UNIMED at the Erasmus+ Info

Day in Tunisia

Marcello Scalisi, Director

UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union

Hammamet, November 17, 2016

UNIMED Foundation

1991: Establishment of the Mediterranean Universities Union, formed of

24 Universities.

2016: Network of 93 Universities of 22 countries in the Euro-

Mediterranean region.

Head Office: Palazzo Baleani, Rome, Italy

Regional Offices:

Muhammad V University, Rabat, Morocco (Presidency office)

An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

UNIMED

Associated Universities’ Countries

ALGERIA – CYPRUS – EGYPT- FRANCE

-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FINLAND –

GEORGIA - GREECE – ITALY - JORDAN

– LEBANON – LIBYA - MOROCCO –

MONTENEGRO – OMAN - PALESTINE –

PORTUGAL – SYRIA – SPAIN – TUNISIA

- TURKEY

UNIMED

Associated Tunisian Universities

Tunis al Manar University

Tunis University

Carthage University

Sousse University

Sfax Universities

UNIMED main objective

UNIMED aims at promoting,

in a multidisciplinary perspective,

interuniversity research and education…

…in order to contribute to the integration

process between the two Mediterranean shores.

UNIMED carries out the following

activities in favour of its members

• Improving intercultural dialogue between the two shores of the

Mediterranean basin;

• Promoting the international dimension of universities;

• Planning and fundraising activity;

• Promoting mobility in the Euro-Mediterranean region for

students, researchers and academic staff;

• Organising meetings, discussions, seminars and round tables both

at a national and international level;

UNIMED carries out the following

activities in favour of its members

• Providing technical assistance for the enhancement of quality

assurance in university education;

• Providing training for academic and administrative staff of

Universities, particularly for the personnel of International

Relations Offices;

• Creating thematic Sub-Networks to foster the scientific

cooperation within specific fields;

• Conducting strategic analysis of Mediterranean Region;

• Widening participation in Open Education;

• Supporting to boost youth employability and society development

of the partners of the network.

UNIMED and the projects

with TUNISIA

PROJECT eMEDia A bottom-up approach for the design and pilot of a joint Master Course in Cross-Media Journalism

PROGRAMME Tempus IV Joint Projects, Curricular Reform

DURATION 36 months (1/12/2013 – 30/11/2016)

AIM Contribute to the modernisation of the HE sector in Tunisia through a bottom-up and participatory approach for the design and pilot of a joint Master Course in Cross-Media Journalism

LEAD CONTRACTOR

PARTNERS

Summer School IULM 13-14 September 2016

PROJECT INFOBC L’innovation dans la formation pour les biens cultureles: un nouveau curriculum euro-méditerranéen pour la préservation de biens culturels

PROGRAMME Tempus IV Joint Projects, Curricular Reform

DURATION 01/12/2013 - 30/11/2016

AIM Establish a new Master program aimed at developing new skills in Tunisia for teachers and technical staff in the field of cultural heritage.

LEAD CONTRACTOR

PARTNERS Ecole Nationale des Arts et Métiers Paris Tech de Cluny (France), University of Barcelona (Spain), UNIMED (Italy), University IUAV of Venice (Italy), University of Tunis (Tunisia), University La Manouba (Tunisia), University of Sousse (Tunisia), University of Gabés (Tunisia), University of Sfax (Tunisia), University of Zitouna (Tunisia), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Tunisia)

PROJECT RESUME RESeaU Méditerranéen pour l’Employabilité

PROGRAMME Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity-building in the Field of Higher Education

DURATION 15/10/2015 - 14/10/2018

AIM Enhancing and reinforcing the role and potential of HEIs in the development of employability in the Mediterranean countries by adopting a transversal entrepreneurial mind-set at the HEIs and by opening and structuring the dialogue among the universities, the enterprises and the policy makers

LEAD CONTRACTOR

PARTNERS UniME (Italy), AMU (France), UB (Spain), AlmaLaurea (Italy), Ville de Marseille (France), IAV (Morocco), UM5R (Morocco), Us (Tunisia), USf (Tunisia), UL (Lebanon), USEK (Lebanon), AFEM (Morocco), MERSFC (Morocco), MESRS (Tunisia), DGHE (Lebanon)

ASSOCIATE PARTNERS

ASCAME (Spain)

PROJECT DIRE-MED, Dialogue Interculturel, REseaux et Mobilité en MEDiterranée

PROGRAMME Erasmus+, KA2 – Capacity-building in the Field of Higher Education

DURATION 15/10/2016 - 14/10/2019

AIM By fostering university cooperation, DIRE-MED seeks to establish a long-lasting relationship of mutual trust, understanding and intercultural awareness among Mediterranean countries promoting the mobility and exchange of people and in longer term, a major economic and cultural integration of the region.

