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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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…)

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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

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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/