Abstract
Given the level of pressure for cost reduction within the European Health and Social Care sectors and the need for high -quality care, competent and innovative management of the workforce is now of critical importance in care organisations. Such challenges place pressure on universities to adopt new approaches to their curriculum development and pedagogical solutions to educate current and future managers to face these challenges.
Internationalisation of the European higher education sector has been an integral part of the Bologna Process, and this creates a useful framework for international co -operation in Health and Social Care Management Education. The strategic framework for European co -operation in education and training ('ET 2020') stresses the need to ensure high quality teaching, lifelong learning, job -specific skills and key competences, as well as intercultural dialogue and competences.
The framework further emphasises partnership between working life and higher education, which can help to ensure a better focus on the skills and competences required in the labour market. In addition, there is a high level of interest in the development of joint programmes within Europe.