EURASHE is in the stakeholders’ forum of the PL4SD project on Peer Learning for the Social Dimension.
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The objective of the PL4SD project is to provide policy-makers and practitioners with resources to develop effective measures for ensuring the social dimension of the European Higher Education Area. In line with the aim of the Bucharest Communiqué of 2012, the expected outcomes of the PL4SD project will:
- Lead to more transparency in current developments, allowing the actors in the field to assess their own performance as well as to monitor their progress towards reaching the targets set within the EHEA;
- Stimulate international exchange and debate on policy measures and add more creativity to tackling difficulties within the field of the social dimension in higher education;
- Enable peer learning and ease the implementation of policy measures by other countries, higher education institutions and students’ organisations;
- Structure the information and collect relevant reports and research on the policies at national levels, providing a solid basis for further research;
- Inform national and international policy makers and stakeholders in all countries of the EHEA several times during the lifetime of the project about its progress towards these goals.
Following are EURASHE news items related to the project:
Outcomes of the PL4SD project: peer-learning, country profiles, reports 23/2/2016 - The PL4SD project, on Peer Learning for the Social Dimension, has completed its activities at the end of 2015. The final project report is now available. The document includes an... Read more
Data collection on the social dimension of the European Higher Education Area 12/11/2013 - As part of the commitments taken by ministers of the European Higher Education Area in the 2012 Bucharest Communiqué to develop a system of voluntary peer learning and a pilot project... Read more


Following are events related to the project:
Following are documents in EURASHE’s library that are related to the project:
- Arguments for the social dimension (0.6 MB)
- Final project report (PL4SD) (1.6 MB)
- Guidelines for the background report for a country review (0.7 MB)
- Indicative schedule for the country review (0.2 MB)
- PL4SD Country Profiles (2.5 MB)
- PL4SD Info sheet: General information about the project (0.7 MB)
- PL4SD Newsletter #1 (0.1 MB)
Following are the partners of the project, EURASHE is in the stakeholders’ forum:
European Students’ Union (ESU) - The European Students’ Union (ESU) is an umbrella organisation of 47 National Unions of Students from 39 countries. The aim of ESU is to represent and promote the educational, social,... Read more
German Centre for Research on Higher Education and Science Studies (DZHW) - DZHW carries out basic research with practical applications in the field of higher education and the sciences. It sees itself as a partner of as well as service provider for... Read more
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) - The Institute for Advanced Studies is an independent, non-profit research Institute covering the areas of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. Since its inception in 1963 the IHS has been, and... Read more
Institute for the Development of Education (IDE) - The Institute for the Development of Education advocates a system of higher education that ensures equal educational opportunities, adheres to the principle of quality assurance, promotes international cooperation, supports lifelong... Read more
Stéphane Lauwick, President of EURASHE - Stéphane Lauwick is the director of the Institute of Technology, University Le Havre Normandy. He is the Vice-President for International Affairs of the French Association of Directors of University Institutes... Read more




Following are some of the experts involved in the project:
