O papel dos atores nas parcerias entre universidades europeias e subsahariana no desenvolvimento em contexto do século XXI

Résumé

The object of study of this research is to understand how higher education contributes to economic progress in developing countries by providing equal opportunities in an increasingly international market. Development cooperation has given greater emphasis to primary and secondary education on the basis of economic growth and poverty reduction derived from promoting this type of education. In fact, university education in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, has been neglected for several decades to not be considered as an important factor for economic development and as an agent of poverty reduction. The thesis defends the hypothesis that the education system should be balanced and cannot revile the upper level against the secondary and primary. The aim is to contrast this starting point with the view of stakeholders, internal and external, to understand their point of view in relation to the thesis we defend. To this end, we have conducted a study of different types of actors, to gather information that allows us to deduce the correspondence between the actions planned and those already taken (effective) of this group and their opinion on the issues of international cooperation in the field of education and its effect on the progress of local economies and possible improvement of the quality of life of the population resulting therefrom. For the analysis of the information gathered through 30 interviews / surveys were performed the characterization with the Conceptual Model CATWOE in the field of higher education taking into consideration the different actors and the representation of the relationship of the various stages of university education system in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. We conclude that the actors have different weights in decision-making process, as well as in the level of public policy formulation in which they can operate. However, their opinions confirm that the educational model must be balanced and that their actions, in this regard, are crucial in building a university education system of quality and more complete for Africa due to the influence of the international aid in the development of African university system. The case of sub-Saharan Africa is essential because it is the part of the world where economic development is more complicated and, at the same time, the importance given to the university as a development option has been minimal.