EU LAUNCHES CALL FOR PROPOSAL WORTH EUR 23.45 MILLION TO SUPPORT HIGHEREDUCATION IN AFRICA, CARIBBEAN

P R E S S R E L E A S EEUROPEAN UNIONPRESS RELEASEDar es Salaam 4thMarch 2013EU LAUNCHES CALL FOR PROPOSALS WORTH EUR 23.45 MILLION TO SUPPORT HIGHEREDUCATION IN AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC COUNTRIESTHE European Union (EU) through the Academic Mobility Scheme has allocated EUR 23.45 million(about Tshs. 47 billion) to support higher education in the African Pacific and Caribbean (ACP)countries which include Tanzania.The scheme, which is funded by the EU, aims to promote higher education cooperation betweencountries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. It is managed by the Education, Audiovisual andCulture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission with support of the African UnionCommission (AUC) and the ACP Secretariat.The Head of the EU in Tanzania, Ambassador Filiberto C. Sebregondi called upon individualTanzanians and higher learning institutions to make maximum use of the opportunity which he saidbuilds on the African Union's Mwalimu Nyerere programme for Africa,."It funds partnerships between higher learning institutions from different countries within theseregions, and grants scholarships for students and academics to carry out studies, research or teachingin another country covered by the programme," Ambassador Sebregondi said.An information session on higher education cooperation with focus on the Intra-ACP AcademicMobility Scheme was on 4thMarch 2013 held at the University of Dar es Salaam attracting theattendance of officials from the Tanzania Ministry of Education, Tanzania Commission of Universities(TCU), Africa Union(AU), ACP Secretariat and the University of Dar es Salaam. Others were studentsand staff of higher learning institutions from across the country. It was coordinated by officials fromthe EU Headquarters in Brussels.The session promoted the scheme among Tanzanian higher learning institutions and individuals whohave shown interest and also raise the quality of future applications. It was also in response to thetwo previous calls for proposals in 2011 and 2012 in which five higher education institutions fromTanzania had shown much interest in the programme. These included African Technology Policy,Ardhi University, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam andSokoine University which is the coordinator of the programme in Tanzania. Between 2011 and 2012over 70 individual Tanzanians have benefitted from the mobility scheme.Interested students and higher learning institutions can find more information on the programme andapplication procedure and selection process at;http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/intra_acp_mobility/index_en.php For more information contact:Tom Vens, Head Political, Press and Information Section EU Delegation to TanzaniaTom.VENS@eeas.europa.eu http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/tanzania/index_en.htm

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