LEAD CONTRACTOR

PARTNERS UNICT (Italy), UP1 (France), PACA (France), EUSA (Spain), INCOMA (Spain), UAE (Morocco), IAV Hassan II (Morocco), Sétif 2 (Algeria), Alger 1 (Algeria), UTM (Tunisia), UCAR (Tunisia)

TUNED project overview

• Title of the project: TUnisian Network for Employability

and Development of graduates’ skills (TUNED)

• Action: Key Action 2 – Capacity Building in the field of

Higher Education (Structural project)

• Duration: 2016 – 2019

• Beneficiary country: Tunisia

• Project budget: 688.010 €

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TUNED project overview Partnership:

Project coordinator: AlmaLaurea Interuniversity Consortium (Italy)

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Tunisian partners EU partners

University of Monastir

University of Jendouba

University of Gabes

University of Gafsa

University of Tunis

University of Sfax

University of Carthage

University of Kairouan

Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education

University of Granada

University of Cyprus

University of Naples

UNIMED

PROJECT COMMO Cooperation in the Mediterranean and Western Balkan through Mobility of Students and Staff

PROGRAMME Erasmus+, KA1 – International Credit Mobility

DURATION 1/06/2105 - 31/07/2018

AIM Contributing to the improvement of the international dimension of higher education and training between HEI in Italy (21) and HEI in Southern Mediterranean (Tunisia) and Balkans countries (Albania and Montenegro), primarily through the promotion of cooperation and through staff and students mobility experiences

LEAD CONTRACTOR

PARTNERS Sapienza University of Rome, University of Urbino, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Sannio, University of Teramo, IULM, University of Siena, University for Foreigners of Perugia, University Telematica Pegaso, University of Foggia, University of Messina, University of Sassari, University of Palermo, University of Catania, University of Bologna, University of Bari, University of Carlo Cattaneo LIUC, Calabria University, Politecnico di Torino, Università di Cagliari, Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico”

PROJECT Sardegna Formed

PROGRAMME

DURATION 3 years

AIM Establish a durable presence of Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan students in Sardegna Universities, with goal of promoting a better mutual understanding among Mediterranean cultures

CONTRACTORS UNIMED, University of Cagliari, University of Sassari

PARTNERS Conseil de la communauté marocaine à l'étranger (Morocco), Université de Tunis (Tunis), Université Mohammad V de Rabat (Morocco), Université de Alger 1 (Algeria)

UNIMED approach to the Capacity

Building action

• Bottom-up approach

• Involvement of UNIMED university members

• Support in the partnership creation

• Participatory approach through survey, needs analysis and interviews with the universities

• Support the national and regional priorities of the southern partners by working on specific topics or transversal issues

Supporting Tunisia’s transition: a

strategic priority for the EU and for

UNIMED

It is our aim to jointly tackle:

- high youth unemployment,

- reduce social disparities,

- support civil society and public administration reform,

- better manage migration and mobility,

- fight corruption and address security problems.

UNIMED CBHE project proposals for

Tunisian universities

- Amélioration de la gouvernance dans le système de l’Enseignement Supérieur en Tunisie: vers une autonomie des universités et de nouveau mécanismes d’assurance qualité

- AL-YAWM TUNISIA (Advanced Learning for Young researchers in integrated Agriculture and Water Management)

- DOC-SHS : Pour un nouveau paradigme de formation doctorale en sciences humaines et sociales

- Improving Open Education Resources in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya

Let’s apply and be

Coordinator!!!

UNIMED invite all the Tunisian Universities to

be Coordinator in the next call CBHE 2017!!!

UNIMED at the Erasmus+ Info

Day in Tunisia

Marcello Scalisi,

UNIMED Director

m.scalisi@uni-med.net

To find out more: www.uni-med.net