▁Education ▁( SE P , ▁ 1 9 9 2 - 1 9 9 7 ) ▁and ▁academic ▁chairman ▁at ▁Mexico ’ s ▁National ▁Association ▁of ▁Univers ities ▁and ▁Instit utes ▁of ▁High er ▁Education ▁( AN UI ES , ▁ 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 4 ). ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁Mexico ’ s ▁representative ▁at ▁the ▁Tr il ater al ▁Ste ering ▁Committee , ▁responsible ▁to ▁outline ▁parallel ▁to ▁N AF TA , ▁the ▁CON A HE C ▁among ▁Canada , ▁USA ▁and ▁Mexico ▁( 1 9 9 2 - 1 9 9 7 ); ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Inter - American ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁High er ▁Education ▁( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 0 5 ), ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁university ▁collaboration ▁ag ency ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁continent ; ▁and ▁recip ient ▁of ▁academic ▁dist in ctions ▁from ▁univers ities ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁and ▁Europe . ▁▁ ▁He ▁developed ▁the ▁“ V as con cel os ▁Program ” ▁( virtual ▁mobile ▁class rooms ▁and ▁facil it ators ▁supporting ▁rural ▁communities ▁self - s ust ained ▁development ), ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁Bill ▁and ▁Mel inda ▁G ates ▁Foundation ▁“ Access ▁to ▁Learning ▁Award ” ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁“ C lav ij ero ▁Cons ort ium ”, ▁the ▁first ▁decent ral ized ▁on - line ▁public ▁institution ▁in ▁Mexico , ▁exclus ively ▁dedicated ▁to ▁offer ▁distance ▁education ▁for ▁conventional ▁and ▁non - con vent ional ▁students . ▁This ▁Cons ort