1. TEMPUS APPLICATION ASSESSMENT The experts’ approach

2. 1. GENERALITIES  Assessment procedure: 2 experts/ application, 1 lead expert  Basic advice: read the yearly call and application form carefully.  Seek ballance EU / Third countries  Avoid the « rag-bag » type of project  3 pitfalls: exclusively EU conceived project, exclusively TC conceived project, recycling of old stuff.

3. 2. THE APPLICATION PROPER  Need analysis and rationale  Consortium  Project description  Results and activities  Dissemination and sustainability  Monitoring and evaluation  Supporting material

4. NEED ANALYSIS AND RATIONALE  Analyse the needs carefully (not assumptions but demonstrable facts): 3 possible layers Country and/or region Country and/or region HE sector HE sector Specific institutions Specific institutions  Argue the relative or absolute innovation  Genesis and preparation of the project

5. CONSORTIUM  Why these partners?  Specific, complementary competences  Explicit justification of sub-contracted experts or organisations

6. PROJECT DESCRIPTION  Objectives Relevant (v. need analysis) Relevant (v. need analysis) Realistic, feasible Realistic, feasible  Working methods Precise description Precise description Appropriate to operational objectives Appropriate to operational objectives

7. RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES  Clear and detailed  Related with the target groups (identified and when relavant quantified)  Justification and cost efficiency of planned ressource acquisition

8. DISSEMINATION  Diversity of tools  Timeliness  Related with diverse targets

9. SUSTAINABILITY  More than a mere statement of intentions  Political / institutional dimension  Financial sustainability  Possible extension to larger networks

10. MONITORING AND EVALUATION  Monitoring: usually in-house  Evaluation: for such high budget projects, external evaluation is advisable (who, how, when?)  How are monitoring and evaluation results to be used?  All partner institutions need to be involved

11. SUPPORTING MATERIAL  Test of relevance and consistency  Logical framework matrix  Workplan