Call for proposals
Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme - EACEA/05/2017
(2017/C 29/15)
Objectives and description
The
overall objective of the programme is to promote sustainable
development and ultimately contribute to poverty reduction by increasing
the availability of trained and highly qualified professional manpower
in Africa. The programme’s specific objective is to improve the skills
and competences of students and staff through enhanced intra-African
mobility. Strengthening cooperation between Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) in Africa will increase access to quality education
and will encourage and enable African students to undertake postgraduate
studies in the African continent. Furthermore, mobility of staff
(academic and administrative) will enhance the international cooperation
capacity of HEIs in Africa.
More specifically the programme aims to:
(a)
contribute to the improvement of the quality of higher education
through the promotion of internationalisation and harmonisation of
programmes and curricula within participating institutions;
(b)
enable students, academics and staff to benefit linguistically,
culturally and professionally from the experience gained in the context
of mobility to another African country.
Eligible activities
The project will entail the organisation
and implementation of student and staff mobility in high quality master
and doctoral programmes, as well as the provision of education/training
and other services to foreign students and teaching/ training and
research assignments and other services to staff from the countries
covered by the project.
Mobility must only take place in one of the eligible countries covered by this Call for proposals.
Eligible participants - Minimum conditions
The partnership must be constituted of minimum four and maximum six African HEIs as partners (including the applicant) and one technical partner from the EU.
Eligible applicants and partners are HEIs registered in Africa
that provide courses at postgraduate level (master level and/or
doctorate degree) of higher education leading to a qualification
recognized by the competent authorities in their own country. Only HEIs
accredited by relevant national authorities in Africa are eligible.
Branches of HEIs from outside Africa are not eligible.
In each partnership, no more than two (2) HEIs from the same eligible country are allowed to participate as partners (including the applicant/coordinating HEI).
HEIs from a minimum of three (3) African regions must participate as partners (including the applicant/coordinating HEI) in any partnership.
The
technical partner has to be a HEI from one of the EU Member States
having been awarded an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
The technical partner should provide support in the management of the
partnership and in the organisation and implementation of the mobility.
For that reason, the technical partner must have a strong experience in
the management of international mobility. Applicants will need to
clearly explain the tasks and responsibilities of the technical partner
in the application as well as the nature of the services to be provided.
Costs for the participation of the technical partner in the project
shall be included in the costs related to the organisation of the
mobility managed by the partnership. However, the technical partner can
neither host nor send students or/and staff for mobility.
Funding conditions and duration
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for proposals is estimated at EUR 9 900 000 and should allow around 350 mobility flows.
Each grant will amount to between EUR 1 000 000 (minimum grant size) and EUR 1 400 000 (maximum grant size).
The EU grant is based on the application of lump-sums for the
organisation of mobility and unit costs for the implementation of
mobility.
The maximum possible rate of co-financing for grants under this Call is 100%.
Full funding is indeed essential for the action to be carried out,
since parallel co-financing by the partners is not foreseen at the time
of application but possibly during the implementation of the activities.
The duration of the project must be 60 months.
Deadline of proposals' submission
The deadline for the submission of proposals is on 2 May 2017 at 12.00 (noon), Central European Time.
Grant applications must be submitted using the electronic form (eForm) and its annexes specifically designed for this purpose.
Further information
Please find attached the call documentation. The electronic application form
(eForm) and its user guide will be made available in February 2017.
In case of questions, please contact: EACEA-IntraAfrica-IntraACP@ec.europa.eu.
More information: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/intra-africa/funding/intra-africa-academic-mobility-scheme-2017_en
Kind regards,
Rosemary STREVINIOTI
Acting Executive Director
Head of Brussels Office
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000 Brussels
Tel./Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: strevinioti.rozamaria@ucy.ac.cy
THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE CALL IS ATTACHED.