JISER-MED Kick off Meeting Barcelona, 18 January 2011 Joint Innovation & Synergies in Education and Research - Mediterranean Countries.

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 PRESENTATION OVERVIEW 1. ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAMME OBREAL:BRIDGES & PROMHEDEU-LAC DETAILS CALL FOR PROPOSAL 2. POLICY FRAMEWORK EUROMED RELATIONS 3. JISER-MED DESCRIPTION 4. MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAMME - Promotion EU Higher Education European Commission- Directorate-General for Education and Culture- Action 3 provides support to transnational initiatives, studies, projects, events and other activities aimed at enhancing the attractiveness, profile, image and visibility of, and accessibility to, EU HE Education in the world This Action is addressed to higher education institutions and other organisations active in the field of higher education which wish to establish a cooperation project

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 ERASMUS MUNDUS & OBREAL BRIDGES-LAC Project  Improving Accessibility  Advancing the Recognition of Degrees and Qualifications  Enhancing the International Dimension of Quality Assurance  Ensuring Participation to Share and Disseminate Experiences, Knowledge and Information  Strengthening Relations while Furthering Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation through Workshops and Debates  Working towards the Development of a Common Perspective to respond to Global Challenges in Higher Education

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 ERASMUS MUNDUS & OBREAL PROMHEDEU-LAC Project  PROMOTING SYNERGIES AMONG KEY ACTORS of the EU and LAC  ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF EUROPEAN HE THROUGH BETTER INFORMATION ON EUROPEAN HE DIVERSITY/INTEGRATION  ANALYSING THE STRATEGIES APPLIED BY COMPETING WORLD PARTNERS  Improving the level of knowledge of LAC stakeholders on the Modernisation Process of European Higher Education (i.e. the Bologna Process)  Working towards the Development of a Common Perspective to respond to Global Challenges in Higher Education

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAMME - Requirements for Action 3 Projects Have a clear European dimension and a wide geographical scope Have a clear international (third-country) dimension Contribute to fostering intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding between cultures Ensure that they do not overlap with other European programmes in the field of higher education

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAMME Total budget available: 1 million EUR Indicative number of projects to be selected: 5 Project duration: min 12, max 36 months Minimum partnership: 3 partners from the EU + one third country partner Project grants: usually between 100,000 and 350,000 EUR European co-financing: max 75 %

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAMME - Priorities in Promotion of European higher education in certain geographical areas (e.g. Africa and industrialised countries) 2. Improving services for international students and doctoral candidates 3. The international dimension of Quality Assurance 4. Strengthening relations between European higher education and research 5. Promoting European study opportunities for doctoral candidates

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 EUROMED POLICY BACKGROUND- OVERVIEW 1995 Barcelona Process Monitoring Committee for Euro-Med Cooperation in the field of research and technology (MoCo) II Mediterranean University Forum Tarragona 2006 first EuroMed Universities Rectors’ Conference, Tampere 2007 First EuroMed Ministerial Conference on Higher Education and Research 2008 re launched Union for the Mediterranean

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 EUROMED PROGRAMMES & SOME CURRENT PROJECTS TEMPUS – Algérie - Maroc - Tunisie - Renforcement de l'assurance qualité interne dans des universités de la Méditerranée (AQI-UMED) FP7: MIRA Coordination Action: Fostering the European Union- Mediterranean Partner Countries (EU-MPC) Innovation and Science & Technology Communities of Practice FORT– Forging Ties and Building Bridges between Mediterranean Higher Education Institutions CPCNASCE – Cultural Preparation Course for North African Students coming to Europe

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 WHY JISER-MED? To enhance the attractiveness of EU HE in the Mediterranean for the benefit of both regions & contribute to the creation of EUROMED HE & RESEARCH AREA by building upon previous forums and associations funded by the EU and the experiences and knowledge accumulated in them by taking advantage of synergies already in place among consolidated forums & networks

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 WHO IS JISER-MED? Coordinator: Universidad de Barcelona European Partners: EPUF-Spain ALMA LAUREA- Italy Universitat de Illes Balears -UIB- Spain University of Montpellier 1 - UM1- France ANECA-Spain University of Perpignan Via Domita – France Mediterranean Partners: Adelmalek Essaâdi University- Morocco Princess Soraya University - Jordan The Virtual University of Tunisia - Tunisia Associated Partners: Main Policy Associated Partner: IEMED – Spain Main HE Cooperation Associated Partner: OBREAL Geographical Partners: The Dubai Institute of technology – UAE The Pamukkale University – Turkey University of Padova – Italy University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 - France The Pyrenees Mediterranean Euroregion- Andorra, France

