In 2005 ECORYS has conducted an evaluation of the cooperation programmes in
Higher Education and Vocational Training between the European Union and the US and
between the European Union and Canada. This programme can be traced back to 1990,
when the Transatlantic Declaration on EC-US Relations and the Transatlantic Declaration
on EC-Canada Relations were adopted. A two-year exploratory phase, launched in 1993,
provided the basis for a formal EU-US Cooperation Agreement and an EU-Canada
Cooperation Agreement in 1995. Both agreements were renewed in 2000.
Currently RRD –by request of ECORYS – is engaged in the identification of best practices that have come about as a result of these programmes.