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UNIMED Mediterranean Universities Union
UNICA and the Southern Mediterranean
Rome, November 7th, 2013
Marcello Scalisi
Unimed Executive Director
UNIMED Mediterranean Universities Union
Network of 93 Universities from 23
countries of Euro-Mediterranean Region
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco,
Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Albania, Montenegro
Cyprus, Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal,
Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland
Founded in 1991
Head Office in Rome, Italy
Regional Offices in Nablus - Palestine - and Opening soon
in Cairo - Egypt
UNIMED main objective
UNIMED aims at promoting, in a multidisciplinary perspective,
interuniversity research and education in order to contribute to the
integration process between the two Mediterranean shores.
UNIMED carries out the following activities
in favour of his members
Promotion of the international dimension of universities;
Planning and fund raising activity;
Promotion of mobility in the Euro-Mediterranean region, for
students, researchers and academic staff;
Organization of meetings, discussions, seminars and round
tables both at a national and international level;
Training for academic and administrative staff of Universities,
particularly for the personnel of International Relations Offices.
UNIMED principal Activities
1. Political and Institutional Activities
2. European, National and Regional Projects
3. Thematic Sub-Networks
1. Political and Institutional Activities
Collaboration Agreement with the EIB
Collaboration with UfM
Collaboration with other international Organization (Ascame,
Agence 2e2f, AMMM, EPUF)
UNIMED STUDENTS FORUM
Date: in 12 pts
TEMPUS
ENPI – European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument
7°FP - 7° Framework Programme
Erasmus Mundus - External Cooperation
LLP Programme
2. European, National and Regional
Programmes
•LLP - PRIDE, Professionals in Doctoral Education: Supporting skills development to better contribute to an European knowledge society, lead by University of Vienna
FP7
•FP7-INCO-2012-2, MOBILISE: MOrocco and the EU: strengthening Bilateral Links in Innovation and Science for Economy, Grant applicant: Association R&D MAROC.
•FP7 Capacity FP7- INCO-2012-1, INCO-NET, MEDSPRING: Mediterranean Science, Policy, Research & INnovation Gateway (Regional Project). Lead by The IAM of Bari.
•FP7- SST-2013-RTD-1, Viajeo plus: International Coordination for implementation of innovative and efficient urban mobility solutions, Lead by Ertico (European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation), Belgium.
• FP7 - SST.2012.4.2-1, 3iBS: The Intelligent, Innovative, Integrated Bus Systems, Grant applicant: Union Internationale Des Transports Publics – UITP, Belgium.
ENPI
•Priority 4. Measure 1 – MEDMOBIL - grant applicant: Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Shipping of Seville.
•Priority 1 – Measure 2 –F.O.P: Future Of The Past, led by the Italian Geography Society
TEMPUS
•Joint Projects Curricular Reform, PRO-GREEN: Joint/Dual Professional Graduate
Diploma and Professional Degree in Green Technologies (Lebanon and Egypt) – Lead By
the American University of Beirut
•Joint Projects Curricular Reform, E-MEDIA: A bottom-up approach for the design and
development of a joint Master Course in Cross-MEDia Journalism, grant applicant :
UNIMED
•Joint Projects Curricular Reform, INFO BC: L’innovation dans la Formation pour les Biens
Culturels : un nouveau curriculum euro-méditerranéen pour la préservation de biens
culturels, Coordinated by The University of Urbino (Italy)
ERASMUS MUNDUS
•EM Action 3 - Linking-MED-GULF, Lead by The University of Barcelona
•EM Action 2: WELCOME Lead Partner Politecnico of Turin; PHOENIX, Europe -
(Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon) University of Almeria; HERMES, Development of a
Higher Education and Research Area between Europe and the Middle EaSt - Strand 1 -
Lot 2 (Jordan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, coordinator: Université Aix
Marseille
3. Thematic Sub-Networks
During the last few years, UNIMED has also supported the
establishment of a second-level network, constituted by subnetworks
focused on certain specific sectors.
Currently UNIMED has the following sub-networks:
Transports, Logistics, Intermodality
Renewable Energies and Environment
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Mediterranean Tourism
• For your information main Unimed events in 2014
• Unimed and H2020 for the Mediterranean Research area - February - Cairo (tbc)
• Unimed General Assembly - May - Cairo or Istanbul
• The International dimension of Erasmus+, April, Cyprus (Linked with the ERACON Conference)
Erasmus+
support to worldwide university cooperation
Education, Training and Youth Forum, 17 October 2013
DG EAC.C4
Date: in
12 pts
Education
and Culture
Erasmus+ (2014-2020)
Youth in Action Programme
International
higher education programmes:
Erasmus Mundus, Tempus,
Alfa, Edulink, Bilateral
Programmes
Grundtvig
Erasmus
Leonardo
Comenius
Lifelong
Learning
Programme
Existing programmes
7 years
A single integrated programme
Erasmus+
1.
