Objectives: Maximum Grant for both actions: EUR 1.500.000
The fourth phase of the Tempus programme covers the period from 2007 to 2013.
The overall objective of the programme is to support the modernisation of higher education in the EU's surrounding area. The Tempus programme promotes institutional cooperation and focuses on the reform and modernisation of higher education systems in the partner countries. It contributes to an area of cooperation in higher education involving the European Union and partner countries in its wider proximity. In particular, the programme will promote voluntary convergence with EU developments in the field of higher education, deriving from the Europe 2020 Strategy, the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (‘ET 2020’) and the Bologna process.
Eligible applicants
In order to be eligible for the award of a grant, applicants must be legal persons (‘legal entities’), legally established for more than five years in the EU or Tempus partner countries. Applicants for Joint Projects must be State-recognised, public or private higher education institutions or associations, organisations or networks of higher education institutions dedicated to the promotion, improvement and reform of higher education.
Applicants for Structural Measures must be legal entities as stipulated above for Joint Projects or national or international rector, teacher or student organisations. Institutions and organisations which may participate as partners/co-beneficiaries in the Tempus programme
range from higher education institutions and organisations through to non-academic institutions and organisations such as non-governmental organisations, companies, industries and public authorities.
These institutions and organisations have to be based in the following four groups of eligible countries:
-27 Member States of the European Union,
- 4 countries of the Western Balkan region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as Kosovo,
Eligible actions
The two principal instruments for cooperation through this Tempus call for proposals are:
-Joint Projects: projects with a ‘bottom-up’ approach aiming at modernisation and reform on an insti tutional (university) level. Joint
Projects aim at transferring knowledge between universities, organisations and institutions from the EU and from the partner countries as
well as between partner country entities as appropriate,
-Structural Measures: projects seeking to contribute to the development and reform of higher education systems in partner countries, as
well as to enhance their quality and relevance and to increase their voluntary convergence with EU developments. Structural Measures
will be interventions designed to support structural reform of higher education systems and the strategic framework development at
national level.
Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 78,1 million (plus an additional amount of EUR 12,5 million for the Southern and Eastern neighbouring area, under the reserve that the relevant financing decision following the recent ENP review is adopted by the European Commission).
The financial contribution from the European Union cannot exceed 90 % of the total eligible costs. A co-financing of a minimum of 10 % of the total eligible costs is needed. The minimum grant for both Joint Projects and Structural Measures will be EUR 500 000. The maximum
grant will amount to EUR 1 500 000. For national projects in Kosovo and Montenegro the minimum grant for both project types is set at EUR 300 000.
Deadline: 23 February 2012
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