EEA and Norway Grants Scholarship programmes

EEA and Norway Grants Scholarship programmes

Torbjørn Grønner, Financial Mechanism Office, Brussels, modified by Viðar Helgason, Rannís, Iceland

Torbjørn Grønner, Financial Mechanism Office, Brussels, modified by Viðar Helgason, Rannís, Iceland

€1.8 billion in funding 2009-14

15 beneficiary states

Environment, health, justice, research, education, public sector, civil society

Reducing economic and social disparities

Strengthening bilateral relations

Strengthening bilateral relations

Relations between institutions in Beneficiary and Donor States

• Increasing the extent of cooperation – Intensity, breadth, depth, durability

• Shared results of cooperation– New policies, legal instruments, joint publications, new

technologies…

• Creation of wider or «spin-off» effects of the cooperation

• Fostering knowledge of the other and mutual understanding

Scholarship

programmes will be

established in 11

countries, promoting

exchange and

cooperation in education

Scholarships

Common objective: Enhanced human capital and

knowledge base in the Beneficiary States

EEA and Norway GrantsScholarship programmes

• Increased higher education student and staff mobility between Beneficiary and EEA EFTA States/Norway

• Increased and strengthened institutional cooperation at all levels of the education sector between Beneficiary and EEA EFTA States

• Increased mobility of staff at all levels of the education sector between Beneficiary and EEA EFTA States

Scholarship programmes€33 million Grant

Strong bilateral dimension

• Support for mobility both to and from Donor States and Beneficiary States

• Financing of institutional cooperation projects involving project partners from Donor States

• Cooperation based on institutional partnerships

• Separate funding to support fostering of bilateral relations

• Funding levels adapted to Donor States` cost of living

EEA Grant / NOR Grants 2009-14

Programmes

Projects

Reduction of economic and

social disparities in the European Economic Area

Strengthen bilateral relations

between the Donor States and the

Beneficiary States

finances

composed of

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

Programme model

Scholarships – institutional cooperation

Programme Partners

(DPP): AIBA, RANNIS,

SIU

Project Partners

Project promoters from

Beneficiary States

Partners: Donor State

education institutions

Other partners:

Associations, public and

private organisations,

enterprises, and social

partners

Results aimed for

• Realisation of the European Higher Education Area and the European Strategic Framework for Cooperation in Education and Training 2020

• Strategic objectives of ET2020:– Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality– Improving the quality and efficiency of education and

training– Promoting equity, social cohesion and active citizenship– Enhancing creativity and innovation, including

entrepreneurship at all levels of education and training

Results aimed for

• Create added value for the academic community, the individuals and wider society

• New and strengthened partnerships

• Mutual benefits for the partners• Support the institutions’

modernisation efforts• Support internationalisation

policies• Contribute to quality education

and a better qualified work force