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European Neighbourhood Task ForceExternal relations task force for neighbouring countries
Contact: Artur Schmitt (Chair); [email protected]; mobile phone: (+34)638-012616 Anna Quici (Coimbra Group Office); [email protected]; phone: (+32) 2 513 8332
Coimbra Group Annual ConferenceGroningen, 10 – 13 June 2014
Mission to complement the worldwide internationalisation activities
undertaken by the Coimbra Group and its member universities to bring together the experience and expertise in cooperation
with institutions in neighbouring countries to facilitate, support and undertake joint projects
and initiatives to promotes international academic cooperation and
intercultural dialogue to develop links with and among Coimbra Group universities to raise awareness about the Coimbra Group among
institutions in neighbouring countries to improve knowledge about universities from the targeted
regions among Coimbra Group members
Task Force Meetings Minsk, 12 February 2014 Galway, 22 May 2013 Brussels, 8 January 2013 Granada, 19 November 2012 Göttingen, 29 May 2012 Brussels, 16 December 2011 ...
Joint Meetings TF Doctoral Studies
and Research, Galway, 23 May 2013
TF Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries, Galway, 23 May 2013
Actions and Activities to initiate and support collaboration projects run by Coimbra Group universities together with higher
education institutions in the targeted regions Joint Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Seminar (Erasmus Mundus as a Catalyst for Internationalization: Sharing Best Practices
and Exploring Future Perspectives, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 10 – 12 February 2014) Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects for North Africa (U Granada), the Middle East (U Pavia), Israel (U Iaşi), Eastern Europe
and the Caucasus (U Göttingen, U Montpellier, U Iaşi, U Turku, U Bologna), the Russian Federation (U Turku, U Barcelona) and the Western Balkans (U Graz)
to gather and promote information about collaboration activities between individual Coimbra Group universities and institutions involved in higher education in neighbouring countries Presentations and reports at all Task Force meetings
to follow developments and changes in higher education in neighbouring countries and relay the information to Coimbra Group universities Reports from partner universities in the region Presentations by high level officers at the European Commission and National Tempus Offices
to carry out activities such as meetings, seminars and exchange schemes in order to generate and facilitate contacts to and involvement of students, scholars and university administrators from the targeted regions with Coimbra Group universities Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Young Researchers from the European Neighbourhood Minsk Event (see above)
to identify networks of institutions involved in higher education who may become partners in cooperation and exchange activities First contacts with associations in the Russian Federation and the Arab World
to seek external project funding from the European Union and from other institutions Strategic Partnership (Erasmus+ KA2) proposal regarding multilinguistic and multicultural summer schools (EMICSS , U Poitiers) Initiatives for Tempus projects supporting internationalization and student mobility with Eastern European (STEEM, U Granada)
and North African (BITMaP, U Padova, jointly with TF ACP) partners
Regions Western Balkans Eastern Europe Caucasus Russia Central Asia North Africa Middle East
Scholarship Programme for young researchers from the targeted regions scholarships offered by U Granada (2), U Graz (2),
RU Groningen (1), U Heidelberg (1), AICU Iaşi (1), U Jena (1), KU Leuven (3), U Padova (2), U Salamanca (1), U Tartu (1)
Strong impact onindividuals and institutions
Very positive feedback “one of my most valuable
research experiences” “a great academic experience” “a significant change in … academic life for many scholars” “you are doing a great job” “You are doing a great job - continue it!”
Active MemberUniversitiesU BarcelonaU BolognaTC DublinNUI GalwayU GöttingenU GranadaU GrazRU GroningenU HeidelbergAICU IaşiU Istanbul
U JenaU KrakówKU LeuvenU PadovaU PoitiersSU St. PetersburgU SalamancaU TartuU TurkuU UppsalaÅbo Akademi
Coimbra Group Annual ConferenceGroningen, 10 – 13 June 2014
