Abstract

RUEDA, Jurany Leite  and  BARREYRO, Gladys Beatriz. Latin American and Caribbean Space for Higher Education-ENLACES: proposal and trajectory. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.79, pp.1568-1584.  Epub Feb 22, 2024. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.23.079.ao13.

This article discusses the constitution process of the Latin American and Caribbean Space for Higher Education-ENLACES, its obstacles and advances, as well as the possible route for the consolidation of this Space. In the development of this text, which is based on a doctoral research, the approach of the new regionalism used by Björn Hettne and Fredrik Söderbaum, the qualitative approach and semi-structured interviews were applied. It was found that the ENLACES process can be divided into two phases: the first referring to the period from 2008 to 2013, in which it remained practically stagnant, and the second, from 2014 onwards, in which a new direction was taken by some steps towards development, which are more related to the beginning of an institutionalization. It was also verified that the construction process of this Space presents more obstacles than advances; nevertheless, some possible paths can be pointed out for a future consolidation of ENLACES.

Keywords : Higher Education; Latin America and the Caribbean; Regional academic integration; Latin American and Caribbean Space for Higher Education-ENLACES..

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