ABSTRACT
Different initiatives have been taken by various international organizations, in particular the Council of Europe and UNESCO, each one at its own degree, to facilitate the movement of higher education students and staff. The Erasmus programme, reinforced a structural movement that already existed. It strongly contributed to promoting the idea of mobility and to its integration into the strategies of distinction of higher education students in European countries. In order to update and specify the contents of the European credit transfer system (ECTS) Users Guide, the group in charge, set up by the European Commission, held various consultations. The guide was then adopted by ministers for higher education of the European higher education area during the ministerial conference at Erevan. The outcomes-based model in higher education highlights both the learning outcomes and the incentives provided to researchers to focus their work on concrete applications.
