Academic mobility for Colombia and Mexico as a strategy for South-South cooperation

Abstract

The objective of this document is to estimate the degree of compliance of the South-South Cooperation principles and characteristics for the academic and student mobility platform of the Pacific Alliance, precisely for Colombia and Mexico. Therefore, the consensual agenda among the parties, valuation of the local, participation and ownership principles were considered, in addition to the low costs during project implementation and the engagement of both the recipient and donor in the cooperation initiatives. Quantitative information from the Pacific Alliance was considered. Also, an online questionnaire was applied to higher education institutions from Colombia and Mexico, in addition to semi-structured interviews made to the focal points of the platform. It was concluded that the platform is a South-South Cooperation project which is forthcoming to consolidation and that the principles of ownership and valuation of local issues are still in a strengthening phase for the two selected countries.