Background Total budget for this call: EUR 129,8 million
The Trans-European mobility scheme for university studies, Tempus is the EU programme that supports the modernisation of higher education in the partner countries of the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. It contributes to creating an area of cooperation in the field of higher education between the European Union and partner countries surrounding the European Union.
Objectives
- to promote the reform and modernisation of higher education in the partner countries;
- to enhance the quality and relevance of higher education in the partner countries;
- to build up the capacity of higher education institutions in the partner countries and the EU, in particular their capacity for international cooperation and for a permanent modernisation process, and to assist them in opening themselves up to civil society, the world of work and the wider world in order;
- to foster the reciprocal development of human resources;
- to enhance mutual understanding between peoples and cultures of the EU and of the partner countries.
Tempus finances two types of action:
1) Joint Projects are based on multilateral partnerships between higher education institutions in the EU and the partner countries. They can develop, modernise and disseminate new curricula, teaching methods or materials, boost a quality assurance culture, and modernise the management and governance of higher education institutions.
2) Structural Measures contribute to the development and reform of higher education institutions and systems in partner countries, to enhance their quality and relevance, and increase their convergence with EU developments.
Eligible applicants
- public authorities (Ministries, national, regional and local administrations) or governmental or public organisations; rector, teacher or student organisations; non-governmental organisations; social partners or their training organisations; chambers of commerce, chambers of labour or other public or private professional organisations; private or public enterprises.
- individual persons or "natural" persons may not apply for a grant
Applicants have to be based in the following four groups of eligible countries
- 27 EU Member States and Croatia,
- 4 countries of the Western Balkan region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia including Kosovo and Montenegro,
- 16 countries in the Southern and Eastern neighbouring area of the European Union: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, Tunisia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
- 5 Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Deadline: 26 March 2013
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