1. The TEMPUS programme Presentation of the main features

2. TEMPUS GENERAL OBJECTIVES Contribute to socio-economic reform and development Reinforce civil society Promote intercultural understanding

3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES Reform and upgrade higher education Develop human resources to better suit labour market needs TEMPUS

4. PARTNER COUNTRIES Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Serbia and Montenegro, Kosovo Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia TEMPUS

5. MEANS Cooperation between higher education institutions in the EU and in Partner countries TEMPUS

6. APPROACH Combination of bottom-up and top-down approach TEMPUS

7. NATIONAL PRIORITIES – COMMON FEATURES MEDA Setting up strong quality assurance mechanisms Bologna, a reference for reform Modernising infrastructure Distance education (Age pyramid) Adapt to labour market needs (too many HE graduates) Greater synergies with vocational training Improving teacher training Upgrading university management (admission procedures) TEMPUS

8. TYPE OF PROJECTS STRUCTURAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES JOINT EUROPEAN PROJECTS INDIVIDUAL MOBILITY GRANTS TEMPUS

9. IMPLEMENTATION DEVELOPMENTS Greater weight of national priorities Decrease of the total number of individual mobilities and simplification of financial management Relaunch of field monitoring campaigns TEMPUS

10. COMING EVENTS Conference on cooperation university- enterprise (Jordan, April 2006) Tempus video Internal negotiations and communication on the future of Tempus TEMPUS

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12. TEMPUS THE FUTURE - TEMPUS PLUS (2007-2013) Same geographical coverage as Tempus Strong links to the Neighbourhood Policy Scope: higher education, possibly vocational education and training (country priority?) Greater emphasis on system measures and increased mobility

13. TEMPUS THE FUTURE - TEMPUS PLUS (2007-2013) Contribute to area of cooperation and convergence Reform, development, capacity and quality Development of human resources Mutual understanding between peoples and cultures

14. TEMPUS THE FUTURE - TEMPUS PLUS (2007-2013) Student mobility scheme (undergraduate?) Joint projects Individual mobility grants Complementary measures