 Although European and global partnerships have been and are encouraged and have been increasing in the sector over the years, the actual benefits of collaborative partnerships for education, particularly beyond the sort of designs that are well established like the study abroad, often remain implicit. And we really need to articulate the value of international cooperation in order to facilitate, invent and grow the benefits and of course remove barriers in those partnerships. This is directly related with a second paradox, which is the which is between the ideal of openness, which of course is fundamental for international partnerships and characterizes the vision for the European Education Area and the European University Alliance is in the current environment. We bring that together with the limitations that are imposed by the regulatory context.