EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

The programme's specific objectives are to:

—increase the employability of students,

— improve the quality of higher education in Africa and its relevance to Africa's development vision,

—strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African higher education institutions, and promote the development of an African higher education and research space.

Eligible applicants and partnership composition

The partnership must be constituted of minimum four and maximum six African HEIs as partners (including the applicant) and one technical partner from the EU.

Eligible applicants and partners are HEIs registered in Africa that provide courses at postgraduate level (master level and/or doctorate degree) of higher education leading to a qualification recognised by the competent authorities in their own country. Only HEIs accredited by relevant national authorities in Africa are eligible. Branches of HEIs from outside Africa are not eligible.

The technical partner has to be a HEI from one of the EU Member States having been awarded an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.