The college is continuing outreach efforts in Costa Rica this week. During the Feb. 17-23 visit, Dr. Ramsammy and I will meet with many education officials interested in partnering with the college and attend the Costa Rica Services Summit 2020 organized by PROCOMER, the country’s trade promotion agency.
I am especially pleased to report that Dr. Ramsammy will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cámara Nacional de la Educación Privada (CANAEP), a consortium of institutions in Costa Rica including American Business Academy; Asociación Nacional de Chef; Centro Internacional de Especialización en Educación Superior; Colegio Universitario IParamédica; Colegio Universitario ISESA; Colegio Universitario Panamericano; Corporacion Educativa Automotriz; Instituto Panamericano; Instituto Tecnológico del Valle; Motoschool Institute; Parauniversitario Avila; Universidad de San José and Universidad Panamericana.
This MOU, and several with Costa Rican high schools, formalizes our plans to provide education services and program delivery to CANAEP member institutions through various modes of instructions. This is an important first step toward continued collaboration.
As you may recall, Hudson Valley signed a partnership agreement with CANAEP member Corporacion Educativa Automotriz (CEA) last fall to create an electric vehicle “train-the-trainer” program. The CEA has plans to send a group of instructors to the college during the summer of 2020 to complete the five-day intensive training program.
In a relatively short amount of time, we have seen significant interest from Costa Rican colleges, universities and private high schools in particular that have the funding and the infrastructure to support a partnership with the college. There is strong demand for partnerships to deliver instruction in business, cybersecurity and English as a Second Language right now, with more program areas to follow.
As shared in the Campus Chronicle and the president’s monthly updates to our community, college officials were first invited to Costa Rica in March 2019 to explore partnership possibilities. At that time, Dr. Ramsammy delivered a formal presentation to the country’s Congress and met with First Lady Claudia Dobles as well as many other education and economic development officials.
As we continue to make progress and build partnerships, we will keep you informed. In the meantime, please let me know if you have any specific questions.
Thank you.
Published: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:30:51 +0000 by r.lagatta