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What is ACA?
Founded in 1993, the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) is a not-for-
profit pan-European network of major organisations responsible in their
countries for the promotion of internationalisation in education and training.
Current membership is comprised of 20 national organisations in 15 Euro-
pean countries, as well as associate members in North America, Japan and
Australia. ACA’s secretariat is located in Brussels, Belgium, in easy reach of
the European institutions.