EUPRIO Annual Conference 2004

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EUPRIO Annual Conference 2004COMMUNICATING
ACROSS CULTURES

• THE SEARCH FOR A COMMON GROUND IN EUROPEAN
  HIGHER EDUCATION

Malta, September 4th, 2004 César Álvarez
Alonso - Executive Secretary -
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The Santander Group

• The SG is an European Universities' Network.
  Currently, it is composed of 40 Universities of
  the European Union, Norway and Switzerland.
• It aims at establishing special academic,
  cultural and socio-economic ties and at setting
  up specific and advanced facilities as well as
  privileged channels of information and exchange.

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Universities in Europe

• Universities play a major role in our society.
• They need to be viewed as institutions.
• Strengthening the research function of the
  universities and consolidating the European
  dimension of their work are of particular
  importance in ensuring they can play their full
  role in the Europe of knowledge.
• It is essential to assure they further develop as
  strong institutions if they are to be able to
  achieve their full potential.

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Pluralism in Higher Education Institutions

• Socially diverse.
• Politically diverse.
• Multilingual.
• Multigenerational.
• International
• Providing safe space for debate.
• Open to different intellectual approaches and
  perspectives.

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Bologna Action Lines

• Bologna Declaration
• Lisbon Agenda
• Barcelona European Council
• Prague Communiqué
• Berlin Communiqué

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Prague Communiqué

• Lifelong learning.
• Higher Education Institutions and students.
• Promoting the attractiveness of the European
  Higher Education Area.

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The Alßan programme

• The European Commission contribution to Alßan
  amounts to 75 Million

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SANTANDER GROUP SECRETARIAT (Brussels)
Alßan Office Communication Dissemination Vallado
lid (Spain)
Focal Points. Latin America
Alßan Office. Porto (Portugal)
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EU to defeat the Tower of Babel
An area with a population over 500 Million
inhabitants
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Santander Group Avenue Palmerston, 26 B-1000
Brussels (Belgium)
www.sgroup.be