TEMPUS Program

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The Islamic University of Gaza Faculty of
Information technology
TEMPUS Program
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• Introduction
• Objectives
• The Tempus program- Organization
• Project options
• National priorities for participating in TEMPUS
  program (Palestine)
• TEMPUS IV

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Introduction

• The Trans- European Mobility Scheme For
  University Studies funds projects between the
  higher education sector in the EU and its 26
  partner countries to
• Facilitate university modernization,
• Mutual learning between regions and peoples
• Understanding between cultures

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• Tempus partner regions
• The Western Balkans
• Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
• North Africa and the Middle East.

Palestine is considered as a Partner country
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• TEMPUS programs
• TEMPUS I (1990-1994)
• TEMPUS II (1994-2000)
• TEMPUS III (2000-2006)
• TEMPUS IV (calls for proposal will be published
  in Oct. 2007)

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What Tempus does?
The Tempus program funds cooperation projects in
the areas of curriculum development and
innovation, teacher training, university
management, and structural reforms in higher
education
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• It puts special emphasis on the mobility of
  academic and administrative staff from higher
  education institutions, both from the EU and the
  partner countries.

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Objectives

• Mutual understanding
• Cooperation
• Higher Education modernization

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• 1- Mutual understanding
• Tempus strengthens cooperation in higher
  education between the European Union and its
  partner countries.

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• 2- Cooperation
• Tempus promotes the people to people approach
  its added value lies in its promotion of
  international and regional co-operation.

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• For example, in Central and Eastern Europe,
  Tempus helped more than 70,000 staff receive
  training in European Union countries.

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3- Higher Education modernization The Tempus
program is designed to support the transition and
modernization processes in higher education
through a range of interventions.  It is a key
instrument to consolidate the objectives pursued
by the new financial instruments for the delivery
of external assistance..
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• In addition Tempus aims at having an impact on
  higher education policies, and closely following
  national higher education priorities

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The Tempus program- Organization

• Project consortium
• European Commission
• Member States
• Partner countries

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Project consortium
Tempus projects are implemented by project
consortia. Universities or associations of
universities are the core members of project
consortia. Non-academic partners such as
companies (both public and private), business
organizations, professional associations, or
social partners can also belong to consortia.
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• A project consortium must include
• At least two partners from two European Union
  member states
• In each partner and EU country participating in
  the project, a university has to be involved

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• Grant holder and Grant coordinator
• The Grant holder must be any of the eligible
  bodies or organizations from the European
  Community.
• The Grant coordinator may be any of the eligible
  bodies or organizations from the European
  Community or from a Partner Country

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• European Commission
• The overall responsibility for implementing
  Tempus lies with the European Commission,
  Directorate General Education and Culture, Unit
  Tempus/ Erasmus Mundus'. Technical assistance is
  provided by the European Training Foundation

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• Member States
• Within the European Union, Tempus reference
  points known as National Contact Points can
  provide you with further information on Tempus in
  their country.  The National Contact Point in the
  United Kingdom coordinates a partner search
  facility.

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Partner countries

• To implement Tempus in the partner country, the
  European Commission is assisted by National
  Tempus Offices. They can facilitate partner
  search, and disseminate information on Tempus in
  their country.

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Participation target groups from Partner countries

• University decision-making bodies
• University administrative staff
• Teachers
• Ministerial officials
• Student organizations

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• Social partners
• Public and private companies having links with
  higher education institutions
• Non governmental organizations.

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Project options Three sorts of grants
Individual Mobility Grants
Joint European Projects
Structural Complementary Measure
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Joint European Projects JEP

• Joint European Projects aim to increase
  cooperation and network-building between actors
  in higher education in EU Member States and
  partner countries, and help the higher education
  sector propagate its knowledge outside academic
  institutions

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Joint European Projects JEP
JEPs for curriculum development
JEPs for university management
JEPs for training courses for institutions
building
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• Curriculum Development Projects
• Focus on the content and method of teaching in
  higher education institutions.
• aim to create new courses or update existing
  courses and to enhance the skills of teaching
  staff

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• University Management Projects
• Focus on the restructuring of the management,
  organization and administration of universities

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• Training Courses for Institution Building
• Focus on developing the administrative and
  institutional structures through the provision
  of courses aimed at improving the practical
  knowledge, and up-dating the skills, of non
  academic staff.

