The ‘European Universities’ initiative is part of the ‘Partnerships for Excellence’ support provided in the framework of the new Erasmus+ Programme. This initiative has an ambitious mandate aimed to trigger and deepen unprecedented levels of institutional cooperation between higher education institutions, making it systemic, structural and sustainable. It aims to encourage the emergence of bottom-up alliances of universities across Europe, which will enable students to combine studies in several countries.

80%

• Education and training

• Educational Institutions
• International Organisations
• Large Enterprises
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• State-owned Enterprises
• Training Centres

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies).
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs).
  • Non-EU countries: third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme (including EEA countries), countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement to the Erasmus+ programme and where that agreement enters into force before the grant signature (list of participating countries) and
  • Non-EU countries: Western Balkans third countries not associated to the programme.

The applicants (potential beneficiaries) must be:

• Higher Education Institutions holding a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) and any entities affiliated to them.
• Any other organisation consisting of the above referred higher education institutions – specifically set up with the purpose of implementing deep institutional transnational cooperation, including joint educational activities.

The associated partners can be:

• Any higher education institution established in an EU Member State, or a third country associated to the programme holding a valid ECHE Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
• Any public/private organisation from an EU Member State, third country associated to the programme or in Western Balkans not associated to the programme active in the field of education and training, research, and innovation or in the world of work.
• Any higher education institution established in a third country not associated to the programme that is part of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Process) or in Western Balkans not associated to the programme.

Topic 1: Development of new deep institutional transnational cooperation – Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

• Minimum 3 eligible higher education institutions from 3 different eligible countries.
• A higher education institution may participate as full partner in only one European Universities alliance funded by the Erasmus+ programme at the same time.
• A higher education institution may only participate as full partner in one single European Universities application; they may participate in other applications only as associated partners.

Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes

Website: Erasmus+ – IDEP
Website with Contact details: Εpikoinonia – Erasmus+ – IDEP
Address: Prodromou & Dimitrakopoulou 2, Nicosia 1090, Cyprus
Τelephone: +357 22448888
Email: info@idep.org.cy

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/contacts_en

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