The Institute of International Education convened the 2012 International Education Summit in Washington, DC. This annual higher education summit, inaugurated in Paris in May 2011, was a gathering of representatives from the major national exchange organizations and government agencies involved in international academic mobility and cooperation.
The two-day meeting served as a platform for countries to share national priorities, discuss potential areas of collaboration, and promote global higher education mobility and academic exchanges.
Each delegation prepared a formal statement, "National Priorities in the Area of Promotion of Internationalization of Higher Education: Recent Developments and Future Trends." Delegations also submitted statements for the discussion of the three cooperation policy issues for discussion: Economic Impact, Academic Mobility, and Institutional Cooperation.
Download these statements below (PDFs):
Participating G8 Members
- Canada
National Priority Statement (818 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Economic Impact (720 KB, PDF)
- European Union
National Priority Statement (1.3 MB, PDF)
- France
National Priority Statement (1.1 MB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Institutional Cooperation (1.1 MB, PDF)
- Germany
National Priority Statement (786 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Academic Mobility (791 KB, PDF)
- Japan
National Priority Statement (1.4 MB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Institutional Cooperation (235 KB, PDF)
- Russia
National Priority Statement (730 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Institutional Cooperation (807 KB, PDF)
- United Kingdom
National Priority Statement (723 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Economic Impact (711 KB, PDF)
- United States
National Priority Statement (867 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Academic Mobility (849 KB, PDF)
Other Participating States
- Australia
National Priority Statement (914 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Economic Impact (801 KB, PDF)
- Brazil
National Priority Statement (906 KB, PDF)
- China
National Priority Statement (912 KB, PDF)
- India
National Priority Statement (745 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement (832 KB, PDF)
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
National Priority Statement (813 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Economic Impact (711 KB, PDF)
- Mexico
National Priority Statement (829 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Institutional Cooperation (900 KB, PDF)
- Qatar
National Priority Statement (828 KB, PDF)
Policy Statement: Institutional Cooperation (916 KB, PDF)