23-24 March 2009, Budapest

It is the closing event of the project entitled "Building Capacities of East-Central-Europe National Agencies to Promote Higher Education Outside the EU" supported by the Erasmus Mundus Programme Action 4 of the European Union.

The conference is planned to

• share the results and outcomes of the project with other EU member states and candidate countries,
• to be a platform for addressing strategic questions of internationalisation of higher education, and
• for capacity building of professionals working in this field.

Main topics to be discussed at the conference:

• Strategic Issues – Why is it important for European countries to promote their higher education systems globally?
• Global Tendencies – What are the trends and challenges in international cooperation, mobility and recruitment?
• Implementation – How to develop quality English language programmes and manage foreign student communities?
• Case Studies – Practices of higher education institutions for enhancing promotion

More information and the conference programme is available at: www.highereducationpromotion.eu/web/events/conference.html

For registration, please fill out and submit the form at: www.highereducationpromotion.eu/register/

There is no registration or conference fee, however participants will need to pay for their travel and accommodation costs. A limited number of rooms are available for free for non-EU citizens.