Slovenská akademická asociácia pre medzinárodnú spoluprácu

Established in 1990, the Slovak Academic Association for International Cooperation (Slovenská akademická asociácia pre medzinárodnú spoluprácu) is a non-governmental organization, whose members are Slovak universities. The aim of SAAIC is to develop the international cooperation of Slovak higher education institutions. It administers several European programmes in education and training area as Lifelong Learning Programme, Tempus, Erasmus Mundus and projects (e.g. Visegrad Fund), operates a database of Slovak Higher Education Institutions and experts, provides information on Slovak education system and on the Slovak participation in EU education and training programmes and acts as a broker for contact between Slovakia and other countries in internationalization.