Eastern
Partnership
Platform 4
Working Group 4 of the EaP Civil Society Forum
Brussels, 14 June 2013
Marta Touykova, DG Education and Culture
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Eastern Partnership Platform 4
« Contacts between People »
• Covers a wide range of issues which are
common to a large number of citizens:
• Education, training, research, youth, culture,
media and information society
• Offers a mixed balance of reinforced policy
dialogue and strengthened participation in EU
programmes
• Work programme adopted for 2 years
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EaP Platform 4 : Education
• Policy dialogue during two Platform meetings a
year and specific events
• Strengthened participation in higher education
programmes (Tempus & Erasmus Mundus),
increased budget, regional information campaign
for universities
• Pilot extension of the eTwinning action for
school cooperation, collaborative learning and
project based pedagogy (official launch on 4 March)
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Two major tools for capacity building
in Higher Education
• Tempus:
institutional
cooperation,
capacity building
• Erasmus Mundus: mobility for students
and staff
Both programmes are complementary and
open to universities and individuals from the
six EaP Countries
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Tempus achievements
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Modernised curricula and implementation of Bologna
principles
Capacity building for academic & support staff, modernised
learning and teaching approaches
Upgrading laboratory and IT equipment, libraries
Introducing quality assurance culture and mechanisms
Internationalisation of faculties / universities
New approaches to university governance and structures
Enhancing links between education and enterprises
New laws on higher education
Education
and Culture
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Tempus: a few figures
• Since mid 1990s, 165 M€ for EaP countries, have funded
270 Joint Projects, 65 Structural Measures, some
hundreds Individual Mobility Grants (until 2006 only)
• In the 2013 call for proposals, €42 million have been
allocated to EaP countries (around 50 new projects).
• To be compared to 2012 budget: 29 M€ (36 new
projects)
• Deadline for application 26 March, selections results
October 2013
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Tempus in EaP countries
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Erasmus Mundus achievements
Impact on individuals
• Recognition of study periods abroad, in-depth knowledge
of European higher education, improved linguistic skills,
intercultural experience, enhanced employability…
Impact on institutions
• Helps to internationalise higher education in EaP countries
• Contributes to building institutional partnerships
• Improved capacity in design and management of joint
degree programmes
• Develops capacities in accreditation, recognition,
international student mobility
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Erasmus Mundus: a few figures
• Since 2007, 22 partnerships with EaP countries, with 262
instances of participation from universities from the 6
partner countries.
• Total budget for these 22 partnerships: 84.1 M€, 3.443
scholarships for EaP students and 482 for staff.
• Steep increase in 2011-13 budget
• 2013 Call to select 9 new partnerships (29.4 M€; min 1080
scholarships). Deadline for application 15 April.
• 488 EaP students + 42 scholars have also received
scholarships to take part in excellent joint Masters &
Doctorate courses
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Erasmus Mundus in EaP countries
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Marie Curie
• Since 2007, 6.4 M€ to EaP countries, 168
researchers and 104 researcher organisations
funded
• Very active participation of Ukraine (4 M€)
• In 2012 Moldova became associated country to
the 7th Framework Programme (1st EaP country
and 2nd ENP country to become associated to
FP7)
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EaP Platform 4 : Youth
• Youth in Action: Between 2007 and 2011, more than 11000
young people and youth workers from EaP countries have
participated in the activities (youth exchanges, European
Voluntary Service, training and networking of youth workers).
• In 2012-13, the EaP Youth Window finances 1 500 additional
projects and the mobility of 21 000 young people and youth
workers
• Opening an EaP youth programme combining capacity
development of national and local public sector and civil society
actors and grants scheme for disadvantaged young people living in
rural or deprived urban areas,
• EaP Youth Forum under LT presidency 23-24 October (Kaunas)
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EaP Platform 4 : Culture
• EaP Culture Programme launched in 2011
• Capacity building for the main actors of the culture
sector, to reinforce their policy reform capacities
• Call for proposals for the EaP cultural sector
• Policy dialogue focusing on the impact of
investment in culture and on supporting
EaP
countries in making best use of existing cooperation
instruments
• High level / ministerial meeting on Culture to
take place in Georgia on 27-28 June
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Reinforced opportunities under the
future generation of programmes
• In higher education: Erasmus for All (E4A)
single programme to stop fragmentation with a
special action to neighbouring countries
combining capacity building and mobility
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie research grants
• Support to youth exchanges will go on through
the new E4A programme
• Culture Creative Europe opened to neighbouring
countries
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Erasmus for All (2014-2020)
A streamlined architecture : 3 Key actions
Existing programmes
A single integrated programme
Total budget: € 19 billion over 7 years
Lifelong
Learning
Programme
Grundtvig
International
higher education
programmes:
Erasmus Mundus,
Tempus,
Alfa, Edulink,
Bilateral
Programmes
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Learning
Mobility
Erasmus
Leonardo
Comenius
Erasmus for All
2.
