Tempus Program (Mission, History, Future)

1. TEMPUS PROGRAMME
Mission, History, Future
Andrey Girenko, DFKI GmbH

2. Tempus
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Tempus is the EU’s programme
which supports the
modernisation of higher
education in the Partner
Countries of Eastern Europe,
Central Asia, the Western
Balkans and the Mediterranean
region, mainly through
university cooperation projects.
Second goal: voluntary
convergence of the higher
education systems in the
Partner Countries.

3. Tempus specific objectives
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• To promote the reform and modernisation of higher education in the
Partner Countries;
• To enhance the quality and relevance of higher education to the world
of work and society in the Partner Countries;
• To increase the capacity of higher education institutions in the Partner
Countries and the EU, in particular their capacity to co-operate
internationally and to continually modernise
• To foster the reciprocal development of human resources;
• To enhance mutual understanding between the peoples and cultures
of the EU and the Partner Countries.

4. History of Tempus
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• July 01, 1990 – Council of Europe decision on the Trans-
European Mobility Scheme for University Studies
(TEMPUS) as part of the Phare Programme (Poland,
Chechoslovakia, Hungary)
• 1991 – Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia
• 1992 – Baltic countries, Slovenia, Albania
• 1993 – Tempus II (Phare and TACIS) Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus
• 1995 – Georgia and Armenia joined Tempus Tacis
• 2000-2006 Tempus III
• 2008-2013 Tempus IV
• What then? ERASMUS +

5. Tempus in Saarland
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• December 1997 – visit of the Saarland team to Russia
• 1999-2001 First Tempus project in UdS: PROFI
“Optimization of Administrative processes in the field of
Financial Management”
• 2003-2006 Prometheus “Promoting entrepreneurial
activities and Technology Transfer in the system of Higher
Education of the Republic of Moldova”
• Followed by SEASCAPE, CREATE, PROTECT
• Internationalization: CROSSUM, RAUMA, TEAM, CREDIT
• PROTECT finished in 2010

6. ERASMUS +
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• New “integrated” programme of the EU for Education,
Training, Youth and Sport (2014-2020)
• 14.7 Beuro (40% increase), 4 million people and 125,000
institutions will be directly involved
• Learning mobility of individuals – at least 63% of funding
• Cooperation and Innovation/Good practice exchange – at
least 28% of funding
• Staff mobility: 800,000 staff members
• Instruments:
• Knowledge Alliances (150)
• Sector Skills Alliances (150)
• Strategic Partnerships (25,000)

7. ERASMUS + for the world
(example)
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Capacity Building in the field of Youth
• foster cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Programme Countries
and Partner Countries from different regions of the world;
• improve the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning and volunteering
in Partner Countries and enhance their synergies and complementarities with other
education systems, the labour market and society;
• foster the development, testing and launching of schemes and programmes of non-
formal learning mobility at regional level (i.e. within and across regions of the world);
• promote transnational non-formal learning mobility between Programme and Partner
Countries, notably targeting young people with fewer opportunities, with a view to
improving participants' level of competences and fostering their active participation in
society.
• Open to the entire world. Grant per project 150,000 euro

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Thank you for your attention
Contact:
Dr. Andrey Girenko
DFKI GmbH
Email: andrey.girenko@dfki.de
Tel. +49 681 85775 5373