On January 22 and 23, 2026, the campus of ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara, hosted the first in-person training session of the Erasmus+ MOCHILA Project, with the active participation of representatives from the project’s partner institutions.
During the event, a series of specialized workshops were delivered by international experts, aimed at strengthening institutional capacities for the strategic integration of micro-credentials in Higher Education Institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean. The topics addressed included:
? The European approach to micro-credentials: key initiatives and lessons learned
? Facilitators: Carlos Alario Hoyos and Carlos Delgado Kloos (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
? Micro-credentials for professional development in lifelong learning
? Facilitator: Valentina Reda (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
✅ Criteria and guidelines for micro-credentials: quality assurance
? Facilitator: Óscar Jerez (Universidad de Chile)
?️ From idea to action: Institutional roadmap for implementing micro-credentials
? Facilitator: Miguel Morales (Universidad Galileo)
? How to issue a micro-credential? Analysis of international standards and issuing platforms
? Facilitators: César Lozano Díaz and Juan Carlos Martínez (ITESO)
These sessions provided a space for technical and strategic dialogue, contributing to the development of more flexible, relevant, and lifelong learning–oriented credentialing ecosystems.
