Canada - European Community Program for Cooperation in Higher Education,Training and Youth

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Purpose

The Program aims to improve and increase:

• The quality of human resource development and ways to prepare students for work in the global economy;
• transatlantic student mobility;
• institutional partnerships among post-secondary schools in Canada and Europe;
• and an exchange of knowledge and expertise in higher education and training.

Background

The Program was established in 1995 to encourage joint academic projects among higher education institutions, training establishments and other organizations on both sides of the Atlantic.  It flows from the Transatlantic Declaration on Canada-European Union Relations which calls for co-operation and joint partnership in education, including academic and youth exchanges.

Since its inception, more than 125 post-secondary institutions in Canada and Europe have participated in this innovative Program which encourages the use of new learning technologies to maximize student participation.

The European Community

The European Union (EU) is Canada's second most important trading partner.  Under this Program, Canada participates with all twenty-seven Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia).

Key Outcomes

• Canadian students acquire employment-related international skills, knowledge and expertise, including linguistic and cultural understanding;
• Canadian universities and colleges develop academic credit transfer agreements with partner institutions throughout Europe which facilitate student mobility;
• Students' knowledge and understanding within their disciplines of study is strengthened and enhanced through joint Canada-EU development of curriculum, courses, teaching materials, and new educational technologies.