Erasmus+. International dimension call and Information Days

The 2nd call of the Erasmus + programme, that includes International Credit Mobility and the Capacity Building Action in Higher Education with EU-partner, was launched on 6th October 2014: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2014.344.01.0015.01.ENG.

The Erasmus+ Programme Guide for the 2015 General Call for Proposals has been published in English:

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/calls/index_en.htm

The priorities for Capacity Building Action are available at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/key-action-2-capacity-building-in-field-higher-education-2015_en

Direct link to the document (XLS): https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/budget_allocation_regional_and_national_priorities.xls

Information Days on Erasmus + will be organised in different countries. UNIMED strongly encourages its associated universities to attend the Information days. A sound knowledge of the new programme will highly increase the possibilities of participating in the call.

European Universities are kindly invited to contact their National Agency for further information on the dates of the Information Days. Southern Mediterranean Universities will find below the preliminary dates of the Information days. These dates may slightly change and we kindly invite you to check the website of your National Erasmus+ Office for confirmation.

Algiers - Date to be confirmed

Rabat - 13.11.2014

Kairouan - 27.11.2014

Cairo - Week of 24.11.2014

Jerusalem - 4.11.2014

Amman - Week of 8.12 2014

Beirut (combined with Syrian HEI) - 18.11.2014

Ramallah - 5.11.2014

Deadlines for presentation of project proposals are the following:

Deadlines for centralised actions

- Capacity building: 10 February

- Jean Monnet: 26 February

- Joint Master Degrees: 4 March

Deadline for decentralised action

- Credit mobility: 4 March

For further information please find Mrs. Claire Herrmann’s presentation at the UNIMED Conference on “Neighbourhood Policy and the Mediterranean Youth. The role of the Training and Mobility”, 30 September- 1 October, at: http://www.uni-med.net/images/herrmann.pdf.

Additional information about the International dimension of the Erasmus + is available at http://www.uni-med.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=845&Itemid=93&lang=en

UNIMED (unimed@uni-med.net) is at the entire disposal of its associated universities to provide them support in finding partners, establishing agreements, defining project proposals and participating in the call.