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The European Commission will organise a project representatives' meeting gathering grantholders and project coordinators (from the partner countries and the EU) who have received a Joint European Project, which was selected in reply to the call for proposals of 15 December 2006. The meeting will take place on 10-11 March 2008 in Brussels. Grantholders will receive an invitiation with all the necessary information. The overall aim of the meeting is to address the practical issues of grant management (rules, reporting requirements, financial management) and give hands-on advice. The meeting will also be an excellent opportunity for new and experienced practitioners to exchange knowledge and to network with other project partners in similar subject areas or in the same region.If you have questions on the meeting please send them to following e-mail address: tempus@teamwork.fr

Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education for the enhancement of quality in European higher education;the promotion of the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world and the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries as well as for the development of third countries in the field of higher education.The programme continues and extends the scope of the activities already launched during its first phase(2004-2008) and includes the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window scheme, which was launched in 2006 as a complement to the original programme. The decision establishing the second phase of the Erasmus Mundus Programme was adopted by the European Parliament and Council on 16.12.2008 (Decision No 1298/2008/EC).1 The programme covers the period 2009-2013 and has....

The Commission considers higher education as an important priority for its co-operation activities with the neighbouring countries and the countries within its wider vicinity. The Tempus programme, which is the longest-standing EU programme in this sector and which has a strong focus on institutional co-operation, is being continued for a new phase from 2007 to 2013. Since its inception in 1990, university cooperation under the Tempus programme has contributed successfully to institution building in higher education in the partner countries and to sustainable university partnerships as well as to enhancing mutual understanding between academic worlds of the European Union and the partner countries. The present call for proposals is funded through the following financial instruments of the European Union....