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Academic Cooperation Association

Acronym: ACA

General Information

Identification Code: 791937418045-95
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Entity Form: AISBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/13/2015
Last Update: 1/22/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) has a double mission. First, it serves as a platform for its members for mutual learning and the exchange of good practice, for joint projects and other joint activities, and for advocating the members’ interests vis-à-vis the European institutions. Second, it is a think tank on issues of internationalisation and innovation in higher educations. In this capacity, ACA is engaged in research into internationalisation of higher education, producing studies and evaluations. ACAs members are national-level organisations which promote and fund internationalisation of higher education. Their activities include the delivery of student and staff mobility programmes (mostly including the Erasmus+ Programme,) the promotion and marketing of their countries’ higher education worldwide, curricular internationalisation, and the provision of policy advice, etc. ACA was created in 1993 as a non-governmental organisation (AISBL/VZW) according to Belgian law.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Communication
  • Culture
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Enlargement
  • External relations
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Migration and asylum
  • Research and innovation
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • global
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Commission (2022), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a European strategy for universities European Commission (2020), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A new ERA for Research and Innovation Council of the European Union (2021), Council conclusions on the European Universities initiative - Bridging higher education, research, innovation and society: Paving the way for a new dimension in European higher education European Commission (2018( Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, COM/2018/367 final - 2018/0191 (COD) European Commission (2017b), Communication on a renewed EU agenda for higher education {SWD(2017) 164 final}, COM(2017) 247 final, Brussels, European Commission (2016a), Commission staff working document. Analytical underpinning for a New Skills Agenda for Europe {COM(2016) 381 final}, SWD(2016) 195 final, Part ¼, Brussels, European Commission (2016c), Communication on a new skills agenda for Europe. Working together to strengthen human capital, employability & competitiveness {SWD(2016) 195 final}, COM(2016) 381 final, Brussels, European Commission (2016d), Communication on Improving & modernising education, COM(2016) 941 final, Brussels, European Commission (2016e), Education & Training Monitor 2016, Brussels, European Parliament (2015a), Implementation of the Bologna process. European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2015 on follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna Process (2015/2039(INI)), P8_TA(2015)0107, Brussels, European Union (2015b), Declaration on promoting citizenship & the common values of freedom, tolerance & non-discrimination through education, Paris, 17 March 2015, Council of the European Union & European Commission (2015), 2015 Joint Report of the Council & the Commission on the implementation of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education & training (ET 2020). New priorities for European cooperation in education & training (2015/C 417/04), Brussels, European Commission (2013a), Communication on European higher education in the world, COM(2013) 499 final, Brussels, European Commission (2013b), Communication on Opening up Education: Innovative teaching & learning for all through new Technologies & Open Educational Resources, COM(2013) 654 final, Brussels, European Commission (2013d), Report by the High level group on the Modernisation of higher education – Improving the quality of teaching & learning in Europe’s higher education institutions, Brussels, European Commission (2012a), Communication on Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes, COM(2012) 669 final, Strasbourg, European Parliament (2012), Modernising Europe's higher education systems. European Parliament resolution of 20 April 2012 on modernising Europe’s higher education systems (2011/2294(INI)), P7_TA(2012)0139, Brussels, Council of the European Union & European Commission (2012), 2012 Joint Report of the Council & the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education & training (ET 2020). ‘Education & Training in a smart, sustainable & inclusive Europe’ (2012/C 70/05), Brussels, European Commission (2011), Communication on Supporting growth & jobs –
An agenda for the modernisation of Europe’s higher education systems, COM (2011) 567 final, Brussels, Council of the European Union (2009), Council conclusions of 12 May 2009 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education & training (‘ET 2020’) (2009/C 119/02)
Communication Activities: ACA conducts four events per year (ACA European Policy Seminar, Strategic Summit, Thematic Policy Event and a conference with one of the members). More information on the events is available here: https://aca-secretariat.be/events/list-events/ ACA regularly publishes various policy inputs and position papers which can be accessed here: https://aca-secretariat.be/publications/list-publication/ Some of the previous publications include the study for the European Parliament on the first years of Erasmus+ implementation, a report on admissions to master-level programmes in Europe, the third study on English-medium programmes in Europe (English-Taught Programmes in European Higher Education. The State of Play in 2014), A forthcoming study, conducted with our German member DAAD for the European Parliament, will aim to critically assess the differences between quality assurance systems and university ranking schemes, and the pros and cons of the two distinct approaches for assessing/enhancing/indicating the quality of university teaching and research. In 1999, ACA started its own monograph series. The ACA Papers on International Cooperation in Education were an immediate success. All of the books are standard reading in educational internationalisation and most of them emerged from ACA's projects in the field of analysis and research. Since its landmark study EURODATA (2006), ACA has produced a number of relevant studies on mobility (such as MOWIN, STiME, MPPC). ACA has also produced 3 major studies on English-medium instruction in Europe. All ACA publications can be accessed and downloaded from our website: http://www.aca-secretariat.be/index.php?id=25
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 15, Rue d'Egmontstraat
Post Code: B-1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: 15, Rue d'Egmontstraat
Post Code: B-1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 4
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 1
Info Members: We have estimated the amount of time the staff is working on advocacy related activities next to their other tasks such as research, membership engagement, etc. We have a total of 6.5 FTE staff employed in the organisation.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: ACA full members: 1. Flanders Knowledge Area / VLUHR 2. CMEPIUS 3. The Slovak Academic Information Agency (SAIA) 4. RANNIS 5. Movetia 6. swissuniversities 7. The Österreichischer Austauschdienst GmbH (OeAD) 8. Dům zahraniční spolupráce (DZS) 9. Education and Youth Board of Estonia (HARNO) 10. Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) 11. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) 12. Tempus Public Foundation 13. Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-Dir) 14. Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE) 15. The Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) 16. NAWA – Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange 17. The Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes (AMEUP) 18. Uni-Italia 19. Nuffic - The Dutch Organisation for Internationalisation in Education 20. SAAIC - Slovakia 21. Foundation Tempus - Serbia 22. Taith - Wales 23. Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) 24. Portuguese national agency for Erasmus+ ACA associate members: 1. ETS Global 2. The Institute of International Education (IIE) 3. Georgian International Education Center (IEC)
Organisation Members: ACA is a member of the International Association of Universities (IAU).