UMSA

Programme of Implementation

UMSATIC(La Paz – Bolivia)

Management 2000–2002

Jmplementation 2003-2004

Blithz Lozada

BOLIVIA

Area: 1,098,581 square Km.

Population: +/- 8,000,000 inhabitants

High school studies: 26%

Use of computers: 4 per 1,000

Cities: 9 capitals in the country

Main city: La Paz. 2,000,000 people

Universities: 15 big Universities, 160 small private universities

Students in universities: 210,000 people

Main University: Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz

Universidad Mayor de San Andres

Undergraduate students: 60,000 people

Postgraduate students: 2,000 people

Faculties and carrers : 13 Faculties, 56 Careers.

Teachers and researchers: 1,600 teachers, 400 researchers.

Research centers and libraries: 35 Centers and 25 libraries

Academical activities: 60% postgraduate studies in Bolivia

Research activities: 30% R+D in Bolivia

Places to institutional activities: 26 campus in the city

P.C. and Faculty network: 2,000 PC (1/30 students), 3 networks

Donners for ICT implementation: Sida-SAREC only

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Steering Committee

1. Pro-rector (President of the Committee) Eng. Iván Irazoque Tobías

2. Dean of Health Area Dr. Teresa Rescala Nemtala

3. Dean of Social Sc. & Humanities Area Dr. Fernando Cajías de la Vega

4. Deans of Technologic Area Eng. Javier Lucero Bilbao la Vieja

& Eng. Rolando Campuzano

5. International Coordinator M.Sc. Blithz Lozada Pereira

6. Chief of Adm. and Financial Affairs Lic. Angel Durán Jiménez

7. Technic Manager Eng. Roberto Zambrana

8. Leader of the UMSA teachers Dr. Carlos Aguirre Castro

9. Leader of the UMSA students Undergraduate Diego Salazar

Steering Committee

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(librariesand DAF)

Internationalconsultants

(Lund University)

13 Faculties Technic commission

Nationalconsultants

Faculty andAnother units

representatives

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To implement a unique informatized system in San AndrésTo strengthen research through internal and external communication.To internationalize UMSA’s scientific production To create access mechanisms to scientific and technological information.To integrate the TIC’s to the teaching-learning processes at UMSA, in order to reach higher levels of academic quality in the undergraduate and postgraduate. To train the new professionals with competitive aptitudes, so that they could be able to respond to the challenges of today’s globalized society.To use the TIC’s as a means for distance education. To modernize internal and external communication. To supply efficiency, reliability and celerity to the administrative processes. To improve the financial processes for optimizing the management of higher education. To constitute local networks and intranets with instantaneous access to daily information. To modernize university channel turning it into an educational channel of a wide scope.

To broadcast educational programs extensively.

BACKBONEUNIVERSITARIO DE UMSATIC

Human ResourcesProject

Information System ProjectInformation System Project

AcademicStrengthening

Project

INTRANET BASIC SERVICE PROJECT

UMSATIC Program, Information, Diffusion and Basic Training Project

UMSA’s ICT Center (UIC) Staff recruiting Project

Faculty ICT Centers (FIC) Staff recruiting Project

Old and New ICT related Personnel Recruiting and Training Project

Continuous Training and Qualification of UIC and FIC Personnel Staff Project

Network Infrastructure Implementation of UMSA’s ICT Center (UIC)

Acquisition, Configuration and Operation of equipment for UIC

Faculty Networks Communication (University Backbone)

Standardization and Regulation of faculty Networks Model

Acquisition, Configuration and Operation of equipment of Faculty ICT Center’s equipment

ISPs connection and Basic Services configuration of UIC

Faculty ICT Center (FIC) Basic Services Configuration model

UMSA’s Academic Information System Development

UMSA’s Administrative-Financial Information System Development

UMSA’s Library and Documentation Center Information System Development

UMSA’s Intranet development

Faculty Intranet Model Development

To create a automated system of information to UMSA´s libraries

Distance Learning model Development

To install two virtual classroom in ICT Central Unit

University Television Advantage and Modernization

ICT Center Construction

Standardization and Regulation of faculty ICT Centers

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Sida-SARECSida-SARECTour of protocol, knowledge and

negotiationTour of protocol, knowledge and

negotiation

People:* Dr. Gonzalo Taboada López (Rector)

* Lic. Angel Durán Jiménez (Chief of Administrative and Financial Affairs)

* Eng. Javier Lucero Bilbao la Vieja (Dean of Technological Area)

La Paz – Lund – La Paz

June, 16th – June, 25th of 2001

People: (also, International Conference in Madrid)

* M.Sc. Blithz Lozada Pereira (Chief of DIPGIS)

* Dr. Teresa Rescala Nemtala (President of Committee of Deans)

La Paz – Dar–es– Salaam - Madrid – La Paz

June, 16th – June, 29th of 2001

• Univ. Diego Salazar Luizaga (Leader of UMSA students)

He went to the Conference in Madrid only.

First First groupgroup

Second Second groupgroup

People: (also, International Conference in Delft)

* Fernando Cajías de la Vega, Ph. D (Dean of Social Sciences Area)

* Dr. Guido Zambrana Avila (Dean of Health Area)

La Paz – Delft - La Paz

June, 20th – June, 27th of 2001 de junio

Third Third groupgroup

Visit of technological appreciation to the Universities of Nicaragua. Taking advantage Eng. Campuzano’s stay at the IX Seminar of ALTEC 2001 (San José de Costa Rica, October 17th to 19th), he paid a visit to the University of Managua which receives support from Sida-SAREC for TIC.

