Globalization and higher education,
implications of GATS*
* GATS = WTO General Agreement on Trade in
Services
Introduction to GATS by WTO
Original negotiating proposals
Selected articles and documents
UNESCO conferences on Globalization and
higher education
ESIB documents on GATS and Transnational
education
Links to more
information on GATS
Introduction to GATS by WTO
Original negotiating proposals by
Australia
Japan
New Zealand
USA
Selected articles and documents on
GATS
Higher Education and GATS. The European approach
(P.Nyborg)
General information on the GATS
(Council of Europe)
Providing standards
for higher education: international education
conventions as alternatives to
trade agreements (S.Bergan)
Trade in Higher Education Services: The
implications of GATS (J.Knight)
Joint Declaration on HE and GATS by four international higher education
organizations
UNESCO conferences on Globalization
and higher education:
Globalization and Higher
Education: Implications for North - South
Dialogue - Oslo, 26-27
May, 2003
1st UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality
Assurance, Accreditation and the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher
Education - Paris, 18-19 Oct, 2002
Expert meeting on the Impact of Globalization on Higher Education,
Paris 10-11 Sep, 2001
ESIB documents on GATS and
Transnational education
Commodification of Education: Introductory
Information
ESIB Statement
on Commodification of Education
Bologna process
and GATS
European Student Handbook on Transnational Education
The
World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the General Agreement on Trade in
Services (GATS) – an Introduction
Links to more information on GATS
