1. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office Palestine 15 steps to enter the world of Tempus programme PREPARED BY Mr. Hisham Qaddumi National Tempus Office – Palestine 2010 European Commission TEMPUS

2. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS  Ask yourself what is the idea you have that will contribute to the reform or development of the Palestinian higher education and whether it is at institutional or policy level.  Ask yourself what is the idea you have that will contribute to the reform or development of the Palestinian higher education and whether it is at institutional or policy level.

3. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS Review the presentation "Tempus programme" to get an idea about the programme and how to get involved.

4. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS  Re-ask yourself what is the idea you have that will contribute to the reform or development of the Palestinian higher education and whether it is at institutional or policy level.  Re-ask yourself what is the idea you have that will contribute to the reform or development of the Palestinian higher education and whether it is at institutional or policy level.

5. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS  Fix which Item under the selected theme your idea fits with. - Creating a University degree: master, PhD, etc… - Introduction of quality assurance. - etc... - Curricular Reform. - Governance Reform. - Higher Education and Society.  Fix which Theme your idea is under: - Curricular Reform. - Governance Reform. - Higher Education and Society. Follow step 4

6. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS  - should - could  Make sure that: - If your project is National, the item you select should be one of the Palestinian National Priorities. - If your project is Multi-country, the item you select could be one of the Palestinian National Priorities and/or Regional Priorities.  Determine whether your project is Joint Project or Structural Measures.  Determine whether the partnership type of your project will be National or Multi-Country.

7. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS Write a Concept Paper of your idea that may include the following: You can ask the National Tempus Office to send you a template of a concept paper

8. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS Stakeholder Analysis:

9. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS  Update your concept paper…  Update your concept paper…

10. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS Seeking Partners: In case of National Project  Think about your potential local partners (three at least) that have the SAME need.  Get the help from the NTO to seek your potential partners.  Contact your potential local partners and send them your Concept Paper to get their feedback.  Upon getting the feedback, meet face to face (meeting, workshop, etc…) with the interested in your idea and ask them to update together the Concept Paper: Problem Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, etc…

11. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS Seeking Partners: In case of Multi-country Project  Think about your potential local and regional partners (two at least from each country) that have the SAME need.  Get the help from the NTO to seek your potential partners.  Contact your potential local and regional partners and send them your Concept Paper to get their feedback.  Upon getting the feedback, meet face to face (local and/or regional meeting, workshop, etc…) with the interested in your idea and ask them to update together the Concept Paper: Problem Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, etc…

12. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS   When the Concept Paper is updated by ALL potential partners, start to seek your European HEIs ( at least three higher education institutions, each from a different EU Member State ). You can contact the National Contact Points of Tempus programme in Europe (all contact information are available at the home page: www.tempus.ps.www.tempus.ps  You could get the help from the NTO-Palestine to seek your European Partners by contacting the NCPs in Europe and the Europeans who are in NTO mailing list (more than 1000 persons). Seeking your European Partners and get feedback:

13. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS  Update your concept paper…  Update your concept paper…

14. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS When the new call is published  Read carefully the call text.  Address all your queries to the NTO staff.  Update your concept paper.

15. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS When the new call is published  Attend the Information Day organized by the NTO.  Update the Concept paper.

16. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS When the new call is published Participate in the Seminar on “ how to write a competitive proposal for Tempus programme” that will be organized by the NTO.

17. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS When the new call is published Start writing your proposal.

18. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office (NTO) - Palestine European Commission TEMPUS Suggested scheduled plan for all preparatory actions StepTry to start onTry to finish on Step 1 1 June 8 June Step 2 9 June22 June Step 3 23 June26 June Step 4 27 June30 June Step 5 1 July10 July Step 6 11 July18 July Step 7 19 July24 July Step 8 25 July31 August Step 9 1 September20 September Step 10 21 September30 September Step 11 - When the call is published

19. Ministry Of Education and Higher Education National Tempus Office Palestine Don’t hesitate to contact the NTO staff to get further clarification and information. European Commission TEMPUS Good luck