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Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM)
Structural Measures
Complementary Measures
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• Structural Measures
• They are short-term policy advice interventions,
  aimed at supporting reform processes in higher
  education, and developing higher education
  strategic frameworks.

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The Bologna Process aims to create a European
Higher Education Area by 2010, in which students
can choose from a wide and transparent range of
high quality courses and benefit from smooth
recognition procedures

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• Such projects typically address issues linked to
  the Bologna process such as quality assurance,
  and related accreditation systems, credit
  systems, and restructuring of the qualification
  frameworks to create a converging and transparent
  European system, whereby different national
  education systems would use a common framework.

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• Complementary Measures
• They are designed to disseminate and transfer
  good practice in particular, good quality
  education programmes or effective management
  practices. They provide lower level support in
  areas that are central to the higher education
  reform processes.

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Individual Mobility Grants (IMGs)

• Individual Mobility Grants aim to help academic
  and administrative staff in participating partner
  countries travel and take part in training and
  conferences abroad, and to assist European
  teachers deliver training courses in partner
  countries, always within the context of Tempus'
  objectives.

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Individual Mobility Grants (IMGs)
IMG for preparation of a Joint European Project
IMG for participation in an event
IMG for retraining or study period
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• Preparation of a Joint European Project proposal
• To allow participation in meetings to discuss,
  organise and prepare a new project under the
  Tempus programme for a subsequent call for
  applications.

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• Participation in a specific event
• To allow participation in, for example, a
  conference, seminar, workshop, network meeting or
  other event related to higher education reform.

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• Retraining period or study period
• Any retraining period must lead to the
  elaboration of teaching materials, or the
  up-dating or redesign of all or part of the
  teaching curricula at the Partner Countrys
  higher education institution.

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Project funding ceiling by project type Joint
European Projects (JEPs) have a duration of two
or three years with a maximum budget of 300 to
500.000 (depending on their duration) that has
to be co-funded for at least 5 of its total
amount. Structural Measures have a duration of
one year with a maximum budget of 150.000 that
has to be co-funded for at least 5 of the total
amount. Complementary Measures have a duration
of one year with a maximum budget of 150.000
that has to be co-funded for at least 5 of the
total amount.
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TEMPUS IV
The content and modalities of Tempus IV are
currently being developed. It is expected that
the new call for proposals under Tempus IV will
be published on the following web site in
October 2007, with a deadline for the submission
of project proposals foreseen in April 2008.
http//ec.europa.eu./education/programmes/tempus
/projects_en.html2
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National Priorities for participation in Tempus
Program, (Palestine)
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• 1- Joint European Projects

Curriculum Development
University Management
2- Structural and Complementary Measures
Training Courses for Institution Building
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Curriculum Development

• Projects should be aligned to the reforming
  process of higher education in the country and in
  the case of the creation of new curricula they
  should take into account and respect the
  requirements for the accreditation.

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• Projects should be oriented towards the
  implementation of a policy for the greater
  employability of university graduates. Particular
  attention should go to the development of
  curricula at the bachelor/master level.

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• The following subjects are considered as
  priority
• Economics, in particular international trade,
  public administration and resource management
• Urban and regional planning , environment and
  energy management

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• Agriculture
• Law and judicial matters
• Engineering and Information technologies
• Medical sciences

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University Management

• Training staff on objective oriented management
• Credit systems for the curricula and courses,
  Evaluation methodologies

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Training Courses for Institution Building
Human resources development for the local
authorities
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Structural and Complementary Measures

• Creation of new services to be offered in the
  context of the university-labour market
  relationship

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