UNIMED Mediterranean Universities Union

Unimed programs and activities

“6th Annual Meeting EIBURS”

Marcello Scalisi

Unimed Executive Director

EIB - Luxembourg, 24/01/2013

UNIMED Foundation

UNIMED Offices

Head Office: Palazzo Baleani, Rome, Italy

Regional Offices:

- An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

- University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

- Opening Soon: Cairo and Algiers

UNIMED Board

President: Prof. Domenico Laforgia - President of Salento

University, Italy

Vice-President: Prof. Hossam Mohamed Kamel - President of

Cairo University (Egypt)

Secretary General: Prof. Franco Rizzi

Executive Director: Dr. Marcello Scalisi

General Assembly: Rectors (or their delegates) of UNIMED

associated Universities

ALBANIA University of Tirana; American University of Tirana ALGERIA University of Algiers; EPAU – Ecole Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme – Algiers; University “Badji Mokhtar” – Annaba; University of Béjaia; University of Blida; University of Constantine; University of Mostaganem; University “Es Senia” – Oran; ENSET – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique – Oran; University of Tizi Ouzou; University “Abou Bekr Belkeid” – Tlemcen CYPRUS Cyprus University of Technology; University of Cyprus CROATIA University of Split EGYPT University of Cairo; University of Alexandria; Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport – Alexandria; FINLANDIA University of Tampere FRANCE University of Paris 8 JORDAN University “Al al-Bayt” – Amman; University of Jordan – Amman; Hashemite University – Zarqa

Associated Universities

GREECE University of Athens; University of Panteion – Athens; University of Piraeus

ISRAEL Hebrew University – Jerusalem; University Ben Gurion – Negev; University of Tel Aviv

ITALY Università di Bari; Università di Bologna; Università del Molise; Università di Catania; Università del Salento; Università di Messina; Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia; Università “Federico II” – Napoli; Università di Palermo; Università di Perugia; Università per stranieri di Perugia; Università “Mediterranea” - Reggio Calabria; Università degli Studi del Sannio; Università di Roma “Sapienza”; LUSPIO - Roma; Università di Sassari; Università di Teramo; Politecnico di Torino; Università di Urbino; IULM di Milano; Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici; Università di Trieste; Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia; Università Mercatorum di Roma.

LEBANON Lebanese University – Beirut; “Holy Spirit” University of Kaslik

MOROCCO University “Ibo Zorn” – Agadir; University “Cady Ayyad” – Marrakech; Agronomy and Veterinary Science Institute “Hassan II” Rabat; University “Mohammed V” - Rabat

Associated Universities

PALESTINE University of Bethlehem; University of Birzeit; University “Al- Azhar- Gaza; University “An-Najah” –Nablus; UCAS – Gaza; Islamic University of Gaza; Palestine Ahlyia College University.

PORTUGAL University of Evora

SLOVENIA University of Primorska – Koper

SPAIN University of Barcelona; University of Granada

SYRIA University of Aleppo; University of Damascus; University “Al Baath” – Homs; University “Tishreen” - Lattakia

TUNISIA University of “Sfax pour le Sud”; University of “Centre” – Sousse; University of Tunis; University “El Manar” – Tunis; University “7 novembre à Cathage” – Tunis.

TURKEY “Middle East Technical University” – Ankara; University “Boğaziçi” Istanbul; Istanbul Aydin University - Istanbul

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.

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.

- The subnetworks intend to create a database of research centers, university

departments, ongoing projects and researches, and also ongoing partnership in the

selected fields.

- The aim is to strengthen the economic and social cohesion, in order to promote, on

the one side, cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation and, on the

other side, local sustainable development.

- Through the subnetworks activities, it is possible to increase the cooperation among

the Euro-Mediterranean universities, promote the development and harmonization of

the educational systems, in order to encourage, among others, the Bologna Process.

Currently UNIMED has the following sub-networks:

Transports, Logistics, Intermodality

Renewable Energies and Environment

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Mediterranean Tourism

Thematic Sub-Networks

• FP7-INCO-2012-2: MOBILISE— MOrocco and the EU: strengthening

BIlateral Links in Innovation and Science for Economy

• TEMPUS: PRO-GREEN: Joint/Dual Professional Graduate Diploma and

Professional Degree in Green Technologies (Libanon and Egypt) – Lead

By the American University of Beirut

• FP7 Capacity FP7- INCO-2012-1, INCO-NET MEDSPRING

Mediterranean Science, Policy, Research & INnovation Gateway

(Regional Project). Lead by The IAM of Bari

• Erasmus Mundus Action 3 - Project: Linking-MED-GULF, Lead by The

University of Barcelona

• Erasmus Mundus Action 2 – Project WELCOME (Lead Partner

Politecnico of Turin)

May 2007: Memorandum of Understanding between UNIMED and the European Investment Bank (EIB)

- The Agreement has been established within the framework of the “EIB University Networks”, a partnership system of the EIB Group with universities, whose main priorities are:

- Euro-Mediterranean regional cooperation; cooperation between countries of the Eastern and countries of the Southern shore of the Mediterranean;

- Environmental protection and sustainable development;

- Protection and valorisation of Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage;

- Social policy, especially regarding public health and occupation.

• Provision of joint learning and training

• Development of a logistics training network throughout the Mediterranean region

• Creation of a regional pool of specialists and experts with the aim to create a value chain of the logistics covering all aspects from training to the provision of administrative and management services)

UNIMED, in collaboration with the Aydin University, hold in

Istanbul from 15th to 17th July 2012 the 1st Forum of UNIMED-Students.

More than sixty students from associated universities of Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Finland and Turkey have discussed the issue of mobility and the new European Commission’s program, ERASMUS FOR ALL, which will enter into force in 2014 and will finally be opened to non-European students.

Students have drafted a joint document that was approved during the Plenary Assembly and submitted to the European Commission. The document stressed the necessity and urgency to strengthen the student mobility in the Mediterranean region and particularly to improve the following aspects:

1. New opportunities for Mediterranean students ensuring at least 10.000 Erasmus grants per year to students from the Southern Mediterranean;

2. Visa barriers designing an ad hoc package of visa for university students of the Mediterranean region in order to expedite visa granting procedures, making full use of the opportunities offered by the EU Visa Code;

3. To integrate the “Erasmus student charter” with the following point: To guarantee a “special legal status” for students studying abroad in order to ensure respect of their own religion, culture, traditions and personal convictions.

TOPIC: “Mobility of Students and Researchers as key factor

of Internationalization of HE Institutions”.

AIM: to provide our university members with a more careful

and detailed presentation of the programs approved by the

EU for the period 2014-2020 and secondly to discuss about

the several technical, operational, but also political and

cultural problems to the implementation of these new

programs thanks to the lessons learned from the previous

programs.

ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND YOUTH PARTICIPATION

IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

The project aims at organizing a seminar on "active

citizenship and youth participation in the Mediterranean

region", in order to promote the exchange and training of

young people active in associations and cooperation sector

in the Mediterranean (leaders, teachers, students), providing

them with the opportunity to share best practices, new

projects, and possibly launch joint programs.

Clusters, Research & Innovation

Conference: Cairo, Egypt

October/November 2013

m.scalisi@uni-med.net

To find out more:

www.uni-med.net