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Tempus IV: Supporting Higher Education Modernization

Learn about the basic features of the Tempus IV program, objectives, approach, local support, types of actions, grant size, eligible partnerships, and the general selection procedure.

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Tempus IV: Supporting Higher Education Modernization

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  1. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  2. Outline of the presentation • Basic features of the Tempus programme • Overview of the general selection procedure and results of the 4th call for proposals http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  3. BASIC FEATURES OF TEMPUS IV • Objectives: • To support the modernisation of Higher Education in Partner Countries of the surrounding area of the EU and Central Asia • To establish an area of cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the Partner Countries. • To favour voluntary convergence with the EU developments in the field of Higher Education. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  4. BASIC FEATURES (II) Approach: • Institutional cooperation. • Bottom-up programme mainly implemented through calls for proposals seeking projects targeting reforms in higher education institutions and/or systems. • Strong involvement of national authorities. • Strong accent on dissemination, sustainability and exploitation of results. • Complements other EU mobility programmes (e.g.Erasmus Mundus). http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  5. BASIC FEATURES (III) Local Support: • National Contact Points (NCPs) in EU Member States • National Tempus Offices (NTOs) in Partner Countries (PCs) http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  6. 3 TYPES OF ACTIONS • Joint Projects: implemented at institutional level to reform curricula, improve university governance, create more links with society. • Structural Measures: implemented at national level for the development and reform of national higher education structures and systems in Partner Countries. • Accompanying Measures:dissemination and information activities (conferences, studies, exchange of good practice, National Tempus Offices, Higher Education Reform Experts, etc.) http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  7. GRANT SIZE = € 500 000 to € 1 500 000 • For both Joint Projects and Structural Projects. • Minimum grant size for national projects from Montenegro and Kosovo: € 300,000. • Minimum co-financing: 10% • PROJECT DURATION= 24 or 36 months http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  8. ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  9. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS • Joint Projects: • State-recognised public or private Higher Education Institutions (either in EU or PC) • Associations, organisations or networks of Higher Education Institutions Structural Measures: • State-recognised public or private Higher Education Institutions (either in EU or PC) • Associations, organisations or networks of Higher Education Institutions • Rector/teacher/student organisations http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  10. ELIGIBLE PARTNERS • State-recognised public or private HE institutions (either in EU or PC) • Associations, organisations or networks of HE institutions • Rector/teacher/student organisations • Non-governmental organisations • Social partners and their training organisations • Private and public enterprises • Research institutions • Public administrations (Ministries, other national/regional/local administrations)or governmental organisations BUT with special funding conditions (only their travel costs and costs of stay can be reimbursed by the Grant ) http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  11. ELIGIBLE PARTNERS Additional condition for Structural Measures • The Ministries responsible for higher education in each Partner Country must be involved as full partner. • BUT under special funding conditions. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus

  12. Overview of the general selection procedure and results of the 4th call for proposals

  13. Total number of applications received Received applications 525 proposals 102 (19.5%) PC applicants 2011 2010

  14. Breakdown of applications by target region (2011 vs 2010) 2011 2010

  15. Breakdown of applications according to type 2010 2011

  16. Overview on selection progress (1)

  17. Overview on selection progress (2)

  18. Applications coordinated by Partner Countriesin selected projects

  19. Participation of Partner Countriesorganisations in selected projects

  20. Selection Conclusions • Summary results • 62 proposals recommended for funding • 13 proposals have Partner Countries as coordinator(21% of the selected projects) • 48 Joint Projects • 14 Structural Measures (24% of the selected projects) • 32 national projects • 30 proposals are multi-country (48%) • € 818.000 = average budget size • Average consortium size = 12

  21. Selection Results/Tempus IV

  22. Montenegrin participation in Tempus IV fourth call for proposals • Projects submitted as grant applicants – 2 (None successful)

  23. Projects selected in the fourth call involving Montenegrin HEIs • Quality assurance and Inclusion of students with disabilities in HEIs • Quality in research • Improvement of alumni services for enhanced strategic management and quality improvement • Development of information literacy for life long learning • Education of teachers in the field of food management • Innovation and implementation of curriculum vocational studies in the field of digital television and multimedia • Development of Human right as the heart of HEIs

  24. Characteristics of the fourth call • Participation of all three HEIs • Involvement of non-academic partners - variety of institutions involved in the projects • (Institute for Educ. and Rehab. of hearing and speech disorders, Association of youth with disabilities ofMontenegro, Ministry of Information society and Telecommunications, Broadcast Center of Montenegro, Ministry of Education and Sports) • Variety of topics

  25. Positive about the last call participation of Montenegrin institutions • Montenegrin university applying as a grant-applicant • Addressing important structural issues • Involvement of new HEIs • Involvement of non-academic partners • Creating synergy between Tempus and other EU programmes • Complementarities between projects • Inter-project coaching present

  26. Still, a challenge … • Montenegrin HEIs to apply again as coordinators • New HEIs to apply as coordinators • Joint programmes – regional ones particularly • Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinarity • Implementation of NQF …

  27. Expectations • More projects coordinated by Montenegrin HEIs • Addressing issues of national strategic importance • Students` more active participation • Involving representative number of academic and non-academic institutions • CR projects – subject areas not a subject so far…

  28. National Tempus Office Ministry of Education and Sports Trg Vektre E-mail: tempuscg@t-com.me vanja.drljevic@gov.me ranko.lazovic@gov.me www.tempusmontenegro.ac.me www.tempusmontenegro.ac.me

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