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Parliamentary question - E-013076/2013Parliamentary question
E-013076/2013

The internationalisation of European higher education

Question for written answer E-013076-13
to the Commission
Rule 117
Monika Panayotova (PPE)

In its communication regarding European higher education in the world (COM(2013)0499), the European Commission noted that higher education is at the heart of the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy to achieve sustainable, smart and inclusive growth and development. At the same time, the global ‘race for talent’ has made the internationalisation of European higher education a necessity. The added value of the European Union’s involvement in efforts to internationalise European higher education is to provide stronger support to Member States and higher education institutions in the field of education policy and financial incentives for internationalisation strategies for European education.

In this context, and in view of the fact that the EU should work in collaboration with Member States while fully respecting the autonomy of higher education institutions:

OJ C 231, 17/07/2014