The support network for educational management ((Red AGE in spanish). A cooperation experience between ibero-american countries

Abstract

The design and development of professional networks make up a strategy for an horizontal dialogue, challenging the creation and management of the knowledge that leads to the mutual benefit of the participating organizations.In this sense, the article presents an experience that has two goals; on one hand to encourage the exchange of practices and resources for the professionalization of administrators and managers of educational institutions in the ibero-american ambit, and on the other hand to contribute on the creation of an Ibero-american Space of Knowledge (ISK) by taking into account aspects such as the organization, the teaching, research and the contribution of higher education institutions to the improvement of the societies.
The results highlight the validity of the proposal – and attest collaboration and cooperation as possible and necessary– as well as it allows to determine operational issues; the sense of responsibility in order to obtain a smooth communication; the commitments of time and form; involvement in the presentation and the development of proposals for functioning and improvement; monitoring and periodic review of its obligations; and finally, the implementation of mechanisms of exclusion in the case of repeated breaches. At the same time, precisions are made on the promotion and dissemination of the networks.