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Erasmus Mundus – Al IdrisiKick-Off Meeting

Granada, 5 – 6 October 2011

Averroès 4

2The Averroès 4 consortium

11 partner universities in Maghreb

• Algeria : University A. Mira - BejaïaUniversity Mentouri - ConstantineUniversity Abou Bekr Belkaid - TlemcenUniversity Ferhat Abbas - SetifUniversité Mouloud Mammeri - Tizi Ouzou

• Morocco :  University Cadi Ayyad - Marrakech

University Mohamed V Agdal - RabatUniversity Abdelmalek Essaadi - Tétouan

• Tunisia : Sousse University

Gabès University

Tunis el Manar University

3The Averroès 4 consortium

9 partner universities in Europe

• Belgium: University of Liège(Ulg)• Spain: Balearic Islands University (Universitat de les Illes

Balears )• France : Montpellier 1 University

Montpellier 2 University for Science and technology

University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3University of Nice Sophia AntipolisUniversity of Perpignan Via Domitia

• Italy : Università degli Studi di Trento (Trento U.)• Ireland : Waterford Institute of Technology

4Averroès: www.averroes.fr

From Averroès 1 to Averroès 4 : Meeting our objectives,

Developping the network

Objectives:  Develop  students and staff ’s mobility 

• Averroès 1 (July 2008 - April 2012) : 5.2 million euros > 265 scholarships

• Averroès 2 (July 2009 – July 2012) : 5.2 millions euros > 295 scholarships

• Averroès 3 (July 2010 - July 2014) : 5.2 millions euros > 320 scholarships 

• Averroès 4 (July 2011 - July 2015) : 3.2 millions euros > 225 scholarships

Résults -Sept. 2008-Sept.2011 :

• over 900 undergraduate & graduates students,  Post-Doc ,academic staff , selected

• Over 11 000 applicants on line -6000 completed application files, 15% selected

• A large and growing network : 20 full partners (11 Maghreb Universities , 9 European). From 12

associated partners in 2008 to 73 associated partners in 2011 –( 45 universities, 5 regional authorities,

16 enterprises et 7 academic networks).

5Averroès, a common strategy

Strategy: building sustainable cooperation across the Mediterranean sea

Averroès 4 : the new challenges

The aim: make of international mobility a passport to employment

develop employment « capacities » for graduates :• Develop both vocationnal and technological studies• Develop relations with the industrial & business sectors• Develop language capacities & « soft-skills »• in synergy with the Tempus DEFI Averroès Project and other projects

At undergraduate level : encourage mobility + experience autonomy & self building

In Europe : make of Maghreb an attractive study &research environment

In the Maghreb : increase the international visibility for partner universities and associate partners

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With the funding of

Erasmus Mundus – Al IdrisiKick-Off Meeting

Granada, 5 – 6 October 2011Maggy PEZERIL

Averroès 4

and the support of