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General objectives:
ALFA supports joint co-operation projects between European
and Latin American
higher education institutions, its aims are :
- to create/strengthen the links between higher education
institutions by enhancing the dialogue between the academic
communities of both continents;
- to create systematic and sustainable mechanisms of
co-operation between those involved in higher education
in Europe and Latin America, in order to encourage the
establishment of mechanisms for mobility between the
two continents and at regional level in Latin America;
Types of action:
Sub-programme A: Institutional Management
This sub-programme aims at developing the management
capabilities of Higher Education Institutions in the
following fields:
- academic and administrative personnel management;
- curriculum development and teaching management;
- research management;
-academic evaluation;
- certification of degrees and diplomas;
- curriculum harmonisation;
- administrative management;
- management of university extension services;
- management of university/business co-operation schemes;
- management of services to the university community.
Sub-programme A: focuses on institutional effectiveness
considering development of skills and instruments.
Activities to be financed within the framework of institutional
co-operation projects will be the following:
- design and preparation of institutional management
material;
- preparation and publication of work undertaken as
part of projects.
As to the specific actions aimed at developing the above-mentioned
activities, the ALFA Programme may provide financial
support for the organisation of colloquia and/or seminars,
in addition to short-term study visits. Two meetings
and colloquiums with a maximum five-day duration may
be included in each year of the project. Short-term
residences must be related to visits paid by one network
member to another institution of the network, corresponding
to a maximum 15 days per year.
All this actions should have tangible results. Target
beneficiaries are managers, and teachers performing
management functions, in their respective institutions.
Seminars and colloquiums held in the framework of sub-programme
A must not target the training of either university
post-graduates or students or teachers who do not perform
management functions.
Activities included in this sub-programme may have a
maximum duration of two years.
This sub-programme awards partial and/or additional
grants to promote mobility in the following fields:
- Advanced training: Doctorate (especially with co-tutoring),
Masters degree or post-doctoral vocational specialisation
courses (residences of 6 to 20 months by grant-holder).
- Complementary training: final year student mobility
(residences of 6 to 10 months).
- Short-term training: as part of post-graduate studies
(residences of up to 3 months).
- Researchers training: specialised scientific courses
for researchers (residences of up to 6 months).
Research training will only include activities enabling
researchers to acquire skills in specific research domains.
No projects merely related to research will be financed.
Activities proposed within mobility projects (sub-programme
B) may be developed over a maximum period of 3 years.
Start and end dates
of programme:
The programme was approved by the Commission with a
duration of 6 years. It started in 2000 and will be
finished by 2005.
Total available budget:
The Commission decision foresees a maximum of 42.M of
Community contribution to the Programme's execution.
Legal Basis for the
funding:
Council Regulation (CEE) No. 443/92 of 25th February
1992 on financial and technical assistance to, and economic
co-operation with the developing countries of Asia and
Latin America.
Nature of Community
contribution:
Grant (co-financing)
Level of Community
contribution:
The Community contribution co-finances a maximum of
75 % of the total budget estimation of project proposals
received and approved.
Organisations(s) which
may benefit from the programme:
- Higher Education Institutions (HEI) recognised by
their respective national authorities.
- Other institutions may join the network to participate
in project design and implementation but can not co-ordinate
activities (i.e.: associations, foundations, local authorities,
PMEs, etc.)
Eligibility:
Projects must be submitted by Networks of institutions.
The ALFA networks
should be composed of at least six Higher Education
Institutions: 3 European and 3 Latin American (6 different
countries in total). The network is expected to ensure
the active participation of all its members.
Other institutions may
join the network as associated members, provided that
their involvement is pertinent and contributes to the
fulfilment of the network's objectives. In
each network the international component (i.e. the number
of member institutions from different countries) should
at all times be greater than the national component
(i.e. the number of different member institutions from
the same country). Entities
will be recognised as higher education institutions
according to the law of their respective country.
Institutions that are unable to show that they are formally
recognised as Higher Education Institutions may not
be counted in order to fulfil the minimum membership
requirement and must not represent the majority of members
in a network.
Procedure to be followed:
Networks should submit their applications using the
appropriate forms, which may be obtained from either
the Technical Assistance Office or the Programme's website.
- To present the proposals the networks will use the
above mentioned prepared for this purpose, which they
can send to the Technical Assistance Office (TAO). The
Commission will evaluate the ALFA proposals twice a
year, in June and December and will make a decision
according to the established criteria.
- The TAO will give support to the networks on the proposals
presented, in order to ensure appropriate preparation
before the proposals are sent to the Group of Experts
for evaluation.
- After each evaluation round, the Group of Experts
will send the results of its work to the European Commission,
which will take a formal decision as to whether or not
it will finance the proposals submitted for examination.
- After the evaluation round, the administrative procedures
for the preparation of the contracts between the European
Commission and each network's co-ordinating institution
will start. The contract will be based on the model
established by the European Commission's relevant services.
- More information is available on the ALFA Web page
and, each year - during the first 4 years of the Programme
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Deadline:
for reception of applications April 30 and October 30,
until 2003.
Contact:
Web site: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/alfa/index_en.htm
European Commission
Directorate General Relex
Directorate Latin America
Unit Horizontal Matters
CHAR 12/49
Rue de la Loi, 200
B-1049 Bruxelles
Fax: +32 2 2993941
Technical Assitance Office ALFA Technical Assistance
Office (TAO)
Rue Joseph II, 36, 4th Floor
B-1000 Brussels
Tel.: + 32 2 219 04 53
Fax: +32 2 219 63 84
E-mail : infoalfa@ceeeta.pt
Delegations of the European Commission in Latin America
and European Commission offices in Europe.
Community contact points
Directorate-General
External Relations
Cecilia Costa
E-mail : cecilia.costa@cec.eu.int
National sources of information and contact points
Delegations of the Commission in Latin America
Offices of the Commission in the EU Member States
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