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| 23.12.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 319/73 |
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23.12.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 319/73

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EAC65/04

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Tempus III: Guide for applicants 2004/2005

(2004/C 319/15)

1.   OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION

Tempus, the European Commission'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:

| — | 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,

| — | 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,

| — | 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.

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 25 Member States of the European Community, |
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the 25 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, Mongolia, 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, Mongolia, 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 remaining Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; Bulgaria and Romania also participated in Tempus from 1990 to 2000 as partner countries and have a wealth of experience and positive results which could prove useful to project consortia, |
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the remaining Candidate Countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; Bulgaria and Romania also participated in Tempus from 1990 to 2000 as partner countries and have a wealth of experience and positive results which could prove useful to project consortia,

| — | members of the Group of 24 other than the Member States of the European Community (currently Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States of America). |
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members of the Group of 24 other than the Member States of the European Community (currently 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). Under CARDS around EUR 15 million will be made available for Tempus, under MEDA around EUR 20 million, and under Tacis also around EUR 20 million.

Grants requested for mobilities cover 100 % of the mobility costs. Individual mobility grants can last one week up to eight weeks, but may not exceed EUR 5 000.

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.

Structural and Complementary Measures can last up to 1 year and the maximum grant amounts are EUR 150 000 for structural measures respectively EUR 100 000 for Complementary Measures.

The maximum grant amount for 2-years joint European projects is EUR 300 000 and for 3-year JEPs EUR 500 000.

4.   DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Annual deadlines for applications for individual mobility grants: 15 February, 15 June, 15 October.

Annual deadlines for applications for structural and complementary measures: 15 February, 15 October.

Annual deadline for applications for joint European projects: 15 December.

5.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The call for proposals of the Tempus programme (the ‘Guide for applicants’ for implementation in 2004/2005) has been published in five languages (English, French, German, Arabic, Russian) on the following website under the link ‘Apply for Tempus’. Please note also the publications on selected proposals and the eligibility of grant applications from certain partner countries on this website:

http://www.etf.eu.int/tempus.nsf

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

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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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