Tempus Day March 4, 2007 Half a Decade of Engagement with Tempus: Benefits and Challenges Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh OIRP Director, UJ

UJ Tempus Programs Joint European Projects (JEP) Title: Micro-Finance at the University. Type: MEDA 2002 Curriculum Development. Objective: To include Micro- Finance (mostly to women) in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula of Business Schools and Faculties of Economics and Social Sciences. Duration: 3 years. Budget:491, Euro Partners:16Universities: 11 from MEDA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia) and 5 from Europe (Greece, Italy, Spain, U.K.) Outcomes:- Pilot academic course in “Micro-Finance”, - Website on Micro-finance for MEDA countries, - Publications (Journals, books, case studies, etc). Grant Holder: School of Business - University of Turin - Italy.

UJ Tempus Programs Joint European Projects (JEP) Title: Quality Evaluation in MEDA Higher Education: Engineering Type: MEDA 2002 University Management. Objective: Creating or reinforcing national systems and/or regional quality evaluation networks in higher education, based on pilot evaluation of engineering education. Duration: 2 years. Budget:297, Euro Partners:22Universities: 14 from MEDA countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia) and 8 from Europe (France, Germany, Denmark) Stage achieved:Evaluation Report. Grant Holder:CENTRE INTERNATIONAL D'ETUDES PEDAGOGIQUES (The International Center of Pedagogical Studies) - CIEP – Sevres, France

UJ Tempus Programs Joint European Projects (JEP) Title: Open Learning Models and Technologies. Type: MEDA 2003 Curriculum Development. Objective: - Developing an online masters program, - Reducing the costs associated with higher education. - - improving the quality of available open sources learning platforms, - Enhancing teacher-learner interaction methods. Duration:3 years. Budget:490, Euro Partners:7 Universities: 2 from Jordan and 5 from Europe (Spain, Greece, Netherlands, France, Bulgaria) Grant Holder:UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE - Alicante

UJ Tempus Programs Joint European Projects (JEP) Title: IB for Support of Inclusive Special Education. Type: MEDA 2005 Training Courses for Institution Building. Objective: To improve education and integration of children with special needs through creating an ISE Support Centre at the University of Jordan as an open access to Inclusive Special Education ISE services … Duration:3 years. Budget:466, Euro Partners:5 Universities: 2 from Jordan and 3 from Europe (Sweden, Germany) + 3 Organizations from the field of Special Education (2 from Jordan, 1 from Sweden) Grant Holder:LUND UNIVERSITY – Lund, Sweden.

Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM) Title: T3: Training Trainers for Tempus and other Programs. Type: MEDA SCM 2004 Training Project. Objective: Specific training of the university academic and administrative staff on effective project management. Budget:55, Euro Partners:4 : UJ and 3 from Greece, Belgium, Italy) Activities: A two-week training course was designed to respond to the project’s objective. Grant Holder: UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE – Milano, Italy Outcomes:-A group of academic and administrative staff (100) trained on projects’ management, - A Guide for projects’ applicants, in English and Arabic; - Material disseminated through web page; - Evaluation Report.

Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM) Title: Higher Education for Good Governance: Inventory of Academic Resources Subject Area: T856 - Public Administration Reform. Objective: 1) Realization of an inventory of academic resources on governance in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Lebanon…. Budget: 89, Euro Partners: 8 Universities: 6 from MEDA countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria) and 2 from Europe (Spain, Netherlands) Grant Holder: UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA – Granada.

Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM) Title: Jordan Training Course for International Relations Subject Area: T820 - Education and Teacher Training. Objective: Improving the skills of the administrative and academic staff at UJ in the management of national and international projects. Budget:90, Euro Partners:3 Universities: the University of Jordan and 2 from Europe (Italy, Cyprus) Activities:Organizing training courses in three sessions: 2 were held at UJ and 1 was held in Italy. Outcomes:- 15 staff members trained on the management of projects, Grant Holder:UNIONE UNIVERSITA DEL MEDITERRANEO- UNIMED- Rome, Italy.

Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM) Title: Stimulating Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Jordan Universities Type: T932 - Internal Quality Assessment Systems Objective: To disseminate good practices in the areas of methodologies and instruments for the accreditation and quality assurance in Higher Education, benefiting from the European experience. Budget: 112, Euro Partners: 4 Universities: 2 from Jordan and 2 from Europe (Great Britain, Spain) Grant Holder: La FUNDACION GENERAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE - Alicante, Spain

Erasmus Mundus External Window Objective: Student Mobility from both sides of the Mediterranean Number of Mobilities: 124: BA Exchange; MA; Ph.D.; Postdoc. Jordan 38, Syria 27, Lebanon 28, Europe 31. Partners: Arab: 9; European 11– Lund Applicant; UJ Coordinator Budget: Recipients fully covered Duration: Annual

Conclusions Financial Resources: barely sufficient Institutional commitment is essential: support; change of practices and regulations Jordanian Situation Conducive Coordinator able to work with the institution Be content with little Not too many partners, not too few Follow up is essential: should not end with the end period

Benefits Specific benefits from the programs themselves: internal review; external review Intellectual capital Timeliness: our pursuit of quality; coincides with HE strategy Closer relations with, first-hand knowledge of Europe: our closest neighbor Networking, consortia, and many side benefits Internationalization: CV; benchmarking Expertise for those involved

Challenges Competition for “little”; Arab contribution Some incompatibility A lot of effort; staff; time commitment Involvement of the whole institution: willingness and will to do what it takes European Commission: Strict, almost inflexible

Tip Tempus partnership is like MARRIAGE: Desirable, BUT … -- Choose partner carefully: not all are alike; compatibility -- Contract: No change of heart later -- Active partnership -- Compromise : some clash -- Chipping in