Education, cooperation and cross-border integration within the context of Mercosul and Red CIDIR

Abstract

The work addresses the dynamics of education, at postgraduate level, in the context of integration and interinstitutional cooperation, in the cross-border territories of Mercosul countries and Universities that are part of the Interuniversity Cooperation Network for Regional Development and Integration. The purpose is to identify and list the propositions present in the current Agreements and Treaties with a view to cooperation and integration in border areas, at the postgraduate educational level. The methodological path focuses on literature and documentary review, of a basic nature, following the dialectical approach method, on historical, bibliographic and documentary procedural methods, with qualitative treatment of data, with explanatory purposes. The theoretical reference situates borders from the perspective of cultural geography and border areas. The border is understood as a cultural and social phenomenon and can be understood considering the particularities and singularities of the border areas, without focusing on the aspect of the limit and national sovereignty, as it considers the relations of these areas with the central power of the State and its sovereignty. In the context of the Mercosur border area, two integration and interinstitutional cooperation processes are underway in the area of ​​postgraduate education. One within the scope of Mercosur Agreements and Treaties and the other under the coordination of Red CIDIR. The latter seeks to effect educational, scientific, cultural and economic development through research, teaching, university extension and teaching.