Santander Group European Universities Network

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Santander GroupEuropean Universities
Network
Developing links EU-Africa co-operation in
higher education through mobility 4th December
2008, Brussels
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Santander GroupEuropean Universities Network

• The Santander Group is a European Universities'
  Network with the aims of establishing special
  academic, cultural and socio-economic ties
  between universities
• Established in 1988
• International Non-Profit Making Association
  under Spanish law
• Membership 37 Universities from 16 countries

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Santander GroupEuropean Universities Network

• Our Mission

Strengthen the individual potential of member
universities to develop excellence in university
governance, teaching and research through
collaborative approaches.
The Santander Group is based on mutual trust,
understanding and respect for cultural diversity,
which makes the Network an open forum for the
exchange of experience and best practices.
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Santander GroupEuropean Universities Network

• Our objectives

• Strengthen links and co-operation between the SG
  University members and with international
  organisations
• Encourage joint educational, research, and
  lifelong learning projects amongst SG members
• Facilitate the mobility of students, academic and
  administrative staff
• Promote international Masters and PhD courses
• Develop extensive relations with the EU
  institutions, associations and organisations of
  higher education
• Exchange experience and knowledge contributing to
  the building of the European Higher Education Area

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What do we do
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What do we do

• Task Forces

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Santander GroupsRegional Co-operation

• LATIN AMERICA
• ALBAN PROGRAMME EU funded mobility scheme for
  over 3000 LA students coming to study in Europe
• ALFA III PROGRAMME creation of the Alfa
  Observatory to monitor and develop EU-LA
  collaboration in higher education
• SOUTHERN EUROPEAN REGIONS
• SANMED TASK FORCE
• FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE EUROMED PERMANENT
  UNIVERSITY FORUM (EPUF)
• THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY grants for
  students from the SG member universities to study
  at the University of California for one semester
• AFRICA
• TEMPUS ACTIONS
• UNESCO-UNITWIN CHAIR - four chairs in the African
  continent in Angola, in Senegal, in the Ivory
  Coast and in Ghana
• ERASMUS MUNDUS ACTION IV Enhancing attractiveness
  of the European Higher Education Area
• Cultural courses for students from North Africa
  Studying in Europe

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Africa and SG Members Co-operation

• TYPES OF CO-OPERATION
• Bilateral Agreements individual university
  initiatives
• Internationally Funded Programmes EU, World
  Bank,
• Nationally Funded Research and Co-operation
  Projects DAAD, NORAD,
• ACTIVITIES
• Exchange of students and academic staff (e.g. EM
  ECW, Lot 1 Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  Universities of Liège, Catania )
• Joint research projects (e.g. Institute of
  African studies University of Bayreuth)
• Development of curricula (e.g. Health education
  in Rep. of Mozambique and Angola University of
  Oporto)
• Implementation of the Bologna Process (e.g. East
  Algeria University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble)

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ConclusionsFurthering links with Africa

• SG commitment to international collaboration
• Building on Latin American experience
• Over 50 of members have established links with
  African partners
• SG as initiator and co-ordinator
• Long term partnerships
• Reciprocity

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Where are we
Santander Group European Universities
Network Rue de Stassart 119, 1050 BRUSSELS
Contact
Email sgroup_at_sgroup.be Tel [phone] Fax
32 2 502 96 11
For more information, please visit our website.
www.sgroup.be