Australia - Europe:
Challenges and Opportunities
for Collaboration
Shelagh Whittleston
Manager, Education
Australian Embassy, Brussels
29 November 2013
Policy Frameworks
Australia-EU Framework Agreement
(Treaty level) is currently being negotiated.
Research, innovation and education are features
Education and Training Policy Dialogue
AQF-EQF alignment
Joint Science and Technology Co-operation
Committee, JSTCC. 2014 - 20th Anniversary
FP7, CAESIE and targeting a new roadmap
New Opportunities 2014
New Parliament, new strategies and more
money
• Horizon 2020
• Erasmus Plus
Website: www.ec.europa.eu
Education Collaboration
ICI-ECP : Encounter Program
• Joint Degrees
• Students, Researchers, Staff Mobility
10th Call - Guidelines out very soon
CAESIE
CAESIE has three broad core priority areas:
• Clean energy
• Healthy ageing through enabling technologies
• Sustainable cities
• Website: www.caesie.org
CAESIE
• SMEs from Europe seeking to partner with
Researchers from Australia
• SMEs from Australia looking to partner with
Researchers in Europe
• Researchers in Europe seeking to partner with
SMEs in Australia
• Researchers in Australia seeking to partner
with SMEs in Europe
The Australia Awards
• Announced in 2009
• Brings together a number of Australian
Government scholarships programs
– AusAID
– Department of Innovation
– Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research
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AA Endeavour Scholarships & Fellowships
• Support Australia’s international education and
science engagement
• Annual budget of around AUD 40m (£26m)
• Two-way
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Opportunities Available
• Range of scholarship opportunities available
– Executive Fellowships (1-4 months)
– Research Fellowships (4-6 months)
– VET Scholarships (1-2 years)
– Postgraduate Scholarships (1-4 years)
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Australia Awards - Endeavour
Top 20 destinations for Australian
AA Endeavour recipients (2007-2013)
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Contact
Email: Shelagh.whittleston@dfat.gov.au
Phone +32 2 2860586
Australian Embassy and Mission to the EU
Avenue des Arts, 56
Brussels 1000, Belgium
Websites: www.education.gov.au
www.aei.gov.au