Learning
Mobility
3.
Policy
Support
2.
Co-operation
projects
Specific activities:
• Jean Monnet
• Sport
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Credit learning mobility of students
(short cycles/Bachelor/Master/Doctorate)
+ HE staff Mobility NEW: Erasmus open to the whole world in both
directions for studies, traineeships, staff teaching
and training ex action 2 of Erasmus Mundus
For non-EU mobility: external policy priorities will apply
1.Credit mobility: International opening of Erasmus, more mobility of students and staff between EU – non EU in both directions 2.Degree mobility: Joint Master courses of excellent quality offered by consortium of EU/non EU universities to attract the very best students worldwide 3.Student loan guarantee: to boost degree mobility within Europe
KA1 Learning mobility
of individuals
- Higher Education-
Grants for Joint Master Courses
Continuity: Erasmus Mundus Action
1
Master Student Loan Guarantee
NEW – 330.000 students
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Key Action 1: credit mobility
International opening of Erasmus
managed by National Agencies
More mobility of students and staff between EU – non EU (135,000 mobility flows expected)
All levels of higher education + staff mobility
From 3 to 12 months for students
Levels of scholarships adapted to international mobility
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Key Action 1: degree mobility/joint degrees
Attracting best students through high level scholarships
Centrally managed
Expected: 34,000 students and staff over 7 years
Minimum 3 HEI from 3 EU countries
Funding for 3 intakes, then co-funding (catalogue)
Universities from partner countries encouraged to be full partners
New Joint Doctorates funded under Marie Skłodowska Curie
Continued funding of Erasmus Mundus joint Master and doctoral courses until 2017
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
KA2 Cooperation for innovation
- Higher Education-
1.Erasmus Strategic Partnerships: more intense cooperation between institutions.
2.Knowlegde Alliances: structure partnerships between HEI and businesses
3. Specific support with neighbourhood countries: Capacity building through partnerships between EU and ENP universities with a mobility component.
4. Rest of the world: Capacity building between universities in the EU and Asia, Latin America & Africa.
HE Strategic Partnerships
Raise HEIs capacity to
modernise
Knowledge Alliances
University-business cooperation for more
innovation
Support to Neighbourhood countries (ENP)
Partnerships between HEIs from EU and ENP Curriculum development, modernisation,
modern teaching and teaching, upgrading of facilities, improve
HEIs governance, stronger links with the world of work, ... + INTEGRATED MOBILITY of student and staff
Cooperation with Asia, Latin America and Africa
Mobility limited to HEI staff to achieve projects’ objectives
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Key Action 2: capacity building (1)
1. Joint projects: New curricula & degrees, learning and teaching
methodologies, staff development, quality assurance, governance, Bologna tools
2. Structural projects: Reforms at national level with support of authorities in Partner Countries (policy modernisation, Bologna policies, governance and management of higher education systems…)
+ Additional mobility component for ENP : students and staff, to and from EU, same rules as for credit mobility (max 12 months)
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Key Action 2: capacity building (2)
Projects of 2 or 3 years with a minimum of 3 HEIs from 3 different European countries and a minimum of 2 HEIs from each Partner Country involved in the project
Network of National Offices in ENP and Enlargement countries, Russia and Central Asia remains
Centralised action with annual calls for proposals
Around 1000 projets over 7 years
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation
Additional opportunities for partner countries:
1. Strategic Partnerships: more intense cooperation between HEIs and other stakeholders. Raise capacity to modernise and innovate.
2. Knowledge Alliances: structured partnerships between HEI and businesses for innovation (new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning, stimulate entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial competence of students, academic and company staff…)
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
Key Action 3: policy support
International policy dialogue (events, studies, peer learning)
Network of higher education reform experts in Neighbouring and Enlargement countries
Worldwide alumni association
International attractiveness and promotion
Date: in 12 pts Education
and Culture
JEAN MONNET activities
•Teaching and research (JM academic modules, JM chair, JM centres of excellence)
•Support to institutions or associations activities
•Creation of Jean Monnet networks
•Jean Monnet projects (innovation, cross-fertilisation, spread content)
Expected: one thousand teaching activities reaching 2,000,000
students; 500 Projects, 20 networks, 100 associations
producing new methodologies, tools and events over 7 years.
promote excellence in teaching and research on European studies worldwide
Where to find out more
• Modernisation of higher education http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/news3049_en.htm
• European higher education in the world
http://ec.europa.eu/education/higher-education/doc/com499_en.pdf
• Tempus
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus/index_en.php
• Erasmus Mundus
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/index_en.php
• Jean Monnet
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2013/index_en.php
• Youth
• http://ec.europa.eu/youth/orphans/eastern-partnership-youth-window_en.htm
• Erasmus+
• http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus-for-all/