Abstract

One of the recently set goals for universities in Finland, and in Chile as well, is to become “truly international”. International contacts should be part of the everyday practices of students, lecturers and other staff members. Exchange periods should be more than short fact-finding trips. They should include true working together with foreign colleagues and lead to tangible results. At organisational level this objective means consistent and permanent contacts with few strategically important universities, first to learn from each other, and then to conduct joint actions. This article presents a framework for organising such learning processes, in other words benchmarking, towards true international cooperation.