# C_2005170EN.01001601.xml

| 9.7.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 170/16 |
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9.7.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 170/16

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EAC22/2005

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Tempus III: Guide for Applicants 2005/2006

(2005/C 170/08)

1.   OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION

Tempus, the European Union's trans-European cooperation scheme in higher education provides grants to the development and restructuring of higher education in the partner countries. Tempus supports multilateral cooperation projects involving higher education establishments from EU Member States and the partner countries which form project consortia. National coordination is safeguarded by ensuring the submission of projects, which adhere to national priorities for the implementation of Tempus that are defined on an annual basis by the Commission and the relevant authorities of each partner country.

The three principal instruments for cooperation through the Tempus programme are:

| — | Joint European Projects (JEP): medium-term projects with a ‘bottom-up’ approach aiming at reform at the institutional level. |
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Joint European Projects (JEP): medium-term projects with a ‘bottom-up’ approach aiming at reform at the institutional level.

| — | Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM): short-term projects with a ‘top-down’ approach mainly aiming at reform at national level. |
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Structural and Complementary Measures (SCM): short-term projects with a ‘top-down’ approach mainly aiming at reform at national level.

| — | Individual Mobility Grants (IMG): they are intended to provide academic and administrative staff of the higher education sector with the opportunity to benefit from limited mobility periods abroad. |
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Individual Mobility Grants (IMG): they are intended to provide academic and administrative staff of the higher education sector with the opportunity to benefit from limited mobility periods abroad.

2.   ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

Institutions and organisations which may participate in the Tempus Programme range from higher education institutions through to non-academic institutions such as non-governmental organisations, business companies, industries and public authorities.

Those institutions have to be based in one of the following countries participating in the programme:

| — | The twenty-five Member States of the European Community; |
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The twenty-five Member States of the European Community;

| — | The Partner Countries — currently including the Western Balkan Countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro (1); the Eastern European and Central Asian Countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan; and the Mediterranean Partners, consisting of Algeria, Egypt, Israel (2), Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia. |
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The Partner Countries — currently including the Western Balkan Countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro (1); the Eastern European and Central Asian Countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan; and the Mediterranean Partners, consisting of Algeria, Egypt, Israel (2), Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia.

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Institutions and organisations from the following groups of countries may participate in Tempus projects, but on a self-financing basis:

| — | The following Candidate Countries: Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey (3); |
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The following Candidate Countries: Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey (3);

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| — | The following highly-industrialised countries: Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States of America. |
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The following highly-industrialised countries: Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States of America.

3.   BUDGET AND LENGTH OF PROJECTS

The Tempus programme is financed through the regional cooperation programmes CARDS (Western Balkans), MEDA (Mediterranean countries) and TACIS (Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia). The following amounts are expected to be made available: Under CARDS around EUR 16 million, under MEDA EUR around 20 million, and under Tacis around EUR 27 million.

Grants requested for Structural and Complementary Measures and Joint European Projects will cover 95 % of the total eligible project cost; the other 5 % of the total eligible project costs must be co-financed by the applicant respectively the consortium.

The duration for each of the different measures is, as a general rule, limited to 3 years for a Joint European Project, to one year for the Structural and Complementary Measures, and to 8 weeks for an Individual Mobility Grant.

The maximum grant amount for 2-year Joint European Projects is EUR 300 000 and for 3-year JEPs EUR 500 000.

The maximum grant amount for Structural and Complementary Measures is EUR 150 000.

Individual Mobility Grants are calculated with an amount of EUR 840 per week, and a maximum amount for travel costs of EUR 1 500.

4.   DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Annual deadlines for applications for Individual Mobility Grants: 15 October 2005, 15 February 2006.

15 October 2005

15 February 2006

Annual deadlines for applications for Structural and Complementary Measures: 15 October 2005, 15 February 2006.

15 October 2005

15 February 2006

Annual deadline for applications for Joint European Projects: 15 December 2005.

15 December 2005

5.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The call for proposals of the Tempus programme (the ‘Guide for Applicants’ for implementation in 2005/2006) has been published on the website below. Please note also the publications on selected proposals and the eligibility of grant applications from certain partner countries on this website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/tempus/index_en.html

Applications for funding must respect the conditions set out in the call for proposals and must be submitted on the electronic forms provided on the above website.

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(1)  Kosovo is under interim international civil administration in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

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(2)  Since it does not benefit from MEDA bilateral funds the participation of Israel is on a self-funding basis.

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(3)  Croatia is also a Candidate Country but remains an eligible Partner Country for Tempus funding.

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