UNIMED Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo

1. UNIMEDUnione delle Università del Mediterraneo Nuove prospettive per la cooperazione interuniversitaria nell’area Mediterranea Dott. Marcello Scalisi Direttore Esecutivo Camerino, 16 ottobre 2009 IV Giornata dell’Internazionalizzazione

2. 1991: Fondazione dell’Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo con 24 atenei.Oggi: Network di 85 Università appartenenti a 21 Paesi che si affacciano sulle rive del Mediterraneo. Fondazione dell’UNIMED

3. ALBANIA University of Tirana - TiranaALGERIA 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’EnseignementTechnique – Oran; University of Tizi Ouzou; University “Abou Bekr Belkeid” - TlemcenCIPROCyprus University of Technology – Lemesos; University of Cyprus - NicosiaEGITTO University of Alexandria – Alexandria; Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport – Alexandria; University of CairoFINLANDIA University of TampereFRANCIAUniversity of Law, Economics and Sciences (Aix-Marseille III) – Marseille; University of Montpellier; University of Paris 8GIORDANIA University “Al al-Bayt” – Amman; University of Jordan – Amman; Hashemite University - ZarqaGRECIA University of Athens; University of Panteion - AthensISRAELE Hebrew University – Jerusalem; University Ben Gurion – Negev; University of Tel Aviv Università Associate - I

4. Università Associate - II ITALIAUniversità di Bari; Università di Bologna; Università oi Cagliari; Università di Camerino; Università del Molise; Università di Catania; Università del Salento – Lecce; Università di Messina; Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia; Università “Federico II” – Napoli; Seconda Università di Naples; Università di Padova; Università di Palermo; Università di Perugia; Università per Stranieri di Perugia; Università “Mediterranea” - Reggio Calabria; Università degli Studi del Sannio; Università di Roma “Sapienza”; Università “Roma Tre” – Roma; Libera Università degli studi “S. Pio V” – Roma; Università di Sassari; Università di Teramo; Politecnico oi Torino; Università di Urbino LIBANO Lebanese University – Beirut; “Holy Spirit” University of Kaslik - Beirut MALTAUniversity of Malta - La Valletta MAROCCO University “Ibnou Zohr” – Agadir; University “Cady Ayyad” – Marrakech; Agronomy and Veterinary Science Institute “Hassan II” – Rabat; University “Mohammed V” - Rabat MONTENEGRO University of Montenegro - Podgorica PALESTINA University of Bethlehem; University of Birzeit; University “Al-Azhar” – Gaza; University “An-Najah” - Nablus

5. Università Associate - III PORTOGALLO University of Aveiro; University of Evora. SLOVENIA University of Primorska – Koper SPAGNA University of Barcelona; University of Cordoba; University of Granada; University “Complutense” – Madrid; Polytechnic University of Valencia. SIRIA University of Aleppo; University of Damascus; University “Al Baath” – Homs; University “Tishreen” - Lattakia TUNISIAUniversity of “Sfax pour le Sud”; University of “Centre” – Sousse; University of Tunis; University “El Manar” – Tunis; University “7 novembre à Cathage” – Tunis. TURCHIA“Middle East Technical University” – Ankara; University “Boğaziçi” – Istanbul; Istanbul Aydin University - Istanbul

6. Sedi dell’UNIMED • Sede Centrale: Palazzo Baleani, Roma, Italia • Sedi Periferiche (di prossima apertura): • Università Nazionale An-Najah, Nablus, Palestina • Università Parigi 8, Francia • Università del Salento, Italia

7. Organi Direttivi UNIMED • Presidente: Prof. Abderraouf Mahbouli, Rettore dell’Università di Tunisi, Tunisia • Vice Presidente: Prof. Domenico La Forgia, Rettore dell’Università del Salento, Italia • Segretario Generale: Prof. Franco Rizzi • Direttore Esecutivo: Dott. Marcello Scalisi • Assemblea Generale: Tutti i Rettori (o loro delegati) delle Università associate all’UNIMED.

