1. REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Ministry of Education, Youth and Science EEA/Norway Grants Conference and Contact Seminar 26 April 2012,Grand Terminus Hotel, Bergen, Norway FM-EEA New Scholarship Programme Proposal - BULGARIA Mimi Daneva, M. Sc. Ph. D. Chief Expert in International and European Cooperation Directorate

2. EEA FM Scholarship Programme in BG – Introduction 1 Who we are ٠ Scholarship Programme Operator: Ministry of Education, Youth and Science ٠ Head of the Scholarship Programme Operator: the Director of the International and European Cooperation Directorate ٠ Donor Programme Partners: ٠ DPP 1 - Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (siu.no) – coordinating ٠ DPP 2 - Icelandic Centre for Research (rannis.is); ٠ DPP 3 - Agency for International Educational Affairs - Liechtenstein (aiba.llv.li); ٠ National Focal Point – Other Programmes dept., CM

3. EEA FM Scholarship Programme in BG – Outcomes, Objectives, Measures 2 2 Main Outcomes 5 Programme Objectives 3 Measures

4. 3OutcomesIndicatorsBaselineTarget 1. Increased HE student and staff mobility between beneficiary and EEA EFTA states  Number of students benefitting from mobility grant from EEA by country, gender, level of study 1240  Number of higher education and research staff benefitting from mobility grant from EEA by country, gender, level of study 120355 2. Increased and strengthened institutional cooperation at higher education level between beneficiary and EEA EFTA states  Number of intensive study programmes developed;  Number of joint study programmes developed between HEIs by country;  Number of new curricula 05  Number of long term relationships established between institutions by country 03

5. Previous Results – Project BG0057 ٠132 scholarships granted = EUR 133 236 total ٠ 2 Measures – Mobility of Students and Staff Mobility 4 Philological Sciences Other Natural sciences, Mathematics, And Informatics Engineering Social sciences, Economics, and Law Agriculture Share of beneficiaries regarding professional fields ٠ Norway – 51.5 % ٠ Iceland – 40.1 % ٠ Liechtenstein – 8 %

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7. m.daneva@mon.bg Republic of Bulgaria Ministry of Education, Youth and Science Thank you very much for your kind attention!