INTERREGIONAL DIALOGUE PROCESS

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The Interregional Dialogue Process has built a sustained polycentric space where different Souths and Norths define agendas, build cooperation and develop capacities. Working together across regions, political traditions, languages and knowledge systems is not a diplomatic formula. Interregionalism connects multilateral cooperation with regional capacities through co-definition, co-creation and co-responsibility.

The Process operates through two axes: Education and Development, treating universities as actors and engines of development, and Multilateralism, Trade and Regional Integration, connecting knowledge with equitable negotiation and frameworks for regional participation in a more plural international order.

Together we turn dialogue into concrete cooperation and sustainable partnership

Highlights from the Third Interregional Dialogue on Education and Development


THE PROCESS IN NUMBERS

76+

countries

380+

institutions

20+

partners

17+

DIALOGUE SPACES

UPCOMING EVENTS

13 – 17

December 2026

FOURTH INTERREGIONAL DIALOGUE ON EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the Arab World

Addis Abeba

14

July 2026

Practices in Shaping Human-Centered AI Integration in Education

08:30h Argentina – 13:30h Spain – 14:30h Uganda – 18:30h Thailand – 19:30h China

Webinar

15

July 2026

Staying Human in the Age of AI: Youth Voices on the Future of Learning

08:30h Argentina – 13:30h Spain – 14:30h Uganda – 18:30h Thailand – 19:30h China

Webinar

FOURTH INTERREGIONAL DIALOGUE

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the Arab World

A political dialogue where governments, universities and knowledge networks co-create a shared interregional agenda on education and development.

13 – 16 December 2026

Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

Education and Development

WEBINAR

Can Tourism Adapt to Climate Change?
Lessons from Latin America and Europe

22 June 2026

  • 16:00 h Spain
  • 11:00 h Uruguay
  • 08:00 h Mexico
  • 17:00 h Ethiopia

Organized by Obreal

Education and Development

WEBINAR

Digitalisation and quality assurance in higher education

25 June 2026

  • 11:00 h Spain
  • 12:00 h Ethipia
  • 09:00 h Ghana
  • 16:00 h Thailand

Organized by Obreal and AUN

Trade and Multilateralism

CONFERFENCE

Revisiting the multilateral Trading system from a South-South-North(s) perspective

19 – 20 March 2026

Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Organized by Obreal and WTO Chair at IRIC

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

The Interregional Dialogue Process builds upon the agreements and documents adopted throughout the different dialogue spaces. The main conclusions that have shaped this interregional process can be consulted below:

Buenos Aires, 2023

FIRST Interregional Dialogue ON EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Download Conclusions

Addis Ababa, 2024

SECOND Interregional Dialogue ON EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Download Conclusions

Bogotá, 2025

THIRD Interregional Dialogue ON EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Download Conclusions

Map of Interregional Knowledge

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