MedCulture Regional Workshop International Dimension Aref Alsoufi, Lebanon Beirut, 5 April 2016
Work together with European higher education institutions Come to study or teach in Europe
What is? The EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport Between 2014-2020, over 16 b will be dedicated for funding projects, activities & scholarships, out of which 3 b for the international actions Fosters EU-EU & EU-international cooperation
Tempus 2007-2013 2014-2020 Erasmus Mundus EU-international ERASMUS+ Youth in Action Edulink Alfa Jean Monnet 1 Learning Mobility 2 Cooperation Erasmus Sport Leonardo Comenius Grundtvig EU - EU 3 Policy support
Opportunities for HEIs from Partner Countries International Credit Mobility Joint Master Degrees Capacity Building for Higher Education Jean Monnet activities Other opportunities
International cooperation between Programme Countries & Partner Countries Programme Countries EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom Partner Countries All other countries throughout the world Other programme countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey.
Mobility Employability
Mobility International Credit Mobility Joint Master Degrees SMS CBHE projects
Credit mobility
Credit mobility in brief Short-term studies abroad that count to a degree back home Bilateral agreement between 2 HEIs to exchange mobilities Mobility for Bachelor, Master and PhD students and for staff 3-12 months for students, 5-60 days for staff, 2-12 months for traineeships (from the call 2016 for partner countries)
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees in brief Continuation of Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses Excellent Joint Master courses offered by consortia of HEIs from Programme (& Partner) Countries to attract best students worldwide through high-level scholarships Improve competences, skills, employability of Master graduates Improve relevance for the labour market through an increased involvement of employers Bridging academic and job-market needs (trans-disciplinary approach), employability of graduates
Capacity Building for Higher Education
Capacity-building: continuing the work of former programmes Before 2014 2014-2020 Tempus ALFA Edulink Asia-Link* Capacity-building projects
CBHE objectives Build capacity and help modernise HEIs in Partner Countries, to ensure structural, long-lasting impact Support modernisation & internationalisation Improve quality Improve the level of competences & skills Enhance management, governance in HEIs Promote people-to-people contacts, intercultural understanding Voluntary convergence w/ EU HE policy developments
CBHE programme priorities The programme gives opportunities to students, trainees, staff and volunteers to spend a period abroad to increase their skills and employability. Category A - Subject Areas (for curriculum development projects) Category B - Improving quality of education and teaching Category C - Improving management and operation of higher education institutions Category D - Developing the Higher Education sector within society at large
SMS Special Mobility Strand Annex to a CB project in the field of HE Very crucial to the implementation of the project Up to 80% of the total budget of the project Respects the list of priorities defined for CB projects
Employability Addressed indirectly through: Selection process and awarding criteria for all projects supported by the programme: Relevance is one of 4 criteria, scoring: 40/100 in EMJMD 30/100 in CBHE 30/100 in ICM The traineeships that are going to be opened to partner countries from next year
Employability Addressed directly through projects which aim at upgrading skills, enhancing employability and relationship between academia and business sector. EP CBHE project selected last year: RESUME: Réseau Méditerranéen pour l Employabilité Tempus projects: SEMSEM, OIPULES, DEFI, PACOME
Employability Tempus projects addressing University-Enterprise cooperation: ASPIRE: Achieving Sustainable Programmes in Regeneration and Entrepreneurship IDEAL: Innovation and Development of Academic-Industry Partnerships through Efficient Research Administration in Lebanon, EU-MILL: Euro-Mediterranean Integration Through Lifelong learning OSSCOM: Partnership with Enterprises Towards Building Open Source Software Communities
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