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K.U.Leuven is a member of a wide range of international networks and associations:
Coimbra GroupAimsAccording to its 1987 Charter, the Coimbra Group constitutes an integrated network of European universities which was established to create special academic and cultural ties and to set up concrete and advanced facilities and privileged channels of information and exchange. The Group also wishes to encourage and foster links between majority and minority language groups. The Charter further states in particular the following aims:
WebsiteFédération Internationale des Universités Catholiques/Fédération des Universités Catholiques Européennes (FIUC/FUCE)AimsThe FIUC consists of some 200 Catholic universities and institutes of higher learning. It aims to promote among Catholic institutions of higher education and research a collective reflection on their mission, and an effective collaboration, to represent Catholic universities in international associations and organizations and to collaborate with them, to contribute to the development of Catholic Higher Studies with a particular view to the quality and the scope of university work and an appropriate distribution of the institutions in the various parts of the world. The FUCE is its European daughter organisation. Websiteshttp://www.fiuc.org (FIUC) http://www.fiuc.org/fuce/fuce.html (FUCE) International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)Aims"The International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) encourages and supports leaders of universities world-wide in their continuous efforts to increase their international cooperation and solidarity, and to maintain their common value system, while optimizing their institutional services to society through scientific education and research. Above all, IAUP cements professional and friendly relations among university leaders (presidents, vice chancellors, rectors) at a global level." (I.A.U.P. mission) WebsiteEuropean University AssociationAimsOn March 31, 2001 the European University Association was established, as a merger of the former Conference of European Rectors (CRE) and the Confederation of European Union Rectors' Conferences. WebsiteOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - International Management in Higher Education (IMHE)AimsThe Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) is part of the education work of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Its work is specifically focused on the management of higher education with regard to education policy. The IMHE programme considers the management implications of policy and environmental changes such as changing student expectations, the trend toward lifelong learning for all, internationalisation, technological change, new approaches to funding and demands for quality assurance and accountability. WebsiteInternational Association of Universities (IAU)Aims"The International Association of Universities (IAU), is a UNESCO-affiliated organization which was formally established in 1950 to encourage links between universities and colleges throughout the world. IAU is a worldwide organization with Member Institutions in some 150 countries which cooperates with a vast network of international, regional and national bodies. Membership is open to all degree-conferring higher education institutions, and associate membership to other international and national organizations. Its permanent Secretariat, the International Universities Bureau, is located at UNESCO, Paris, and provides a wide variety of services to Member Institutions and to the international higher education community at large." (I.A.U. mission) WebsiteEuropean Association of International Education (EAIE)AimsThe goal of the Association is to stimulate and facilitate the internationalisation of education, in particular higher education, in Europe; and to meet the professional needs of individuals active in international education. The Association seeks to enhance and defend the quality of international education by supporting the professional activities of its members. It has a unique role within Europe in bringing together fellow-professionals in all aspects of the international relations of education, throughout the continent and beyond. WebsiteEuroregional Network (NEU)AimsTo promote intensive cooperation between the member universities: K.U.Leuven, K.U.Nijmegen, Universiteit Twente, Universität Münster, Universität Dortmund, Universität Osnabrück European Universities Continuing Education Network (EUCEN)EUCEN, founded in 1991, currently boasts 179 members from 35 countries. It aims to promote high quality university continuing education throughout Europe, to influence the development of university continuing education policy and policy making at university, regional, national and European level, to encourage best practice in university continuing education actions, and to facilitate the exchange of people, ideas and innovation among its members. WebsiteLeague of Research Universities (LERU)The LERU-network was established in July 2002 with the objective to create a common policy forum of 12 European top-universities. The partners have common viewpoints on higher education and research policy in Europe: |
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