The UK Higher Education International Unit issues a monthly
bulletin on Higher Education funding (please note, registration for
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provides information on current European funding programmes and
calls for proposals for higher education and international activity
from a variety of different sources outside those of the European
Framework Programme for Research (FP7).
The latest EU Funding Bulletin is available here.
ALFA co-finances projects aimed at improving the capacity of
individuals and institutions in the EU andLatin America, objectives
include:
- improving the quality, relevance and accessibility of HE
inLatin America;
- contributing to the process of regional integration inLatin
America;
- fostering progress towards the creation of a joint HE area in
the region, exploiting its synergies with the EU.
- European Commission - ALFA Website
Competitiveness & Innovation
(CIP)
CIP aims to enhance competitiveness and innovation capacity in the
EU; advance the knowledge society; and to ensure secure,
sustainable energy forEurope. CIP is the framework
for three sub-programmes:
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP) - activities
aimed at fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and improving
conditions for SMEs;
- ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP) - activities designed to
stimulate the wider take up of ICT based services and greater
exploitation of digital content;
- Intelligent EnergyEurope(IEE) - activities aiming to develop
and promote best practices in energy efficiency and renewable
energy in buildings, industry, infrastructure and transport.
- European Commission - CIP Website
Criminal Justice Support Programme
Aims to promote judicial cooperation; compatibility in rules
applicable in the Member States; improve contacts and exchange of
information and best practices and improve mutual trust with a view
to ensuring protection of rights of victims and of the accused.
Civil Justice Programme
The programme aims to 'promote the elimination of obstacles to the
good functioning of cross-border civil proceedings in the Member
States, thus improving the daily life of individuals and
businesses, by fostering access to justice'. Projects supported are
intended to improve contacts, exchange of information and
networking between legal, judicial and administrative authorities
and the legal professions. There is some scope to support judicial
training.
Fundamental Rights & Citizenship Funding
Programme
This Programme forms part of the General Programme 'Fundamental
Rights and Justice.' It aims to promote the development of a
European Society based on respect for fundamental rights;
strengthen civil society; to fight against racism, xenophobia, and
anti-semitism and to promote legal, judicial and administrative
authorities and the legal professions, including support for
judicial training.
Culture Programme
Aims to 'enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans through the
development of cooperation activities among cultural operators,
with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship'.
It does so by supporting projects designed to address the following
objectives:
- Promotion of the trans-national mobility of people working in
the cultural sector
- Support for the trans-national circulation of cultural and
artistic works and products
- Promotion of inter-cultural dialogue.
- European Commission - Culture Programme
Website
DAPHNE III
The DAPHNE Programme aims to prevent and combat violence against
children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups
at risk. It forms part of the General Programme 'Fundamental
Rights and Justice'. It supports projects that will contribute to
the development of Community policy.
Drug Prevention & Information Programme - DPIP
Aims to prevent and reduce drug use, dependence and drug related
harms; contribute to the improvement of information on the effects
of drug use; support the implementation of the EU Drugs
Strategy.
Supports cooperation between HEIs in the EU and African, Caribbean
and Pacific States (ACP countries). It aims to improve the
effectiveness, management, visibility and impact of ACP-EU
cooperation in the field of HE and to build capacity and regional
integration in HE in developing ACP countries. It supports
institutional networking and sharing best practice at three levels:
Developing HE policy and planning; enhancing academic relevance in
the regional context, and promoting research and technology
development to support teaching excellence.
Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme that aims
to enhance the quality of European Higher Education and to promote
dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through
cooperation with HEIs in third countries. It supports joint
programmes (Masters and Doctorates), partnerships and the promotion
of European HE.
Aims to promote mutual understanding between the peoples of Canada
and the EU, including broader knowledge of their languages,
cultures and institutions; and to improve the quality of human
resources in Canada and the EU by facilitating the acquisition of
skills for the global knowledge-based economy.
ATLANTIS aims to promote understanding between the people of the
EU and the USA and to improve the quality of human resource
development. It supports innovative projects for cooperation in HE
and VET.
Europe for Citizens
This Programme supports a wide range of activities and
organisations that promote 'active European citizenship'. It is
open to applications from all stakeholders involved in promoting
active citizenship including educational institutions and research
organisations.
Health Programme
The Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health
2008 - 2013 aims to complement, support and add value to the
policies of Member States, its objectives are to improve citizens'
health and security; promote health, including the reduction of
health inequalities and generate and disseminate health information
and knowledge.
ICI Education Cooperation (ICI-ECP)
The Industrialised Countries Instrument (ICI) promotes cooperation
between the EU and 17 industrialised/high income countries in North
America, the Asia Pacific and Gulf regions. One of the actions
supported by the instrument is the promotion of 'people to people
links' with the aim of enhancing mutual understanding between
cultures and knowledge exchange. EU cooperation with Australia, New
Zealand, Japan and Republic of Korea includes bilateral cooperation
projects in higher education and vocational training (ICI-ECP).
The LLP is the EU's main funding programme for education and
training. Its main objectives are:
- To contribute through lifelong learning to the development of
the EU as an advanced knowledge society, with sustainable economic
development, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion;
- To foster interchange, cooperation and mobility between
education and training institutions and systems within the EU so
that they become a world quality reference.
The Programme covers all levels of lifelong learning and funds
three main areas of activity: Mobility Actions; Collaborative
actions and Promotion of European Integration Studies.
LIFE+
The EU's main funding instrument for the environment; the main
objective is to contribute to the implementation, updating and
development of EU environmental policy and legislation by
co-financing pilot or demonstration projects with European added
value. LIFE+ has three components or sub-programmes: Nature and
Biodiversity; Environment Policy and Governance and Information and
Communication
MEDIA
The MEDIA Programme focuses on activities before and after
production in the audiovisual (AV) sector, offering support for
training, project development, distribution and promotion. Its
overall objectives are:
- To preserve and enhance European cultural and linguistic
diversity and its cinematographic and AV heritage, guarantee its
accessibility to the public and promote intercultural
dialogue;
- To increase the circulation and viewership of European AV works
inside and outside the European Union, including through greater
cooperation between players;
- To strengthen the competitiveness of the European AV sector in
the framework of an open and competitive European market favourable
to employment, including by promoting links between AV
professionals.
- European Commission - MEDIA Website
MEDIA Mundus
MEDIA Mundus promotes the development of relations between AV
professionals in EU Member States and other countries. It
addresses three specific issues: Information exchange, training and
market intelligence; Competitiveness and Distribution; and
Circulation.
Prevention of & Fight Against Crime Programme
As part of the General Programme 'Security and Safeguarding
Liberties' this Programme contributes to a high level of security
for citizens by preventing and combating terrorism and crime,
organised or otherwise. It has four strands: Crime
prevention; Law enforcement; Witness protection and Victim
protection.
Progress
Programme
PROGRESS is the EU's employment and social solidarity
programme. It works alongside ESF to support the EU's
efforts to deliver growth and more jobs whilst fighting poverty and
social exclusion. It is designed to support policy development
and delivery in five areas: Employment; Social inclusion and
protection; Working conditions; Non-discrimination and Gender
equality.
Tempus supports the modernisation of HE in the Partner Countries
of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the
Mediterranean region, mainly through university cooperation
projects. It also aims to promote voluntary convergence of partner
country higher education systems with EU developments in the field
of higher education such as the Lisbon Agenda and the Bologna
Process.
Youth in Action Programme
The Youth in Action Programme aims to respond at European level to
the needs of young people from adolescence to adulthood. The
eligible age range for participants is young people aged between 13
and 30 (depending upon the action). The programme will support
a range of non-educational youth activities.