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Academic Cooperation Association

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  • Academic Cooperation Association

    The Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) is a federation of national organisations from Europe and beyond, which all fund and encourage the internationalisation of their higher education systems. Acting as an advocate of internationalisation world-wide, ACA offers these actors a European multilateral platform for cooperation, the development of long-lasting partnerships, and innovation in higher education. ACA stands for many things, but above all, it is an expert centre, producing studies and evaluations, organising international seminars and conferences, and providing information on new developments in European and global higher education.

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Erasmus Student Network

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  • Erasmus Student Network

    Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is one of the biggest student associations in Europe. It was born on the 16th October 1989 and legally registered in 1990 for supporting and developing student exchange.

    ESN is present in more than 1000 Higher Education Institutions from over 40 countries. The network is constantly developing and expanding. Around 15,000 active members that are actively volunteering in over 500 local branches, supported by so called buddies mainly taking care of international students. Thus, ESN involves around 40,000 young people offering its services to around 350,000 international students every year.

    ESN works for the creation of a more mobile and flexible education environment by supporting and developing the student exchange from different levels and providing an intercultural experience also to those students who cannot access a period abroad ("internationalisation at home").

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SGroup - Universities in Europe

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  • SGroup - Universities in Europe

    The SGroup - Universities in Europe (SGroup) network is a non-profit organization founded in 1989, composed of over 48 higher education institutions from 23 European countries and 6 countries outside Europe.

    The SGroup is a dynamic network with over 35 years of experience in university collaboration within Europe and beyond.

    Its aim is to foster university excellence in education and research and to promote the continuous adjustment to educational and societal needs in a creative and innovative way.

    Its mission is based on four core areas of co-operation – internationalisation strategy, academic collaboration, academic mobility, and transfer of knowledge.

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Institute for the Development of Education (IDE)

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  • Institute for the Development of Education (IDE)

    The Institute for the Development of Education advocates a system of higher education that ensures equal educational opportunities, adheres to the principle of quality assurance, promotes international cooperation, supports lifelong learning and meets both the needs of individual and society.

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CitizensLab

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  • CitizensLab

    CitizensLab is a European network of local actors/practitioners of change. Born in 2016, this network has been experimenting, prototyping and inventing with citizens new forms of expressionshared narrativescommonalitiesshared spaces, real or symbolic. Since November 2020 CitizensLab has become a registered NGO in Berlin, aiming at working locally as well as internationally.

    CitizensLab´s actors are active in different sectors and contexts across wider-Europe.
    Community organisers, curators of spaces for active citizens, artists and performers of new societies, urban public space re-inventors, activists, disturbers, societal innovators, participatory leaders – people who are able to break out of our own bubbles and hierarchies in a non-violent way and who want to create alternative European encounters that speak to all people.

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