# ECOLAS
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{{Infobox organization
| name = ECOLAS
| formation =
| logo =
| founders = Samuel Abrahám; Hans Adriaansens; Laurent Boetsch
| type = Non-governmental organisation
| purpose = Consulting on liberal arts undergraduate education
| headquarters = Europe
| website = {{URL|http://www.ecolas.eu}}
| region_served = Europe
}}
The '''European Consortium of Liberal Arts and Sciences''', or '''ECOLAS''', is a [non-governmental](/source/NGO) educational [consulting](/source/Consultant) group based in [Europe](/source/Europe), that proposes to address key issues associated with [liberal arts](/source/Liberal_arts_education) [undergraduate education](/source/undergraduate_education) as a consequence of the reforms initiated by the [Bologna Process](/source/Bologna_Process).[{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/bologna/bologna.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823040009/http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/bologna/bologna.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-23 |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=ec.europa.eu}}][{{Citation |last=Abrahám |first=Samuel |title=The European Consortium of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Manifesto for the Reform of Undergraduate Education in Europe |date=2023 |work=The Reinvention of Liberal Learning Around the Globe |pages=179–193 |editor-last=Jung |editor-first=Insung |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8265-1_11 |access-date=2024-05-09 |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer Nature |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-19-8265-1_11 |isbn=978-981-19-8265-1 |editor2-last=Mok |editor2-first=Ka Ho|url-access=subscription }}] It was founded by three international educators, [Samuel Abraham](/source/Samuel_Abraham), President and Rector of the [Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts](/source/BISLA) ([Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)), [Hans Adriaansens](/source/Hans_Adriaansens), Dean of [Roosevelt Academy](/source/Roosevelt_Academy) ([Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)), and [Laurent Boetsch](/source/Laurent_Boetsch), President [Emeritus](/source/Emeritus) of [European College of Liberal Arts](/source/European_College_of_Liberal_Arts), [Berlin](/source/Berlin) ([Germany](/source/Germany)).
==Mission==
The mission of ECOLAS is to work within the sphere of [European undergraduate education](/source/Educational_policies_and_initiatives_of_the_European_Union) to foster and disseminate good practices essential to nurturing the ideals and skills necessary for [lifelong learning](/source/lifelong_learning) and good citizenship that are embedded in the educational tradition of the [liberal arts](/source/liberal_arts) and [science](/source/science)s.
==Organization==
The [consortium](/source/consortium) is a voluntary association headed by an [Executive Board](/source/Board_of_directors) formed by the three founders and Jochen Fried of the [Salzburg Global Seminar](/source/Salzburg_Global_Seminar). The Board is responsible for the overall supervision, implementation and evaluation of projects undertaken. ''ECOLAS Associates'' are a team of international educational experts who work in association with the consortium and who are assigned to projects depending on their particular areas.
==Current projects==
ECOLAS has recently received a grant form the [European Union](/source/European_Union) as an [Erasmus Multilateral Project](/source/Erasmus_Programme)[[http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/results/2007/documents/subprogrammes-results/2007_selected_ERA_MP.pdf EU's Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency: list of successful Erasmus Multilateral Projects in selection 2007]] within its Modernisation of Higher Education initiative in Lifelong Learning Programme. Those funds are expected to meet three-quarters of the costs of operation for the first two-years of the consortium. Projects planned within the course of the grant funding include: the preparation of a comprehensive information manual on the history, values, and methodology of the liberal arts and their potential for [undergraduate education](/source/undergraduate_education) in Europe; a major conference for associates, institutional partners, and interested parties to focus on the practical aspects of establishing a liberal arts programme; a "flying advisors" initiative to provide expert advice to partner institutions and newly established liberal arts programmes; the creation of a [database](/source/database) of information concerning current initiatives in the liberal arts; the establishment of a [website](/source/website) detailing consortial activities and providing a central source of information about liberal arts education in Europe; an outline of a [quality assurance](/source/quality_assurance) framework with criteria and procedures for current and emerging programmes in the [liberal arts](/source/liberal_arts).
== Members ==
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|+
!Institutions[{{Cite web |title=ECOLAS Partners – ecolas |url=https://www.ecolas.eu/ecolas-partners/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |language=en-US}}]
!Countries[{{Cite web |title=Ecolas |url=https://economia.uniroma2.it/ba/globalgovernance/home/1264-2431/ecolas |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=economia.uniroma2.it |language=en}}]
|-
|[King’s College London](/source/King's_College_London)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[LCC International University](/source/LCC_International_University)
|Lithuania
|-
|[Leiden University College](/source/Leiden_University_College_The_Hague)
|The Netherlands
|-
|[Leuphana University Lüneburg](/source/Leuphana_University_of_L%C3%BCneburg)
|Germany
|-
|[Liverpool Hope University](/source/Liverpool_Hope_University)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[Royal Holloway, University of London](/source/Royal_Holloway%2C_University_of_London)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[St Mary’s University College](/source/St_Mary's_University_College%2C_Belfast)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[University College Freiburg](/source/University_College_Freiburg)
|Germany
|-
|[University College Groningen](/source/University_College_Groningen)
|The Netherlands
|-
|[University College London](/source/University_College_London)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[University College Maastricht](/source/University_College_Maastricht)
|The Netherlands
|-
|[University College Roosevelt](/source/University_College_Roosevelt)
|The Netherlands
|-
|[University College Tilburg](/source/University_College_Tilburg)
|The Netherlands
|-
|[University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[University of Kent](/source/University_of_Kent)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[University of Warwick](/source/University_of_Warwick)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[University of Winchester](/source/University_of_Winchester)
|United Kingdom
|-
|[Vytautas Magnus University](/source/Vytautas_Magnus_University)
|Lithuania
|}
==See also==
* [Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities](/source/Alliance_of_Asian_Liberal_Arts_Universities)
* [Global Liberal Arts Alliance](/source/Global_Liberal_Arts_Alliance)
* [Liberal arts colleges in the United States](/source/Liberal_arts_colleges_in_the_United_States)
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.ecolas.eu Official website of ECOLAS]
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