Open Call “European Universities – Development of new deep Institutional Transnational Cooperation”

Deadline: 22-Mar-22

The European Commission is inviting proposals for European Universities for the Development of new deep institutional transnational cooperation.

Objective

The ‘European Universities’ initiative is part of the ‘Partnerships for Excellence’ support provided in the framework of the new Erasmus+ Programme. This initiative has an ambitious mandate aimed to trigger and deepen unprecedented levels of institutional cooperation between higher education institutions, making it systemic, structural and sustainable. It aims to encourage the emergence of bottom-up alliances of universities across Europe, which will enable students to combine studies in several countries.

Priorities

In line with the priorities of the European Education Area by 2025, these European Universities intend to:

• Promote common European values and a strengthened European identity by bringing together a new generation of Europeans able to cooperate within different cultures, languages, and across borders, sectors and academic disciplines;
• Reach a substantial leap in quality, performance, attractiveness and competitiveness of European higher education institutions, and contribute to the European knowledge economy, employment, creativity, culture and welfare by making the best use of innovative pedagogies and striving to make the knowledge square a reality. ‘European Universities’ will be key drivers to boost the quality of higher education and where possible to strengthen its link to the research and innovation landscape in Europe and its outreach towards the society and economy.

Funding Information

Amount: 46.40 MEUR

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
  • Be legal entities (public or private bodies).
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs).
    • Non-EU countries: third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme (including EEA countries), countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement to the Erasmus+ programme and where that agreement enters into force before the grant signature (list of participating countries).
• The applicants (potential beneficiaries and their affiliated entities if any) must be:
  • Higher Education Institutions holding a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) and entities affiliated to them, including:
    • Higher Education Institutions already involved in deep institutional transnational cooperation, such as those being part of European Universities selected under the 2019 Erasmus+ call. They can be joined on a voluntary basis by other higher education institutions – holding a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) and entities affiliated to them – wishing to participate in such existing alliances.
    • Higher Education Institutions wishing to establish new deep institutional transnational cooperation in a new alliance.
    • Any other organisation consisting of the referred higher education institutions – specifically set up with the purpose of implementing deep institutional transnational cooperation, including joint educational activities
• The associated partners can be:
  • Any higher education institution established in an EU Member State or a third country associated to the programme holding a valid ECHE Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
  • Any public/private organisation from an EU Member State or third country associated to the programme active in the field of education and training, research and innovation or in the world of work.
  • Any higher education institution established in a third country not associated to the programme that is part of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Process).

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