of challenges that must be carefully navigated. These include inadequate digital infrastructure, the need for substantial capacity building, and the imperative to address ethical and data privacy concerns.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES) have established a long-standing partnership aimed at enhancing higher education systems with particular emphasis on the quality assurance dimension. Recognizing the transformative potential of AI, DAAD and CAMES are organizing this event in the framework of the DIES programme focused on „Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Management– Potentials and Risks for Internationalisation, Quality Assurance and Administration“ to explore both the opportunities and obstacles associated with this technological revolution within higher education management in Africa and Europe.
This will be in the form of a keynote and a panel discussion with possibilities for the public to interact.
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Background of the event
In 2020, the Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement Supérieur (CAMES) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. As part of this cooperation, the two institutions are organizing a partner event with the aim of increasing knowledge about current challenges and projects in the region of the French-speaking countries of Africa as well as Germany and Europe and exchanging ideas on current higher education topics.
The event is organized through the DIES (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies) program, which is jointly coordinated by the DAAD and the HRK and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and uses a range of measures to support universities in developing and emerging countries in professionalizing institutional management processes, aligning training courses with international quality standards and expanding research capacities.
Keynotes
Keynote 1
Keynote 2
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Keynote 2
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Workshops
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Workshop Session I (parallel): 10:25 UTC (11:25 CET)
Breakout Room 1: Digitalisierung
Prof. Claude Lishou, CAMES / Kathleen Clancy, DAAD
Breakout Room 2: Qualitätssicherung
Zakari Lire, CAMES/ Berit Stoppa, DAAD
Workshop Session II (parallel): 12:30 UTC (13:30 CET)
Breakout Room 1: Internationalisierung
Prof. Jean-Claude Bationo, CAMES/ Gudrun Chazotte, DAAD
Breakout Room 2: Hochschul- und Forschungskooperationen
Dr. Saturnin Enzonga-Yoca, CAMES/ Stefan Bienefeld, DAAD
Stadtführungen
Tour durch Bonn: 15:00 UTC (16:00 CET)
Tour durch Ouagadougou: 16:00 UTC (17:00 CET)
Speaker
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Dr Klaus Birk
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Prof Dr Eustache Banza-Nsomwe-a-Nfunkwa
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Prof Dr Eugène C. Ezin
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Prof Dr Thomas Hoffmeister
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Dr Miné de Klerk
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Ass Prof Ndeye Massata Ndiaye
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Tobias Wolf
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Dr Diana Andone
Moderation
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Björn Müller-Bohlen
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
The DAAD is a joint organisation of German institutions of higher education and their student bodies, devoted to internationalising the academic and scientific research system. With its broad range of scholarship programmes, the DAAD enables students, researchers and university lecturers to take advantage of the best study and research opportunities. Since it was founded in 1925, more than 2.5 million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. Apart from the scholar ship programmes the DAAD supports the internationalisation of German universities, promotes German studies and the German language abroad, advises decision makers on matters of cultural, education and development policy and assists developing countries in establishing effective universities by means of special programmes.
The programme “Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies” (DIES) has been jointly developed and coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) since 2001. DIES is strengthening capacities in higher education management, both on individual and institutional level. It offers a wide range of tailored activities training courses, dialogue events and university partnerships. – These activities not only foster the competences of academic staff, but also contribute to the enhancement of institutional management at universities in developing countries. DIES focuses on three key partner regions: Africa, Spanish-speaking Latin America and Southeast Asia. Funding is provided by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
"Dialogue on Innovative Higher
Education Strategies" (DIES)
Universities all over the world are operating in an increasingly dynamic environment shaped by global challenges. They are in intense competition for students, highly qualified researchers and third-party funding. This also applies to developing countries, where the demand for tertiary education has increased dramatically in recent decades.
In view of these developments, higher education management in all its forms is becoming increasingly important in the field of international development cooperation. The „Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies“ (DIES) programme has been jointly coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors‘ Conference (HRK) since 2001. DIES strengthens capacities in higher education management, both at individual and institutional level. It offers a wide range of tailor-made activities: training courses, dialogue events and regional sustainability measures. These activities not only promote the skills of academic staff, but also contribute to improving institutional management at universities in developing countries. DIES focuses on three important partner regions: Africa, Spanish-speaking Latin America and Southeast Asia. Funding is provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
CAMES (Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur)
The Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement Supérieur (CAMES) is a regional management body for higher education and scientific research in 19 countries in West Africa, Central Africa, the Great Lakes region and the Indian Ocean: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal and Togo.
Created in January 1968 in Niamey, Niger, by the Heads of State of the Organisation Commune Africaine et Malgache (OCAM), it contributes to the promotion of harmonized higher education and research policies and systems through the action of its political and academic bodies, as well as through the statutory programs and projects it implements. In this respect, it has a common framework for the promotion of teachers and researchers from the universities and research centers in its area. Since 2012, as part of its strategic vision and with the support of partners such as DAAD, UEMOA, UNESCO and AUF, it has been implementing a vast quality assurance program, in line with its mission as a regional quality assurance and accreditation agency supporting the dynamics of structural transformation in member countries and their higher education and research institutions.