8. Consiglio di Amministrazione • Prof. Pascal Binczak – Rector, Paris 8 University Vincennes St. Denis (France) • Prof Hafid Boutaleb – Rector, Rabat “Mohammed V” University (Morocco) • Prof. Abdelhamed Djekoune –Rector, Constantine University (Algeria) • Prof. Luigi Frati – Rector, University "Sapienza" of Rome (Italy) • Prof. Massimo Giovannini – Rector, “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) • Prof. Francisco González Lodeiro – Rector, University of Granada (Spain) • Prof. Rami Hamdallah – Rector, “An Najah” National University of Nablus (Palestine) • Prof. Hossam Mohamed Kamel – Rector, University of Cairo (Egypt) • Prof. Christos Kittas – Rector, University of Athens (Greece) • Prof. Domenico Laforgia - Rector, University of Salento (Italy) • Prof. Abderraouf Mahbouli - Rector, Tunis University – (Tunisia) • Prof. Pére Hadj Mahfouz – Rector, University Saint Esprit de Kaslik - Jounieh (Lebanon) • Prof. Kadri Ozcaldiran – Rector, Boğaziçi University (Turkey) • Prof. Jorge Quino Ribeira de Araujo - Rector University of Evora (Portugal) • Prof. Franco Rizzi – University of “Roma Tre” (Italy) • Prof. Francesco Rossi – Rector, Second University of Naples "SUN" (Italy)

9. Cos’è l’UNIMED - I • Inizio degli anni ‘90: nasce l’idea di creare un network tra le università delle due rive del Mediterraneo. • Perché le Università: • Favoriscono la conoscenza dei processi sociali • Formano la futura classe dirigente • Contribuiscono attraverso la loro attività di ricerca allo sviluppo economico • Garantiscono l’integrazione dell’area euro-mediterranea

10. Cos’è l’UNIMED - II • L’UNIMED ha lo scopo di promuovere la ricerca • interuniversitaria e la formazione, • in una prospettiva multidisciplinare… • …per contribuire così al processo di integrazione tra i Paesi delle due rive del Mediterraneo.

11. Attività dell’UNIMED • Progettazione politica ed istituzionale • Progettazione europea, nazionale e regionale • Creazione di Sub-Networks tematici

12. 1. Progettazione politica ed istituzionale • Accordo di collaborazione con la BEI • Università Senza le Mura • Alleanza delle Civiltà • MedArabNews

13. Accordo con la BEI • Maggio 2007: Accordo di collaborazione tra l’UNIMED e la Banca Europea per gli Investimenti (BEI) • L’Accordo si inserisce all’interno del quadro previsto dal “Network Universitario BEI”, un sistema di partenariato del gruppo BEI con le università e le principali priorità sono: • L’integrazione regionale euro-mediterranea, nonché l’integrazione e la cooperazione fra i Paesi dell’area orientale e meridionale del Mediterraneo partner dell’UE; • La protezione ambientale e lo sviluppo sostenibile; • La protezione e il rafforzamento del patrimonio culturale euro-mediterraneo; • La politica sociale, specialmente riguardo alla sanità pubblica e all’impiego.

14. Università Senza le Mura • Uno spazio di insegnamento comune nel Mediterraneo • Attraverso la mobilità dei docenti Per: • Creare un flusso di sapere tra le università • Assicurare una migliore qualità dell’insegnamento • Garantire una sempre maggiore specializzazione • Eliminare tutte le barriere che impediscono al sapere di circolare e di poter essere usufruito da tutti

15. Collaborazione con il Gruppo ONU Alleanza delle Civiltà • Sostegno del Gruppo di Alto Livello dell’ONU Alleanza delle Civiltà al progetto dell’UNIMED “Ciclo di Seminari Internazionali sul Dialogo tra le Civiltà del Mediterraneo” • Il progetto prevede la cooperazione tra 14 università delle due rive del Mediterraneo per organizzare una serie di seminari e tavole rotonde rivolte agli studenti sul Dialogo tra le Civiltà. • Obiettivo è quello di creare un momento di dialogo e di scambio tra giovani donne e giovani uomini del Mediterraneo, un luogo per la parola in cui le idee si confrontano e si scontrano nel rispetto reciproco delle differenze.

16. MedArabNews • MedArabNews: il portale curato dall’UNIMED • Nasce sulle orme de Il Chiosco, una iniziativa che ha preso l’avvio nel 2003 • Una webzine di approfondimento sulle principali fonti di informazione che forniscono analisi politiche, economiche e sociali relative al Mediterraneo ed al mondo arabo • Si basa sull’aggregazione di fonti informative differenti, rappresentate da siti di notizie, giornali online, video, studi, blog e libri.

