The Programme should include a strong international dimension, particularly as regards higher education, in order not only to enhance the quality of European higher education in pursuit of the broader ET 2020 objectives and the attractiveness of the Union as a study destination, but also to promote understanding between people and to contribute to the sustainable development of higher education in partner countries, as well as their broader socio-economic development, inter alia by stimulating ″brain circulation″ through mobility actions with partner-country nationals.
Ba cheart a áireamh sa chlár gné láidir idirnáisiúnta go háirithe maidir leis an ardoideachas, ní amháin chun caighdeán an ardoideachais Eorpaigh a fheabhsú d'fhonn cuspóirí ET 2020 a bhaint amach agus chun an tAontas a dhéanamh níos mealltaí mar cheann scríbe staidéir, ach chun an chomhthuiscint idir daoine a chur chun cinn agus chun cur le forbairt inbhuanaithe an ardoideachais sna tíortha comhpháirtíochta freisin, chomh maith lena bhforbairt shocheacnamaíoch is leithne, inter alia trí scaipeadh lucht éirime a spreagadh trí ghníomhartha soghluaisteachta le náisiúnaigh tíortha comhpháirtíochta.