INTRA-ACP academic mobility scheme

The programme's objective is to strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific in view of increasing access to quality education that will encourage and enable students to undertake postgraduate studies, and to promote student retention in the region along with mobility of staff (academic and administrative) while increasing competitiveness and attractiveness of the institutions themselves.

More specifically, the programme aims to:
- provide access to higher education for students including those from disadvantaged groups;
- facilitate cooperation on recognition of studies and qualifications;
- contribute to the improvement of the quality of higher education through the promotion of inter­ nationalisation, and harmonisation of programmes and curricula within participating institutions;
- enhance the international cooperation capacity of HEIs in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries;
- promote cooperation between sending and hosting institutions;
- enable students, academics and staff to benefit linguistically, culturally and professionally from the experience gained in the context of mobility to another country;
- enhance, in the medium term, the political, cultural, educational and economic links between the participating countries. For the present 3rd Call for Proposals, some additional special sectoral/thematic priorities are defined:

Eligible applicants and partnership composition:
- higher education institutions (HEIs) in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific that provide courses at the graduate and/or doctoral level of higher education, recognised by the competent authorities in their own country. Only African, Caribbean and Pacific national HEIs accredited by relevant national authorities in Africa, in the Caribbean and in the Pacific are eligible. Branches of HEIs from outside Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are not eligible.
The partnership will be constituted between 3 and 12 HEIs.

Eligible activities and duration
The project will entail the organisation and implementation of student and staff mobility in high-quality master and doctoral programmes, as well as the provision of education/training and other services to foreign students and teaching/training and research assignments and other services to staff from the country(ies) covered by the project. Mobility must take place in one of the eligible countries covered by this call for proposals.
The duration of the project must be between 48 and 60 months, based on planned activities.

Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 23,45 million.

Deadline: 10 June 2013, at 16.00 CET.

Further details:
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