Panambi Abadie

• Deeply committed to the betterment of international credential evaluation and its impact on learners, administrators, and education systems.
• Serves a critical purpose in support of TAICEP as an experienced subject matter expert on university-level credential evaluation and Regional Ambassador in Uruguay.
• Gracious, warm, and welcoming, generous with her time and expertise.

Born in Uruguay in 1959
pabadie@fagro.edu.uy

EDUCATION:

• Doctor of Business Administration
  • Field: Higher Education Management and Policies, 2009
  • University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Dissertation: “Funding Higher Education in Uruguay: a policy question”
  • Tutor: Professor John Taylor

• Master of Arts
  • Field: Education (emphasis in Higher Education), 1996.
  • University of Minnesota, USA.
  • Plan B project paper: “Analysis of the Uruguayan university between 1833 and 1863”.
  • Tutor: Professor Darrell R Lewis

• Attorney at Law, 1986
  • Universidad de la República, Uruguay

• Procurator at law, 1985
  • Universidad de la República, Uruguay.

CURRENT POSITION:

• Assistant to the Dean (management affairs and international cooperation)
  • Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Faculty of Agronomy, 1987/ 2004, 2005/today
• Head of the office at the Foundation “Dr Eduardo Acevedo”
  • Universidad of the República (Uruguay). Faculty of Agronomy, 1996/2004, 2005/today

FELLOWSHIPS:

• Fellowship, Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program, Fulbright Program, USA (1994/ 1995)
• Scholarship, Commonwealth Committee for Awards and Scholarships, United Kingdom (1991)
• Scholarship, Organization of American States (1990)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE RELATED TO ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:

• Project coordinator. “Creación e incorporación del suplemento al título de la Universidad de la República” Comisión Sectorial de Enseñanza, Universidad de la República, Uruguay (2020/today)
• Project associate researcher . “El reconocimiento de títulos y el ejercicio profesional en el reconocimiento de títulos y el ejercicio profesional en el MERCOSUR”, Núcleo de Investigación y Estudios sobre Educación Superior (NEIES), Comisión del Área de Educación Superior del MERCOSUR (2017/2022)
• Project coordinator: “RecoLATIN – Credential Evaluation Centres and Recognition Procedures in Latin American Countries” co-funded by Erasmus + KA2, Capacity Building of the European Union. Coordinator on behalf of the Universidad de la República, Uruguay (2016/2019).

PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:

• Abadie P & Pere N (2022) “Suplemento al título de la Universidad de la República. Informe para el Consejo Directivo Central”. Comisión Sectorial de Enseñanza de la Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
• Abadie P & Fernandez Hellmund P (2022) “El reconocimiento de títulos y el ejercicio profesional en los países de MERCOSUR”. Book chapter in Passarini J (ed): ”Movilidad de estudiantes reconocimiento de títulos y ejercicio profesional en el MERCOSUR”(IN PRESS), Núcleo de estudios e investigaciones en Educación Superior de la Comisión del Área de Educación Superior de la Comisión de Educación de MERCOSUR
• Abadie P (2021) “Ensino superior como mercadoria: crescimento descontrolado”. Book preface in Fernandez Hellmund P & Peterman Stoeckl B (eds) “Educacao e integracao regional. Experiencias sul americanas” CRV Editorial, Curitiba, Brasil.
• Abadie P (2012) “Reconocimiento de estudios y grados académicos en la Educación Superior. Informe para la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales y Cooperación Regional e Internacional” Universidad de la Republica. Montevideo, Uruguay. Available in: http://coopera-
  cion.udelar.edu.uy/es/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/informe- sobre- reconocimiento-titu-
  los-Abadie-1.pdf

MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES RELATED TO RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• Member of the five year strategic task force, The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals, (2020/2021).
• Member of the consulting group in recognition of studies and degrees, Commission of International Relations, Universidad de la República (Uruguay), 2010-2019
• Member of the working group in recognition of degreesin MERCOSUR countries (on behalf of the Universidad de la República, Uruguay) Regional Commission of Higher Education MERCOSUR (2014-2021)
• Member of the advisory group in recognition of double degrees. Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay (2021)-Member of the national advisory group for the creation of a national diploma supplement.
  Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay (2021)
• Member (acting) national Council for the Tertiary Private Education (on behalf of the Universidad de la República) Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay (2018/2021).
• Member of the national Commission for the creation of a National Agency for the Accreditation and Evaluation of Higher Education (on behalf of the Universidad de la República), Uruguay (2018-2019)-Member of the working group in recognition of studies and degrees within de universities
  of AUGM (on behalf of the Universidad de la República). Uruguay (2018)
• Member of the national Commission on accreditation of higher education degrees (ARCUSUR system of accreditation), Uruguay (2015/2020)
• Member of the consulting group in recognition of studies and degrees (on behalf of the Universidad de la República) National Commission of Education of Uruguay, Uruguay, (2011)

PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:

• Abadie P & Pere N (2022) “Suplemento al título de la Universidad de la República. Informe para el Consejo Directivo Central”. Comisión Sectorial de Enseñanza de la Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
• Abadie P & Fernandez Hellmund P (2022) “El reconocimiento de títulos y el ejercicio profesional en los países de MERCOSUR”. Book chapter in Passarini J (ed): ”Movilidad de estudiantes reconocimiento de títulos y ejercicio profesional en el MERCOSUR”(IN PRESS), Núcleo de estudios e investigaciones en Educación Superior de la Comisión del Área de Educación Superior de la Comisión de Educación de MERCOSUR
• Abadie P (2021) “Ensino superior como mercadoria: crescimento descontrolado”. Book preface in Fernandez Hellmund P & Peterman Stoeckl B (eds) “Educacao e integracao regional. Experiencias sul americanas” CRV Editorial, Curitiba, Brasil.
• Abadie P (2012) “Reconocimiento de estudios y grados académicos en la Educación Superior. Informe para la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales y Cooperación Regional e Internacional” Universidad de la Republica. Montevideo, Uruguay. Available in: http://cooperacion.udelar.edu.uy/es/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/informe- sobre- reconocimiento-titulos-Abadie-1.pdf

CONFERENCES, TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• “The Higher Education System in Uruguay”, a web presentation jointly with Carlos Romero Rostagno at 2021 TAICEP virtual conference, November 2021
• “What does it mean to talk about recognition of qualifications?”; Webinar “Reconocimiento de títulos: ¿hacia dónde va la región y el mundo?”, Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura, Uruguay, September 2020
• “The recognition of degrees and professional exercise in MERCOSUR”; 1o Congresso de Internacionalização da Educação Superior (CIES), Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, September 2019
• “The MERCOSUR agreement for the recognition of degrees of Higher Education”; Seminario de la Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, August 2019
• “Credential evaluation centers and recognition procedures in Latin America” at the plenary of the Commission of International Relations, Universidad de la República, Uruguay,  August 2019
• “Uruguayan system of recognition of university degrees”, Seminar on national reports of the higher education systems from Mexico, Panama and Uruguay. First final conference of RECOLATIN Project. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, June 2019
• “Key aspects of the MERCOSUR agreement for the recognition of degrees of Higher Education” Sede de MERCOSUR, Montevideo, Uruguay, December 2018
• “Recognition of degrees of accredited programs, the proposal of MERCOSUR”, at the Committee of Faculty Deans, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, March 2018
• “Information of diplomas or attached documentation” In Encuentro de Trabajo sobre documentación del egreso (under the framework of RECOLATIN Project), Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, June 2018

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