European Commission has published a call for proposals in the framework of trans-european cooperation scheme for higher education through international university cooperation Tempus. Proposals for this call are accepted until 9 March, 2010. 

The Official Journal of the European Union of November 27 has issued call for proposals EACEA/28/09for the reform of higher education through international university cooperation, whose main objective will be to contribute towards facilitating cooperation in the field of higher education among Member States of the European Union (EU) and partner countries in the surrounding area.

This call, under trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education, finances with 53,8 million euros the following actions: 

• Joint Projects: projects with a ‘bottom-up’ approach aiming at modernisation and reform on an institutional (university) level. Joint Projects aim at transferring knowledge between universities, organisations and institutions from the EU and from the partner countries as well as between partner country entities as appropriate.
• Structural Measures: projects seeking to contribute to the development and reform of higher education systems in partner countries, as well as to enhance their quality and relevance and to increase their convergence with EU developments. Structural Measures will be interventions designed to support

Calls must be submitted before 9 March 2010 to the following address:

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Tempus
Call for Proposal EACEA/28/09
Office: BOUR 2/17
Avenue du Bourget 1
1140 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGIË