AGREEMENT between the European Community and the United States of America renewing a programme of cooperation in higher education and vocational education and training 2006-2013 COOPERATION EU-USA Closed!
Objectives
The general objectives of the Programme shall be to:
- promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the European Community and the United States including broader knowledge of their languages, cultures and institutions; and
- (b) improve the quality of human resource development in both the European Community and the United States, including the acquisition of skills required to meet the challenges of the global knowledge-based economy.
2. The specific objectives of the Programme shall be to:
- Enhance collaboration between the European Community and the United States in the domains of higher education and vocational training.
- Contribute to the development of higher education and vocational training institutions.
- Contribute to individual participants' personal development for their own sake and as a way to achieve the general objectives of the Programme and
- Contribute to transatlantic exchanges between EU and US citizens.
Actions
The actions for this programme include:
- Joint European Community/United States consortia projects
- Excellence (follow-up) mobility projects
- Policy-oriented measures
- ‘Schuman-Fulbright’ grants
- Alumni association
European community funding
The Community provisional funding available for the programme is:
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