Co-operation
projects
3.
Policy
Support
Youth in Action
Programme
Specific activities:
Total budget: € 19 billion over 7 years (+ 70%) of which € 1,8 billion from Heading 4
• Jean Monnet
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KA1
Learning mobility
of individuals
- Higher Education-
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Credit mobility: International opening
of Erasmus, more mobility of
students and staff between EU – non
EU in both directions
Degree mobility:
Joint Master courses
of excellent quality offered
by consortium of
EU/non EU universities
to attract the very best
students worldwide
Student loan guarantee:
to boost degree
mobility within Europe
 Credit learning mobility of students
(short cycles/Bachelor/Master/Doctorate)
+ HE staff Mobility
NEW: Erasmus open to the whole world in both
directions for studies, traineeships, staff teaching
and training
 ex action 2 of Erasmus Mundus
 For non-EU mobility: external policy priorities will apply
 Grants for Joint Master Courses
Continuity: Erasmus Mundus Action 1
 Master Student Loan Guarantee
NEW – 330.000 students
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KA2
Cooperation for innovation
- Higher Education1.
Erasmus Strategic Partnerships:
more intense cooperation between
institutions.
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Knowlegde Alliances: structure
partnerships between HEI and
businesses
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Specific support with neighbourhood
countries: Capacity building through
partnerships between EU and ENP
universities with a mobility
component.
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Rest of the world: Capacity building
between universities in the EU and
Asia, Latin America & Africa.
 HE Strategic Partnerships
Raise HEIs capacity to modernise
 Knowledge Alliances
University-business cooperation for more
innovation
 Support to Neighbourhood countries (ENP)
Partnerships between HEIs from EU and ENP
Curriculum development, modernisation,
modern teaching and teaching, upgrading of facilities, improve
HEIs governance, stronger links with the world of work, ...
+ INTEGRATED MOBILITY of student and staff
 Cooperation with Asia, Latin America and Africa
Mobility limited to HEI staff to achieve projects’ objectives
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Timeline
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Creative Europe
Culture Strand - New priorities
Capacity-building
• Support cultural operators to develop skills and knowhow
to facilitate adjustment to the digital shift
• Support artists/cultural professionals to internationalise
their careers
• Strengthen European and international networks to
facilitate access to new professional opportunities
Transnational circulation
• Support international touring, events and exhibitions
• Support literary translation
• Support for audience development and building a long-term
audience for European cultural works
Creative Europe
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Creative Europe
MEDIA strand
Successful actions maintained (e.g. Europa cinemas)
Actions targeted at specific actors in the audiovisual value
chain (e.g. producers, distributors and exhibitors)
Actions include:
• Providing skills and building up networks, support
developing of audiovisual works
• support distribution of non national films on all
platforms, encourage new business models
• Facilitate access to markets and foster international
cooperation and co-production
• Support film literacy and audience building
Creative Europe
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International dimension
• Full participation in the programme for EFTA, acceding,
candidate and pre-candidate countries and (new!!) countries of
the European neighbourhood area
• New possibility for targeted bilateral cooperation with selected
countries or regions
• Possibility for participants from 3rd countries to take part in in
Creative Europe projects
• 3rd country partners in some actions in the MEDIA Strand
(former MEDIA Mundus programme) in particular in training
and access to markets
Culture
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Conditions for full participation
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Additional appropriations ("entry ticket")
Framework agreement on participation in Union
programmes
UNDER DISCUSSION: Ratification of UNESCO Convention
on cultural diversity
For the MEDIA Strand:
• WTO: MFN exemption of the audiovisual sector
of conditions laid down in AVMS Directive in
• Respect
particular principle of country of origin, support of European
works
Culture
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Further information
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Next Platform 4 meeting on 14 November, Brussels
Eap Youth Forum; 23-24 October , Kaunas (LT)
Information Day on Erasmus For All for Eastern Partners,
25 October, Kaunas (LT)
Further information on Eastern Partnership Platfrom 4
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/international/eastern_en.htm
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