ALFA PUENTES
Building Capacity of University Associations in fostering Latin – American regional integration
Call: ALFA Programme
Project status: Completed
Start date: 01/03/2011
Duration: 36 Months
Region: Latin America and the Carribbean
Topics: Modernization and internationalization of higher education
Areas: Tertiary education, Institutional and policy development
ALFA PUENTES
Building Capacity of University Associations in fostering Latin – American regional integration
Call: ALFA Programme
Project status: Completed
Start date: 01/03/2011
Duration: 36 Months
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Topics: Modernization and internationalization of higher education
Areas: Tertiary education, Institutional and policy development
Summary
The Alfa PUENTES Project was an international cooperation initiative created to foster the development of the Latin American Higher Education Area. Led by European and Latin American university associations, it aims to improve modernisation mechanisms, reform and harmonisation of Latin American education systems, and promote large-scale collaboration between European and Latin American universities. Co-financed by the European Commission Alfa programme, the project covered a three-year period (2011-2014)