Higher education: cooperation with third countries

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on drafted by Marielle DE SARNEZ (EPP-ED, F) on cooperation with third countries in the field of higher education. (Please refer to the document dated 19/02/02). Parliament felt that the Communication did not provide an adequate analysis of the situation. The goals set and the measures envisaged must be further specified and substantiated. The Commission and the Member States in conjunction with UNESCO and the OECD, should seek to bring the basic definitions and the principal indicators in the higher education sector closer together in order to pursue their cooperation in the filed of gathering data concerning international mobility in that sector. On the promotion of higher education, Parliament considered that until higher education and university courses and university degrees are automatically recognised, there will be no genuine free movement for students and graduates within the EU.