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 JISER-MED- OBJECTIVES  Improving services for Mediterranean students and doctoral candidates; PRIORIDAD 2 EM A3  Enhancing the International Dimension of Quality Assurance from a Mediterranean perspective - PRIORIDAD 3 EM A3  Strengthening relations between European Higher Education and Research PRIORIDAD 4 EM A3  contributing to the interdisciplinary policy debate in furtherance of increased participation and mutual understanding among different stakeholders of Mediterranean region; and  ensuring sustainable means of multiplying and disseminating successful experiences of EUROMED joint actions in the areas of He and Research.

January HOW JISER-MED? Vertical Dimensions Student´s Services (D1) QA Dimension (D2) HE&RESEARCH – Best Practices (D3) Horizontal Dimensions Policy Dimension. (D4) Multiplier Dimension. (D5) Barcelona, 18 January 2011

January I.-HOW JISER-MED? By preparing and carrying out a SURVEY to identify the challenges and opportunities in the area of Services for Mediterranean students to EU HE (D1) By consolidating findings on the possible services in the EU HE in a Green Paper and including recommendations in a White Paper. (D1+D2) By strengthening the international dimension of Quality Assurance from a Mediterranean perspective working together with MED universities and EU QA agencies (D2) By studying best practices in HE&R (D3)

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 II- HOW JISER-MED? By contributing to the interdisciplinary policy debate to further a greater understanding among stakeholders and decision-makers in both regions through the organisation of Round Tables, Debates, Foras and Bi-regional Seminars By working towards the dissemination and multiplication of good practices and successful experiences carried out by EUROMED in the area of HE and Research through the creation of Multiplier Units, 6 By consolidating an evaluation frame in order to assurance the quality of JISER-MED outputs.

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT & BUDGET General Management, Financial and Research Coordination by the University of Barcelona on the basis of its experience in OBREAL’s EM4 projects BRIDGES-LAC and PROMHEDEU –LAC Management of Partnership by EPUF/UB Quality Assurance activities coordinated by ANECA Policy Dialogue coordinated by IEMED/UB

January Barcelona, 18 January 2011 MANAGEMENT TEAM at UB High level Representation of the project and Chair of its main activities: Rector / Vicerector of the UB General Coordination of the Project: Anna Cuatrecasas / Ramon Torrent Project Management: Consortium Management: Relations with the EACEA services and with the partners, coordination of the activities and preparation of the reports: Nicolás Patrici/ Obs Glob/UB Agustina Calabrese Obs Glob/UB Administrative Coordination and budgetary supervision: Esther Martra UB Payments Management Universitat de Barcelona

January Working Groups and Leaders. Per Vertical Dimension. D1- Project Leader UB/EPUF Design: UB Tech design: PSUT Distribution: EPUF + ALMA LAUREA + Montpellier + Perpignan +UIB +UAE + D2 –Project Leader ANECA IEMED + EPUF + ALMA LAUREA + Montepellier + UIB D3- Project Leader EPUF Design: EPUF + UB + Perpignan + Montpellier + Baleares Per Horizontal Dimension D4 – Project Leader IEMED/UB D5- - Project Leader IEMED/UB/EPUF. Barcelona, 18 January 2011

January Events & Workshops Calendar M1 – (17 January) Policy Seminar in Barcelona (18 January- KOM) M11-13 (SEP-OCT 2011) Semminar in Jordan. Dimension 2&3 M (May – 12) Seminar in Marroc. Dimension 1. M18-20 ( oct- 12) Policy Seminar in Balears Islands. Evaluation meeting - Tarragona Barcelona, 18 January 2011

January II. Events & Workshops Calendar Embeded events / participation in ANECA events. EPUF events. IEMED events. UB events. Barcelona, 18 January 2011

January APPROVED BUDGET JISER-MED GRANT EC: COFINANCING: TOTAL BUDGET¨: COST BY CATEGORY: 1. EVENTS-MEETINGS (X4): STAFF COSTS: SUBCONTRACTING: OTHER DIRECT COSTS:

January OPEN DEBATE Contact Details: Nicolás PATRICI Barcelona, 18 January 2011