1. Al Idrisi Project Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Strand 1 Dr Erol Külahci In charge of the relations with EU Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Granada, 6 October 2011

2. AUF and Its Missions Rectorate and Central Services (Paris): Rector Bernard Cerquiglini and Vice-Rector for scientific Policy (Abderrahmane Lellou) Seat (Montreal) The AUF aims at contributing to the construction and consolidation of a scientific area rooted in the French- language 1. Fostering scientific cooperation 2. Training the development players of the future 3. Supporting research and excellence 4. Sharing expertise.

3. AUF and Regional Presence The AUF is now the link between a network of 779 establishments covering every continent, in 90 countries, 53 of which are members of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Since 1989, AUF is the OIF’s Operator on Higher Education and Research Regional offices at: Western Europe and Maghreb (Brussels), Central and Eastern Europe (Bucharest), Middle-East (Beyrouth), Western Africa (Dakar), Central Africa (Yaoundé), Indian Ocean (Antananarivo), Asia-Pacific (Hanoi), Caribbean (Port-au-Prince), America (Montreal)

4. AUF and EU Projects Previous Projects Tempus III: CERES + Ide@ FP6 (PROMEDAccess, In-Er-Link, EuroAfrica ICT I) Current Projects Erasmus Mundus (associate) Erasmus Mundus Master (Philosophies allemande et française + MITRA) Erasmus Mundus Partnership (Averroès, Al Idrisi, Mundus ACP) Erasmus Mundus (partner): DocLinks (Increasing Understanding and Establishing Better Links between African and European Doctoral Education Candidates) FP7 support action (Bilat Jordania, Bilat Algeria, EuroAfrica ICT II) Tempus IV: Strategicom (Centre-East of Algeria) Quality Assurance in Maghreb (Aqi-Umed)

5. AUF and Maghreb Member Institutions of AUF in Maghreb Algeria: 51 member institutions Morocco: 28 member institutions Tunisia: 18 member institutions Member Institutions of AUF in Spain Autonomous University of Barcelona Alicante University Barcelona University Open University of Catalunya Presence of AUF in Maghreb through its CNF (Campus Numérique Francophone) Algeria: Constantine University, UST Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Oran University Morocco: UM5S Tunisia: Carthage University

6. Algeria, Al Idrisi and Averroès Al Idrisi 1. Université Badji Mokhtar-Annaba 2. Université Hassiba Benbouali de Chlef 3. Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran “Mohamed Boudiaf” Averroès 1. Université Abou Bekr Belkaïd de Tlemcen 2. Université Abderrahmane Mira de Béjaïa 3. Université Ferhat Abbas de Setif 4. Université Mentouri de Constantine 5. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou AUF could reach 43 Institutions from Algeria

7. Morocco, Al Idrisi and Averroès Al Idrisi 1. Université Hassan II - Aïn Chock, Casablanca 2. Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez 3. Université Hassan 1er, Settat 4. Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tetouan Averroes 1. Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi de Tetouan 2. Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech 3. Université Mohamed V Agdal de Rabat AUF could reach 22 Institutions from Morocco

8. Tunisia, Al Idrisi and Averroès Al Idrisi 1. Université de Carthage 2. Université de Gafsa 3. Université de Monastir Averroès 1. Université de Gabès 2. Université de Sousse 3. Université de Tunis el Manar AUF could reach 12 Institutions from Tunisia

9. AUF’s Role and Al Idrissi Project Nationwide promotion campaign (supported by associate partners) Quality Assurance