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TEMPUS in SyriaReview of the Programme

Dr Rami AyoubiCoordinator

National Tempus Office-Syriantosyria@scs-net.org

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TEMPUSTrans European Mobility Programme for

University Studies

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Why TEMPUS?

Mutual understanding

Changes in higher education through people to people cooperation

Higher education modernization

Trans-European Mobility Program for University Studies

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Tempus in Syria

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33 Projects • 24 projects directed towards curricula development. • and 9 projects towards university management and governance.

• For curricula development, most of these projects support the applied sciences.

• The general overview at the projects points out to a clear gap in the number of the projects submitted for both priorities (a project supporting curricula development and university management together).

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• 3 million Euros were spent to buy equipments for the HE institutions.

• 3 million Euros were spent on staff costs an salaries.

• 4 million Euros were spent for mobility from and to EU.

• More than 300 academics and higher education administrators from Syria went to Europe for about 900 mobility. On average 3 mobility per academic.

• In the opposite direction, a similar number of academics and higher education managers from EU member states came to Syria.

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Distribution of projects in Syrian universities and HE institutions (main coordinators) : – Damascus University: 15 projects – Aleppo University: 11 projects – Al-Bath University: 1– Tishreen University: 2– HIAST: 2 projects– Ministry of Higher Education: 2 projects

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Distribution of projects in EU countries (grant holders):– Germany: 7– France: 13– Italy: 3– Spain:1– UK: 3– Czech: 1– Greece: 2 – Sweden:2– Austria: 1

Syrian Students Participation in Tempus (1)

• Tempus Programme is not a students’ scholarship Programme.

• However, students are very important stakeholders for the Programme.

• Students should be part of any Tempus Project whether curricula development, university management and institutional building.

• National and international student organisations can be part of any project.

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Syrian Students Participation in Tempus (2)• Of 33 projects, mainly 9 projects involved students mobility.• From 2003-2008, there were 75 students moving from Syria to EU countries.• In total there were 105 mobility.• The targeted countries are:

– Spain– Italy– France– Belgium– Germany– Greece– UK– Sweden– Czech– Morocco– Tunisia– Algeria– Egypt

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Project No of students No. of motilities Destination Period

Innovative and Integrated Approaches, Methods and Tools for Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem Management 10 10 Spain 2 Months

Rehabilitation of Historic Islamic Cities 5 5 Italy 2 Weeks

Master en Biotechnologie Appliquée à l'Agriculture 11 11 France, Belgium, Germany 6 Months in each country

Development of The Mechatronics Curriculum at The University of Aleppo 6 6 Greece 1 Week

Developing an MSc Curriculum in Construction Management 15 15 UK 2 Weeks

Education in Road Safety supported with ICT 4 4 Sweden future mobility

New MSc Curriculum in TeleInformatics 10 10 Czech future mobility

New Medical Curriculum at Syrian Universities 10 20 Germany 2 Weeks

Femmes, Travail et Formation4 24

Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Italy, Spain 3 months in each country

Total 75 105

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The Syrian National Priorities for the second call in 2009

• New admission policy.

• Revamping academic research and graduate studies programmes.

• Management information systems.

• Establishment of effective statistical matrix planning at the strategic and policy level.

• Upgrading of vocational and educational training institutes.

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National Tempus Office in Syria

Information and promotionSince June 2007• The participation in «Europe Days» organized by the Delegation of the European Commission to Syria in

2006. • Editing and publishing a brochure about the implementation of Tempus in Syria from 2002 - 2007. • The organization of the local days in the Syrian Universities (Al-Furat, Al-Baath, Tishreen, and

Damascus). • The organization of the third «National information day» on March 27th, 2008 at Aleppo University. • Participation in the organization of events and promotion activities of the current Tempus projects. • Participation in «Study in Europe Day» organized by the European Delegation on 2nd December 2008. • The office produced a study of Tempus contribution to the development of Higher Education Sector in

Syria. • Editing and publishing the current promotional materials.

Advice to applicants• Advising and informing potential applicants throughout the application

process.

• Assisting Syrian applicants in the search of European and regional partners and in bringing together a well-balanced consortium.

• Assisting EU applicants in the search of local partners, and assisting Syrian universities during the implementation phase of the projects.

• On June 20th 2005, the office organized a training session on «How to write a winning TEMPUS project proposal».

• For example, in 2007 and 2008, the office held more than forty meetings for candidates wishing to apply to Tempus Programme.

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Selection related activities

Upon the request of the European Commission, the office participates in the evaluation process of JP, SM.

The latest evaluation was done in September 2008 for 5 projects, where three projects were selected.

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Feedback activities on ongoing projects

Syria NTO maintains contacts with and ensures assistance to institutions involved in the implementation of projects, where needed. The office organizes monitoring field visits to the running projects in

coordination with the European Commission. In 2007 / 2008, the office ran 10 monitoring visits to current projects. This was also supported by

occasional visits to the ongoing projects

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Cooperation with other stakeholders• Syria NTO maintains regular contacts with the European Commission in

Brussels, the EC Delegation to Syria, the EC projects in Syria, the UNDP, the Ministry of Higher Education in Syria, the higher education sector, MEDA National TEMPUS Offices, and the EU National Contact Points.

• The office established very good relationships with other EU projects supporting the Higher Education sector in Syria as the UHES project, FP7, and EMECW. The office participated effectively in several events organized by the previous projects.

• One of the most important meetings organized by the office was the meeting held on 13 /01/ 2008 in the Ministry of Higher Education attended by the Minister of Higher Education in Syria and all TEMPUS Projects coordinators in Syrian Universities in order to discuss the national priorities.

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• Our staff

• Our website: www.tempus-nto.org.sy• Address:

– Ministry of Higher Education, Syria.– Floor 4, Rooms 5 and 6. – Tel: +963-11-2139970, Fax: +963-11-21499690– Email: ntosyria@scs-net.org

• Tempus main website: http://ec.europa.eu/tempus

National Tempus Office in Syria