Connecting mobility policies and practice: Observations and recommendations on national and institutional developments in Europe

This publication intends to provide observations on and recommendations for enhancing the complementarity between higher education mobility policies at the institutional, national and European level. A collaborative venture by the European University Association (EUA) and the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), the paper is based on the results of the [European Union] EU-supported project 'Mobility Policy-Practice Connect' (MPPC), as well as a number of other mobility-related studies and projects that EUA and ACA have carried out since 2009, when the 20 per cent mobility objective of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) was first agreed. MPPC was an opportunity to test findings and conclusions from this previous work and gain new insights; the project aimed to encourage dialogue between higher education institutions and governments on the development and implementation of mobility policies and to better align institutional and national objectives.