Asia-Link Event Information

中国－欧盟高等教育合作论坛
“亚洲链接”项目研讨会

Asia-Link Symposium: EU-China Cooperation in Higher Education

Friday 19th October 2007 a Symposium focusing on EU-China higher education policy and cooperation issues was held in Beijing, China. The main objective of the Asia-Link Symposium was to address EU-Asia higher education policy and cooperation issues. The Symposium provided a platform for high-level dialogue between government officials, key senior managers and policy makers from China and Europe and representatives from higher education institutions and academic networks.

A total number of 302 participants attended the morning plenary session.

The aims of the Symposium were to:

Facilitate collaboration between EU and Chinese higher education institutions

Exchange information on policy issues and practices through sharing key development issues in academic cooperation between senior educationalists and policy leaders

Create a forum for strategic and policy dialogue to enhance mutual understanding of priorities and possible future cooperation areas

Identify common agendas, possible cooperation areas and to develop mutually beneficial collaborative projects

Following the Symposium matchmaking activities were organised to enable representatives from European and Chinese higher education institutions to meet and discuss possibilities for future cooperation. These matchmaking activities took place parallel to the European Higher Education Fair on 20th and 21st October 2007.

The Symposium was a joint event of the European Commission and the Chinese Ministry of Education and will be implemented by a consortium composed of 4 European agencies CampusFrance, DAAD, Nuffic and British Council, and by the China Scholarship Council.

Programme in English

Programme in Chinese

Presentations

Last Updated ( Monday, 03 March 2008 )