Tempus PHARE

European Commission Directorate-General For Education And Culture

Description

Guide for applicants: Academic year 1997/98
Education policy
Culture

Sujets

• Higher education
• University
• Eastern Europe
• Cultural policy

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-EDUCATION-AND-CULTURE
• Nombre de lectures: 25
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 24 Mo

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EDUCATIO N
TRAININ G
YOUT H
Tempus
Guide for applicants
Academic year 1997/98
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EUROPEAN
COMMISSION Luxembourg: Office for Officiai Publications of the European Communities, 1996
ISBN 92-827-6772-8
© ECSC-EC-EAEC, Brussels . Luxembourg, 1996
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged.
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EDUCATIO N
TRAININ G
YOUT H
Guide for applicants
General Introduction
Academic year 1997/98
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Trans-European cooperation scheme for
higher education between Central and Eastern Europe
and the European Union
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION Prepared for the European Commission
Directorate-General XXII - Education, Training and Youth
by the
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European Training Foundation
Villa Guatino, Viale Settimio Severo, 65,1-10133 Torino
Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone] / e-mail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.etf.it
The European Training Foundation, which is an agency of the European
Union, was established to support and co-ordinate activities between the
EU and Partner States in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in
the field of vocational education and training, and assists the European
Commission in the implementation of the Tempus Scheme. CONTENTS
Page
DEFINITIONS 4
WORLD WIDE WEB
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TEMPUS PHARE SCHEME 5
2. OBJECTIVES 5
3. ADMINISTRATION 6
4. PARTICIPATION
5. PRIORITIES 7
6. BUDGET ,
7. TYPES OF PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING
7.1. Joint European Projects (JEPs)
7.2. Compact Measures (CMEs) 8
7.3. Individual Mobility Grants (IMGs)
8. HOW TO GET FURTHER COPIES OF THIS GUIDE 9
ANNEX 1: GLOSSARY OF CODES 1/i
ANNEX 2: CONTACT ADDRESSES 2/DEFINITIONS
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Tempus was adopted by the Council of Ministers of the European Union on 7 May 1990 and
extended on 29 April 1993 ^ for a second four­year phase commencing with the academic year
1994/95 (Tempus II).
Tempus forms part of the overall programmes of the European Union for the economic and social
restructuring of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (known as the Phare programme)
and for economic reform and recovery in the New Independent States and Mongolia (known as
the Tacis programme). The Tempus Council Decision provides the legal basis for activities
within both programme frameworks.
Within the framework of Phare and Tacis, human resources development has been identified
as one of the priority areas for co­operation between the European Union and Central and
Eastern European countries and the republics of the New Independent States and Mongolia.
Tempus has thus been designated as a major human resources development scheme in the
higher education sector which aims to strengthen its ability to meet national education and
training needs.
Tempus Phare and Tempus Tacis should be seen as two parallel but separate schemes in
administrative and budgetary terms.
The present documents focus exclusively on the activities and funding possibilities in the
framework of Tempus Phare. A separate Guide for Applicants for Tempus Tacis, including
detailed information, guidelines and application forms can be obtained on request.
2. OBJECTIVES
Targeted to meet the specific needs of Central and Eastern Europe, the main goals of Tempus
Phare are:
♦ to promote the quality and support the development and renewal of higher education in the
Partner States;
♦ to encourage their growing interaction and as balanced a co­operation as possible with
partners in the European Union, through joint activities and relevant mobility.
Within the context of higher education co­operation Tempus seeks to address specifically:
♦ issues of curriculum development and overhaul in priority areas;
♦ the reform of higher education structures and institutions and their management;
♦ the development of skill­related training to address specific needs during economic reform,
in particular through improved and extended links with industry.
1 Cf. Council Decision (EEC) No 93/246 of 29 April 1993, OJ No L 112/34. 3. ADMINISTRATION
The Tempus Scheme is administered by the European Commission (DG XXII — Education,
Training and Youth) with the technical assistance of the European Training Foundation, located
in Turin. National Tempus Offices, established by the authorities responsible for higher
education in each of the Partner States, assist the European Training Foundation in operational
aspects of the Programme.
4. PARTICIPATION
At the time of publishing this document, the Partner States falling within the terms of Tempus
Phare are:
• Albania · Latvia
• Bosnia · Lithuania
• Bulgaria · Poland
• the Czech Republic · Romania
• Estonia · the Slovak Republic
• Formér Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia · Slovenia
• Hungaiy
In addition to the Member States of the European Union, the other countries belonging to the
G­24 Group on whose behalf the European Commission co­ordinates assistance to the Partner
States may also participate in Tempus:
♦ the 4 EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland),
♦ Turkey, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, as well as:
♦ Cyprus and Malta.
Within Tempus Phare:
♦ the term university is used to denote all categories of higher education institution recognised
by the national authorities regardless of their designation in the individual EU Member
States or in the Partner States;
♦ the term enterprise is used to indicate all types of economic activity, including not only
large but also small and medium­sized enterprises (whatever their legal status);
♦ the term organisation is used to define public and local authorities, independent economic
organisations, in particular chambers of commerce and industry, professional bodies,
foundations, associations and organisations representing employers or employees, and other
appropriate bodies.
Tempus funds may only be used for activities between EU Member States and the Partner States.
This means that non­EU G­24 countries, as well as Cyprus and Malta, must fund their
participation in Tempus projects from their own resources. 5. PRIORITIES
Support is awarded from Tempus Phare on the basis of clearly defined priorities which are
jointly identified by the national authorities of the Partner States and the European Commission
and are closely oriented towards the national objectives for higher education development in
each country. These priorities differ from country to country and are listed in the separate
document on priorities for Tempus Phare. Only applications fitting into the priority areas defined
for each Partner State will be taken into consideration.
6. BUDGET
The Tempus budget is drawn from the overall funds made available to Phare in a given year. The
Phare budget is initially divided among those countries eligible for support. Following this,
within each national allocation made, the amount made available for Tempus is decided by the
national authorities of the Partner States in consultation with the European Commission.
In 1995 the overall Phare budget amounted to 1,080 MECU and the figure for Tempus was
2102.1 MECU in national allocations for 11 countries .
7. TYPES OF PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING
7.1. Joint Euro