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Role of University Networks in Building Sustainable Partnerships for Enhanced EU-LA Collaboration

The session will feature the importance of providing sustainability plans to programmes funded by the European Commission to enhance relations of higher education institutions from the European Union and third country partners, more specifically with Latin America. A special emphasis has been placed on the role of university network in the process of identifying good practices and mechanisms of the transfer of knowledge. SGroup European Universities’ Network whose links with Latin America have been built over the past 10 years through the EU-funded mobility programmes presents sustainability measures designed to capitalise on the invested human and financial resources to provide continuity to EU-LA relations. The session will exemplify the role of university network in shaping policies and trends in higher education to strengthen the academic and research collaboration between the regions.

Author(s):

Barbara Costa    
University of Porto
Portugal

Alessandra Gallerano    
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy

Barbara Claeys    
Ghent University
Belgium