The Educational Sector of MERCOSUR has served as a coordination hub for educational policies within the Member and Associate States of MERCOSUR since December 1991, following the establishment of the Meeting of Ministers of Education of MERCOSUR (RME) by the Common Market Council (CMC) through Decision No. 07/91. Its mission is to establish a shared educational space by coordinating education and integration policies within MERCOSUR, fostering mobility and formating a regional identity and citizenship. Through the negotiation of public policies and the development and execution of joint programs and projects, the Educational Sector of MERCOSUR seeks the integration and development of education throughout the MERCOSUR region and associated countries.
In this context, the Higher Education Area Commission plays a significant role. This work will present an overview of the Commission's activities, focusing on mobility, diploma recognition, and research initiatives. The aim is to analyze how these experiences have contributed to regional integration, focusing on Brazil's most recent involvement.

The objective of this work is to analyze the meaning and scope of the concept of internationalization at the Regional Conference on Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Córdoba in 2018 (CRES2018), Regional Conference on Higher Education+5 to be held in Brasilia, in March 2024 and at the World Higher Education Conference (WCHE2022), held in Barcelona in 2022. As a methodological approach, we adopted bibliographical and documentary research on the CRES2018 declaration, CRES+5 declaration and in the absence of a final declaration at WCHE2022, we chose to analyze the document: "Beyond Limits: New Ways to Reinvent Higher Education - Roadmap proposed for WCHE2022." Among the main research findings, it draws attention that CRES reaffirms the vision of higher education as a public good, a right of all, and a responsibility of the State, as well as a humanist and supportive internationalization that should contribute to a better understanding between cultures and nations. In the case of the document analyzed within the WCHE framework, the principle of higher education as a public good and everyone's right is also reaffirmed. However, there is a need to reinvent higher education so that the UN sustainable development objectives, in the context of the 2030 World Agenda, can be achieved. Regarding internationalization, the emphasis is on the concept of international cooperation through networks that allow the creation of a global ecosystem based on the sustainable development objectives (UN, 2015). Although both conferences represent the thinking of the same international organization, CRES2018, CRES+5 and WCHE2022 reflect the historical time and territory they cover, supporting their propositions. 
Keywords: Internationalization, Regional Conference on Higher Education, Solidary-based Integration, World Higher Education Conference
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The European Universities initiative was outlined in 2017 as the vision of the future for education and culture in Europe with the following purpose:
"European Universities are transnational alliances that will lead the way towards the universities of the future, promoting European values and identity, and revolutionizing the quality and competitiveness of European higher education."
After the 2023 Erasmus+ call for proposals, we now have 50 European Universities involving more than 430 higher education institutions.
RUN-EU is one of these European universities with one main objective – to support the development of the regions covered by its universities. The mission of RUN-EU is to strive to secure the sustainable economic, social, cultural, and environmental progress of its regions and stakeholders. RUN-EU delivers this mission by identifying the future and advanced skills required by regional stakeholders to successfully meet the challenges of the future, engage in societal transformation, and promote active citizenship, thereby creating a new type of multinational interregional alliance, the European Zone for Interregional Development.
RUN-EU involves the following partner institutions: Polytechnic University of Leiria, Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave, TUS Technological University of the Shannon (Ireland), Széchenyi István University (SZE) (Hungary), Häme University of Applied Sciences HAMK (Finland), NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), and FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (Austria).
RUN-EU aims to carry out training programs that promote future and advanced skills for social transformation in the regions of the European Union. The partner Higher Education Institutions have been jointly developing a diverse range of teaching and learning actions, offering students different international short-term programs and e-learning, and international cooperation projects in the field of research and development are also being implemented. 
In the case of IPCA, our home institution, we have been responsible for coordinating the design of the Short Advanced Programs SAPs; SAPs are short and small individual learning units based on transnational curricula focusing on future advanced skills needs, enabling the promotion of flexible learning pathways, short-term international mobility, innovative pedagogies and blended learning. SAPs are means to increase the effectiveness and flexibility of Higher Education (HE) and to provide upskilling and reskilling opportunities to the labour force.
The current experience has exceeded initial expectations and has promoted extraordinary results in terms of learning, inclusion, diversity, multiculturalism and multilingualism.
So far, within the alliance, we promoted a significant number of SAPs in different cutting-edge topics, transversal skills, and challenge programs, among other current relevant trends.
At this conference, we intend to present the state of the art of the SAPS and the future developments for them in RUN-EU.

Intercâmbios são componentes relevantes na formação para o desenvolvimento de competências e da cidadania global. Potencializar a experiência internacional com estágios e a participação em projetos sociais tem sido um aprendizado exitoso que encontra boa receptividade em comunidades acadêmicas de diferentes partes do mundo. Os projetos sociais e os estágios propiciam aos acadêmicos internacionais experiências que aliam a teoria aprendida em sala de aula à prática extensionista, contribuindo para a formação acadêmica e para o desenvolvimento da sociedade. Os projetos sociais, ofertados aos estudantes internacionais na Universidade Feevale, são divididos em grandes áreas: COMUNICAÇÃO: Propõe a interação comunicacional entre os diversos agentes sociais, contribuindo com o desenvolvimento sociocultural da região, implementando ações de construção e socialização do conhecimento. DIREITOS HUMANOS E JUSTIÇA: Engloba o exercício da cidadania e da democracia para a promoção de uma sociedade consciente dos deveres, direitos e garantias fundamentais, contribuindo para a concretização dos valores e dos direitos individuais e coletivos. EDUCAÇÃO: Aborda as interações humanas a partir de processos de construção de conhecimento e cidadania considerando as dimensões política, social, tecnológica, econômica e cultural, promovendo relações dialógicas entre os distintos grupos sociais e a produção do conhecimento. MEIO AMBIENTE: Busca o desenvolvimento de ações com vistas à promoção do equilíbrio ambiental e estímulo às práticas que contribuam para a sustentabilidade e a melhoria da qualidade de vida. SAÚDE: Desenvolvimento de ações na perspectiva da promoção da saúde e da melhoria da qualidade de vida. TECNOLOGIA E PRODUÇÃO: Apoia e promove o desenvolvimento tecnológico, envolvendo a qualificação de recursos humanos, a geração e a otimização de processos e desenvolvimento de produtos, buscando o desenvolvimento sustentável. TRABALHO: Engloba as práticas humanas referentes às relações de trabalho; da sua relação com a educação ressalta-se o seu caráter de formação profissional, de geração de trabalho e de renda, de práticas solidárias e de articulação de políticas. Os estágios realizados em empresas vinculadas ao Feevale Techpark, são divididas em cinco grandes áreas de atuação: Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação; Indústria Criativa; Materiais e Nanotecnologia; Ciências da Saúde e Biotecnologia; Ciências Ambientais e Energias Renováveis. Investir nessas experiências internacionais e atividades extracurriculares é uma chave para enriquecer a vida acadêmica e profissional de um aluno internacional. A exposição a diferentes culturas amplia horizontes, promove a compreensão global e desenvolve habilidades interpessoais essenciais. Essas vivências moldam indivíduos, preparando-os para os desafios do mundo globalizado.