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TEMPUS Modernising Higher Education. OTHER EU PROGRAMMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. TEMPUS INFORMATION DAY 9th November 2012, Almaty. 1. Jean Monnet Programme. THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME.
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TEMPUSModernising Higher Education OTHER EU PROGRAMMES IN HIGHER EDUCATION TEMPUS INFORMATION DAY 9th November 2012, Almaty
THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME • Aims at stimulating teaching, research and reflection in the field of European integration studies at the level of higher education institutions within and outside the European Community. • Present in 76countries throughout the world. • More than 750universities offer Jean Monnet courses. • Between 1990 and 2012: has helped to set up around 4,000 projects in the field of European integration studies, including 176 Jean Monnet European Centres of Excellence, 956 Chairs and 2,178 permanent courses and European modules. • The Jean Monnet Action brings together a network of 1,500 professors, reaching audiences in excess of 250,000 students every year.
THREE KEY ACTVITIES Key activity 1: Jean Monnet Action (call for proposals) Key activity 2: Support for specified institutions dealing with issues relating to European integration Key activity 3: European associations active at European level in the field of education and training (call for proposals)
KEYACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION(support for University-level projects on European integration) • Includesthe creation of Jean Monnet Chairs, Centres of Excellence, Modules, Information and Research activities as well as support for academic associations of professors and researchers in European integration and multilateral research groups.
KEYACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION Teaching activities • European Module: short programme of European integration study, minimum 40 teaching hours per academic year, may be multi-disciplinary. • Jean Monnet Chair: teaching post with a specialization in European integration studies for a minimum of 90 hours per academic year. • “Ad personam" Jean Monnet Chair: former Jean Monnet Chair holders with evidence of high-level international teaching and publication record and/or professors with a distinguished background as former high-level practitioners in the field of European integration. • Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: multi-disciplinary structure pooling scientific, human and documentary resources for European integration studies and research within one or more universities.
KEYACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION Academic and research activities • Association of professors and researchers, whose explicit purpose is to contribute to the study of the European integration process and whose aim is to enhance the visibility of regional or national scientific and physical resources in this domain. • Information and research activities, aiming to promote discussion, reflection and knowledge about the European integration process through conferences and seminars. In 2011, a new action was introduced named “Learning EU at School” that aims to promote EU knowledge at primary and secondary schools. • Jean Monnet multilateral research groups, research partnership leading to an integrated academic network with a joint research plan and multi-disciplinary synergies in the field of EU studies.
Finance • Total available budget in 2012 for Key Activity 1:€7,933,821 • Maximum Community grant (per activity type): • Maximum Community contribution (to total eligible cost): 75%
KEYACTIVITY 1: JEAN MONNET ACTION • New flat-rate financing system • Since 2010 grants for certain activities i.e. Chairs, Modules and Information and Research Activities are calculated according to pre-determined flat-rate amounts and scales of unit costs. • Jean Monnet Chairs and Teaching Modules Flat-rate grant amount determined on the basis of the number of teaching hours (with reference to national teaching cost per hour) • Information and Research Activities Flat-rate grant amount determined on the basis of the number of participants involved in the events (with reference to the national allowance scale per participant) NO NEEDS TO JUSTIFY EXPENSES INCURRED!! FOCUS ON THE CONTENT
KEY ACTIVITY 2: SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIED INSTITUTIONS DEALING WITH ISSUES RELATING TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION • Support for six specific academic institutions pursuing an aim of European interest: • College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium • European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy • European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands • Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany • International Centre for European Training, Nice, France • European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, Odense, Denmark
KEY ACTIVITY 3: EUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONS ACTIVE AT EUROPEAN LEVEL IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING • Provides operating grants to support certain operational and administrative costs of European associations active in the fields of education and training. • These European associations must be present in at least 9 EU Member States.
NEXT CALL FOR PROPOSALS Deadline for proposal submission: 15 February 2013 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2013/call_jean_monnet_action_ka1_2013_en.php Contact: EACEA-AJM@ec.europa.eu
Open to world on competitive basis for both institutions and individuals Marie Curie Actions - Basics Pierre and Marie Curie honeymoon, 1895 • Significant EU fellowships programmes since 1990 (FP3) for researchers’ mobility • Marie Curie label since 1996 (~60.000 fellows to date) • Actions aimed at structuring training, mobility and career development for researchers
Evaluation criteria IAPP ITN IRSES • Open to almost any field of research • Quality of the Science and Technology • Training / Transfer of knowledge • Implementation • Impact IEF IOF IIF Pharma Hospital CIG Electronics
WP 2013 Calls for Proposals • ITN 10/07/2012 - 22/11/2012 M€471 • COFUND 10/07/2012 - 05/12/2012 M€115 • NIGHT 02/10/2012 - 08/01/2013 M€4 • IAPP 02/10/2012 - 16/01/2013 M€81 • IRSES 10/07/2012 - 17/01/2013 M€30 • CIG 18/10/2012 - 07/03 + 18/09/2013 M€40 • IEF 14/03/2013 - 20/08/2013 M€134 • IOF 14/03/2013 - 20/08/2013 M€45 • IIF 14/03/2013 - 20/08/2013 M€45 • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/
Current opportunities for individual researchers • EURAXESS mobility portal • http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm • List of co-funded Fellowship Programmes • http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people&cofund=true#List
Contact person for more information: Kamila.PARTYKA@ec.europa.eu Marie Curie Actions Website http://ec.europa.eu/mariecurieactions