17. MedArabNews • Le sezioni di MedArabNews • Il Chiosco - Sguardo sulla stampa euro-araba • Blogs views - La Finestra sui blog • Aggregatore • Studi e prospettive • Analisi & Reportages dal Mondo • Focus On • Ricerca avanzata • Mediterranean Web Database • Video, Note di Lettura, Eventi

18. www.MedArabNews.com

19. 2. Progettazione Europea, Nazionale e Regionale: alcuni esempi • TEMPUS MEDA – Modernising Higher Education • ENPI – European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument • IPA – Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance • 7°FP - 7° Framework Programme • Erasmus Mundus - External Cooperation • Anna Lindh Foundation • EuropeAid

20. TEMPUS MEDAModernising higher education • Tempus (The Trans-European mobility scheme for university studies) supports the modernisation of higher education and creates an area of co-operation in countries surrounding the EU. Established in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the scheme now covers 27 countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. Tempus finances two types of actions:1)Joint Projects are based on multilateral partnerships between higher education institutions in the EU and the partner countries. They can develop, modernise and disseminate new curricula, teaching methods or materials, boost a quality assurance culture, and modernise the management and governance of higher education institutions. 2) Structural Measures contribute to the development and reform of higher education institutions and systems in partner countries, to enhance their quality and relevance, and increase their convergence with EU developments.

21. ENPI - European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument • It is the financial instrument which supports the ENP (European Neighbourhood Policy) through concrete assistance actions. The ENP is a broad political strategy which has as the objective of strengthening the prosperity, stability and security of Europe's neighbourhood in order to avoid any dividing lines between the enlarged EU and its direct neighbours. • The ENPI has three strategic objectives, namely: supporting democratic transition and promoting human rights; the transition towards the market economy and the promotion of sustainable development; and policies of common interests (antiterrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, conflict resolution, the rule of international law, etc.). Within the framework of these strategic objectives, the Commission and partner countries established four principal axes of co-operation based on: • The implementation of a strengthened dialogue on priority multisector reforms • The approximation of legislation • Institutional support • The Objectives of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals

22. ENPIEligible Countries

23. IPA - Instrument forPre-Accession Assistance • The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) offers rationalised assistance to countries aspiring to join the European Union for the period 2007-2013 on the basis of the lessons learnt from previous external assistance and pre-accession instruments. • The aim of the IPA is therefore to enhance the efficiency and coherence of aid by means of a single framework. This framework incorporates the previous pre-accession and stabilisation and association assistance to candidate countries and potential candidate countries while respecting their specific features and the processes in which they are engaged. • The Instrument for IPA is the Community's financial instrument for the pre-accession process for the period 2007-2013. Assistance is provided on the basis of the European Partnerships of the potential candidate countries and the Accession Partnerships of the candidate countries, which means the Western Balkan countries and Turkey . The IPA is intended as a flexible instrument and therefore provides assistance which depends on the progress made by the beneficiary countries and their needs as shown in the Commission's evaluations and annual strategy papers.

24. IPA - Instrument forPre-Accession Assistance The beneficiary countries are divided into two categories, depending on their status as either candidate countries under the accession process or potential candidate countries under the stabilisation and association process , namely: • Candidate countries: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia, Turkey; • Potential candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia including Kosovo. The IPA is based on strategic multi-annual planning established in accordance with the broad political guidelines set out in the Commission's enlargement package, which now includes a Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF). The MIFF takes the form of a table presenting the Commission's intentions for the allocation of funds for the three forthcoming years, broken down by beneficiary and by component, on the basis of the needs and the administrative and management capacity of the country concerned and compliance with the Copenhagen criteria.

25. IPA Eligible Countries

26. FP7 - 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development • The Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) is the European Union's chief instrument for funding research over the period 2007 to 2013. It bundles all research-related EU initiatives together under a common roof playing a crucial role in reaching the goals of growth, competitiveness and employment. CORDIS is the official portal for participating in FP7 and following related developments in European science and technology. Its main objective is to further the construction of the European Research Area. Its specific goals are fourfold: • To gain leadership in key scientific and technology areas • To stimulate the creativity and excellence of European research • To develop and strengthen the human potential of European research • To enhance research and innovation capacity throughout Europe • The total budget including the non-nuclear research of the Joint Research Centre, is 51 Billion euros over 7 years. The overall budget is fixed, and the split of it along thematic priorities and the content of those priorities was decided in November 2006.