Managua, Nicaragua. October 21st to 22nd of 2001PARTICIPANT: * Eng. Rolando Campuzano Arzabe

 Training in BIREME and agreements for technical cooperation. The visit to the Regional Library of Medicine (BIREME), had the purpose of learning the consolidation of the contents network for incorporation in it. Seminars, courses and consultancies which would be carried out in La Paz were defined.Sao Paulo, Brazil. December 17th to 20th of 2001PARTICIPANTS: * Dr. Guido Zambrana

* M.Sc. Blithz Lozada * Lic. Marilín Sánchez

 Visit of technological appreciation to the University of La Habana. The visit had the purpose of making an appreciation of the technological implementation of the Polytechnic Higher Institute José Antonio Echeverría of La Habana (CUJAE). La Habana, Cuba. December 8th to 16th of 2001PARTICIPANTS: * Eng. Rolando Campuzano Arzabe

* Undergraduate Diego Salazar Luizaga* Lic. Javier Reyes

 International Course on university networks and firewalls. The course was organized by Dr. Alberto Herrera and did take place in Lund University. It includes the presentation of the work developments at the respective universities.Lund University, March 18th to 22nd of 2002.PARTICIPANTS: * Eng. Roberto Zambrana

* Lic. Ramiro Gallardo  

INTERNATIONAL TRIPS INSIDE UMSATIC PROGRAM

Invitation to participate in Workshop on IT. Mr. Blithz Lozada was invited for Américo Muchanga to participate at International Workshop on IT in the capital of Mozambique. The suggestion was made by Mr. Afzal Sher, main adviser of Sida-SAREC on IT topics. This trip did not paid with support from UMSATIC Program.Maputo, Mozambique, April, 9th to 12th of 2002 PARTICIPANT: * M.Sc. Blithz Lozada

 International Congress of Information.La Habana. Cuba.April 22th to 26th, 2002PARTICIPANTS: * Eng. Javier Lucero Bilbao la Vieja

* Undergraduate Vladimir Calcina 

Excelence Center openingMonterrey, México.May 24th to 25th, 2002PARTICIPANTS: * Eng. Javier Lucero Bilbao la Vieja

* Lic. Rolando Campuzano Arzabe 

Iberoamerican Approach, global perspective. International Conference on education, training and new technologies. Virtual EDUCA 2002.Valencia, Spain.June, 12th to 14th, 2002PARTICIPANT: * Ing. Iván Irazoque Tobías

International Senubar on ISSN: LATINDEXSan Juan, Puerto Rico, September 10th to 14nd of 2002.PARTICIPANTS: * Eng. Roberto Zambrana

INTERNATIONAL TRIPS INSIDE UMSATIC PROGRAM

umsaumsaFebruary: Carrying out the first International Seminar on IT (Europe Hotel)

Agreed Minutes between Sida-SAREC andUMSA to UMSATIC Programme (La Paz)

June: Tour of protocol, knowledge and agreement (Lund, Delft and Dar-es-Salaam, with the participation of the Rector o of UMSA, Dr. Gonzalo Taboada)

September: Notice about the first stage of Technical national consultancies and Technical management

October: Start the work of consultants and technical Manager (Lic. Javier Reyes)

Second Seminar and Workshop on IT. With Lund University consultants like counterpart of the Programme

First Course on Digital academic management

November: Second Course on Digital academic management

Third Course on Financial management with computer system

Lines of agreement between UMSS, UCB and UMSA, to development academic activities (Cochabamba)

Agreement and tour of knowledge around the Universities of La Habana and Nicaragua.

December: Third Seminar and Workshop on IT, with Lund University consultants.

Handing over the draft version on Policy document. Approval of the document on the UMSATIC Programme by the consultants of Lund University.

Tour around BIREME and Sao Paulo University. Agreement about consultancy to collaborate in the Libraries project. Visit to technical knowledge also.

Approval of the reports from national consultants and technical Manager.

Notice about the second stage of Technical national consultancies and technical Management.

umsaumsaFebruary: Publication of the First Bulletin on UMSATIC, and the dossier on the report from the consultants of Lund University

Seminar on Technological information in the time of internet (BIREME expert, Dr. Abel Packer).

             Start the work of national consultants and technic Manager (Ing. Roberto Zambrana)

Workshops to show the contents of UMSATIC Programme to community of the University.

March: Course in Lund on Networks of universities. Advanced University Networks (asistants; R. Zambrana and R. Gallardo)

April: Course in La Paz on University Networks. Security in internet and firewalls. Course for administratives of UMSATIC.

                      Fourth Seminar of UMSATIC with the experts from Lund Univesity

      Publication of the Second Bulletin on UMSATIC and the dossier on the report from the consultants of Lund University

Fourth Course on to mark texts and to put on line magazines inside Scielo-BOLIVIA

                 Consultancy for to make the Digital Libraries project (expert of BIREME)

Presentation of the last draft version of the Masterplan document (responsibles: technic Manager and national consultants of UMSATIC)

 May:            Approval of reports from national consultants and Technic Manager

                      Approval of Masterplan Document and handing over to Sida-SAREC.

Handing over to Sida.SAREC of the Policy document final version, to the implementation of the programme since 2003 until 2005.

Development in detail of the project on Digital libraries in the UMSA and building ofa network of information and places of archeve to the research.

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... thanks a lot

Sincerely yours,

M.Sc. Blithz Lozada Pereira

Director of International Relations Department

UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES

rrii@umsanet.edu.bo

blitzyo@hotmail.com