After a short presentation of the educational programmes within the European Commission, the paper introduces the initiatives focused on the cooperation with third countries. In this frame the new proposal ERASMUS World is presented. The intention of the Commission is that one to promote the EU as a centre of excellence in learning around the world, mainly via the creation of inter-university European Master Courses. With regard to already well-established measures the SOSCRATES programme is also presented. In particular its action devoted to HE~3 is taken into account in order to introduce Thematic Networks programmes. Finally the activity of E4 Thematic Network is briefly described.
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