27. Collaboration with APRE • APRE - Agency for the promotion of European Research, is a non-profit association that provides information, training and assistance services on research and technological development Programmes of the European Union. • APRE’s head office is located in Rome. It also has regional helpdesks that form a network throughout the national territory. • APRE provided services: • Information services and Documentation services • Available opportunities and funds at national and European level • Info about Calls • Access conditions to participate in EU Programmes • Possibilities to collaborate with European partners

28. EM ECW - Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window • It is a co-operation and mobility scheme in the area of higher education co-operation launched by Europe Aid cooperation Office and implemented by EACEA , the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture. • It is complementary to other higher education initiatives: Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus, Tempus, Asia-Link, ALFA, Alban, and Edu-link. • The main beneficiaries are universities, students, teachers and educational staff of higher education institutions in third-countries, the EU Member States and other eligible European countries. Geographical Coverage: • Group A) Neighbouring Countries in South Mediterranean and Eastern Europe (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia); Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan); • Group B) African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; Western Balkan (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia -FYROM, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia); Asia region (Asia regional and India); Latin America region (Brazil, Chile and Mexico). Group A and Group B are distributed in 18 lots.

29. EM ECW - Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window • The main objectives of this mobility scheme are: • to enhance the international cooperation capacity of universities in Third-countries by facilitating transfer of know-how and good practices in the field of student and academic staff mobility; • to promote cooperation between sending and hosting institutions; to contribute to the mutual enrichment of societies by developing a pool of well-qualified, open-minded and internationally experienced young women/men as future professionals and leaders; • to improve the transparency and recognition of studies and qualifications, in particular by favouring the practical implementation of Common Areas of Higher education triggered by the interest in the "acquis" of the Bologna process; • to provide good students from vulnerable groups (i.e. refugees, displaced populations, disabled foreign students, etc) with further education and professional development and empowerment for leadership; • to enhance the skills and qualifications of foreign higher education staff so that they can contribute actively towards improvement of quality; to build the capacity of the administration and public and private sector by participation of their staff in higher education mobility activities (especially through doctorate and post-doctorate activities); • to enhance in the medium term the political, cultural, educational and economical links between the European Union and Third-countries.

30. Anna Lindh Foundation • The Anna Lindh Foundation is an organisation shared and resourced by 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries, to bring people together as a way to promote dialogue between cultures and respect for diversity. The Foundation leads regional initiatives and support local activities carried out by organisations based across civil society which advocate for a better understanding among people, religions and beliefs, and champion human rights and democracy. • The Foundation coordinates a Euro-Mediterranean Network gathering hundreds of social and institutional bodies which share the values of the Foundation and work to make dialogue, peace and prosperity possible in the region.

31. EuropeAid • EuropeAid's main mission: • To implementing the Commission’s external aid instruments, funded by the Union’s budget and the European Development Fund. • To ensure coherence, complementarity and coordination in implementing external assistance programmes worldwide. • To make external aid more effective. • To translate policies into practical actions and for developing new ways of delivering aid, such as budget support and through sectoral approaches. • Civil society, international organisations and governments of EU Member States are all important actors in this field.

32. 3. Sub-Network tematici • Sub-Network Logistica, Trasporti e Intermodalità • Sub-Network Energia • Sub-Network Patrimonio Culturale Immateriale

33. Sub-Network: Logistica, Trasporti e Intermodalità • Costituito nel 2007, oggi comprende 24 enti, provenienti da 8 Paesi della regione • Gli obiettivi principali del subnetwork sono: • Raccogliere tutte le informazioni disponibili direttamente dagli attori operanti in questi settori, all’interno della regione euro mediterranea, e organizzarli in un database strutturato; • - Svolgere attività di studio, analisi e ricerca su queste tematiche, con particolare riferimento alla loro dimensione regionale euro mediterranea; • - Mettere in rete gli attori facilitando il dialogo e il reciproco scambio di informazioni, al fine di creare nuove collaborazioni, partenariati e lo sviluppo di progetti congiunti; • - Organizzare eventi congiunti (workshops, seminari tematici e conferenze) per una reale circolazione dei saperi su queste tematiche; • - Svolgere attività di diffusione e promozione di attività dei membri del network, attraverso l’utilizzo di newsletter specifiche, news sul sito, links.

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