{"id":560,"date":"2024-12-11T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/?p=560"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:18:26","slug":"la-conferencia-transnacional-del-proyecto-helci-reune-a-expertas-y-expertos-en-inclusion-universitaria-en-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/2024\/12\/11\/la-conferencia-transnacional-del-proyecto-helci-reune-a-expertas-y-expertos-en-inclusion-universitaria-en-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"HELCI Transnational Conference brings together experts in university inclusion in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid, December 11, 2024 &#8211; On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Transnational Conference of the HELCI Project (Higher Education Learning Community for Inclusion), co-financed by the European Union&#8217;s Erasmus+ program, was held in the Assembly Hall of the Ortega-Mara\u00f1\u00f3n Foundation. The event brought together 45 people, including representatives from six universities and various national and international institutions committed to equality and non-discrimination.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The institutional opening included outstanding speeches by Pilar Cancela Rodr\u00edguez, Secretary of State for Migration, who highlighted the value of the project within the framework of human rights and the new immigration regulations in Spain. Luc\u00eda Sala Silveira, General Director of the Ortega-Mara\u00f1\u00f3n Foundation, recalled the history of the Residencia de Se\u00f1oritas as a symbol of educational commitment to equality, and Marta Guti\u00e9rrez Sastre, Vice Chancellor of the University of Salamanca, underlined the challenges still faced by universities in the inclusion of racialized and gypsy groups. Irina Vasiliu, representative of the European Commission in Spain, reaffirmed the role of universities as guarantors of European democratic values and highlighted the impact of HELCI in promoting diversity and inclusion.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main conference, entitled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe challenge of universities in the face of human rights\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was given by Dr. Claribel de Castro S\u00e1nchez, professor of International Public Law at UNED, who insisted on the need for a transformative education that places human dignity at the center of the university ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The round tables addressed key issues such as diverse university communities, gender equity, institutional racism and affective-sexual diversity. Speakers included Dr. Fernando Barbosa (UCM), Dra. Arancha Elizondo (UPV), Dr. Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez S\u00e1ez (URJC), Dra. Elena Segarra y Lisa Tackie (Universidad de Viena), Inga Jasi\u016bnien\u0117 (Mykolas Romeris University), Carmen Gir\u00f3n (OBERAXE) and Dr. Kerman Calvo (USAL), among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Concha Ant\u00f3n, coordinator of the HELCI Project, presented the results of the project, including the development of four MOOCs on human rights, gender equity, affective-sexual diversity and ethnic diversity, as well as the development of a roadmap for inclusive universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference concluded with a very positive assessment by the attendees, as reflected in the results of the satisfaction survey: 100% of those who responded considered that they improved their knowledge of the topics covered, with an average score of 4,75 out of 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recording of the event is available on the official channel of the project:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-kp4qpbT_VE\"><b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-kp4qpbT_VE<\/b><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helci.usal.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}