On Friday 22nd February 2008 a Symposium focusing on EU-Philippines higher education policy and cooperation issues was held in Manila, The Philippines. The event aimed to provide a platform for high-level dialogue between government officials, senior managers, policy makers and representatives from higher education institutions and academic networks from The Philippines and Europe. Over 240 participants registered for the symposium. 45% of the participants were Asian Delegates and 55% from Europe.

Following the Symposium, a matchmaking activity was organised to enable representatives from European and Philippine higher education institutions to meet and discuss possibilities for future cooperation. The matchmaking activity took place parallel to the European Higher Education Fair on 23rd and 24th February 2008.

The Symposium was implemented by a consortium composed of 4 European agencies CampusFrance, DAAD, Nuffic and British Council.

*Ms. Jill Lopez- "The Erasmus Mundus Journey"

*Mr. Jose Gutierrez- "The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window and Erasmus Mundus II"

Parallel Session 2: Mobility and Credit Transfers

Quality Assurance, Mutual Recognition and Links

*Dr. Ton Vroeijenstijin- "Quality assurance as condition sine qua non for co-operation"

*Dr. Asunta Cuyegkeng- "The Role of Links in the Quality Assurance of Philippine Higher Education Institutions"

Parallel Session 3: Higher Education Co-operation

Institutional Cooperation, Cooperation in Teaching and Research

*Dr. Alvin Culaba- "Institutional Cooperation in Research and Teaching A DLSU Experience"

*Dr. John Beamish- "Institutional Collaboration: Co-operation in Teaching and Research"