TEMPUS INFORMATION DAY IN MONTENEGRO November 28, 2011 TEMPUS IV- FIFTH CALL FOR PROPOSALS national and regional priorities

Outline of the presentation Programme themes National priorities Regional priorities

Programme themes Themes structured around the main components of the modernisation agenda for higher education.  Joint projects:  Curriculum reform  Governance reform  Higher Education and Society  Structural measures  Governance reform  Higher Education and Society

Programme themes  Curricular reform Modernisation of curricula: ECTS, 3 cycles, recognition of degrees  Governance reform University management and student services Introduction of quality assurance Institutional and financial autonomy & accountability Equal access to HE Development of international relations  Higher Education and Society Training of non-university teachers Development of partnerships with enterprises Knowledge triangle education/research/innovation Training courses for public services (Min./ local auth.) Development of lifelong learning Qualifications frameworks

NATIONAL PRIORITIES  (targeting 1 single Partner Country)  Focus on the national priorities set for the Partner Country.  Defined by the Ministries of Education in close consultation with the European Union Delegations.

REGIONAL PRIORITIES Multi-country projects (targeting more than 1 Partner Country)  Focus on the regional priorities common to all PC within a specific region.  Extracted from strategic documents of European Commission.  Can address a national priority which is common to all participating PCs.

REGIONAL PRIORITIES Cross regional cooperation (targeting more than 1 Partner region)  Possible if the theme of the proposal is identified as a regional or national priority for all the participating PCs.

Priorities in the fifth call for proposals Curricular Reform Governance Reform Higher Education and Society Joint Project+++ Structural Measures -++

Priorities in the fifth call for proposals Tempus Call 5 National priorities - Montenegro Regional priorities – Western Balkans Curricular Reform – Joint projects Teacher training and education science, Arts, Social and behavioural science, Law, Life science, Computing, Engineering and Engineering Trade, Architecture and building, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, Health, Personal Services, Environmental protection, Security Services Education/pedagogy (including primary and secondary teacher training), vocational education and training, rural development, law and good governance (including human rights) me

Priorities for the fifth call for proposals Tempus Call 5 National priorities – Montenegro Regional priorities – Western Balkans Governance reform – Joint Projects and Structural Measures  University management and student services  Introduction of quality assurance  Equal and transparent access to higher education  University management and student services  Introduction of quality assurance  Institutional and financial autonomy and accountability  Equal and transparent access to higher education * me

Priorities in the fifth call for proposals Tempus Call 5National priorities - Montenegro Regional priorities – Western Balkans Higher education and society Joint Projects and Structural Measures  Development of partnerships with enterprises  Knowledge triangle: education-innovation- research  Training courses for public services (ministries, local and regional authorities)  Development of lifelong learning in society at large Qualification framework  Development of partnerships with enterprises  Knowledge triangle: education-innovation- research  Training courses for public services (ministries/ regional/local authorities)  Development of lifelong learning in society at large  Qualification framework

 Demonstrate a wide impact on higher education institutions and systems.  Involve a representative number of higher education institutions from a Partner Country.  Structural Measures projects.  Regional projects (Multi-country projects)  Projects actively involving students, women, enterprises, social partners, research institutions, Ministries of Education, NGOs and other non-academic organisations Priorities in the fifth call for proposals me

Important to keep in mind: - Projects must address the national priorities of two or more partner countries priorities, or the priority common to the whole region - Avoid overlapping – see whether the topic was covered before in some of the previous Tempus projects Priorities in the fifth call for proposals me

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