• A target questionnaire on access and retention policies and strategies at European higher education institutions
• A targeted questionnaire on access, retention and completion at African higher institutions, identifying societal demand for higher education and institutional challenges/obstacles as well as interesting practices in meeting these challenges
• Gathering student perspectives regarding access in Europe (in conjunction with the European Students Union) and Africa (in conjunction with the African student unions) and well as braing drain and mobility
• 3 Workshops bringing together African and European universities and students (end 2009 through 2010) on access and retention, capacity building partnerships and mobility/brain drain.
• A final policy-targeted 'White Paper' on 'Europe-Africa Higher education Cooperation for Development'

A final policy-level conference, targeting policy makers and donors, concluded the project in Brussels (September 2010)


The Access to Success project is followed up by two projects focussing on Europe-Africa university cooperation: CODOC: Cooperation on Docotoral Education between Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe and Europe-Africa Quality Connect. For more information, see intiatives section.