Call for proposals - EACEA/44/12: ICI education cooperation programme: Cooperation in higher education and training between the European Union and Australia, the European Union and Japan, the European Union and New Zealand and the European Union and the R

The general objective of the ICI Education Cooperation Programme is to enhance mutual understanding between people of the EU and the Partner Countries including broader knowledge of their languages, cultures and institutions and to enhance the quality of higher education and training by stimulating balanced partnerships between higher education and training institutions in the EU and in Partner Countries.

This call is open to a consortium of higher education institutions and/or post-secondary vocational and training institutions. Applicants must be from one of the Partner Countries and from one of the 27 EU Member States or Croatia.

There are two types of actions under this call: Joint Mobility Projects and Joint Degree Projects.

For Joint Mobility Projects (JMP), support is provided to enable EU-Partner Country consortia of post- secondary vocational and training or higher education institutions, to carry out joint study and training programmes and to implement student and faculty mobility. Support includes lump sum funding for administration, grants for students and members of the academic and administrative staff. A consortium applying for an ICI-ECP Joint Mobility Project must include at least two post-secondary vocational training or higher education institutions from two different EU Member States and at least two such institutions from the Partner Country. The maximum duration of JMP projects is 36 months. Special attention will be given to projects which include internships and work placements (Japan will not participate in Mobility projects).

For Joint Degree Projects (JDP), support is provided to develop and implement dual/double or joint degree programmes. Support includes lump sum funding for the development work and administration, grants for students and members of the academic and administrative staff. A consortium applying for an ICI-ECP Joint Degree Project must include at least two higher education institutions from two different EU Member States and at least two institutions from the Partner Country. The maximum duration of JDP projects is 48 months. Special attention will be given to applications for Joint Degree Projects.

Activities are planned to start in October 2013.

The EU budget available is approximately €2.45 million. The maximum amount of funding on the EU side will be €350,000 for a four-year JDP project with two or more EU institutions, and €190,000 for a three-year JMP project with two EU institutions or €197,500 for a three-year JMP project with three or more EU institutions.

The deadline for applications is 15 May 2013.

Further information is available on the EACEA website

Reference: 2012/C 385/07

(Added 2012-12-14)