Jean Monnet Network on external policy: EU-North-America Program

Scope

• Large thematic networks in Higher Education (indicatively one network on internal EU issues and two networks on foreign policy issues addressing specific priorities will be supported this year) will have as primary objective to collect, share and discuss among the partners research findings, content of courses and experiences, products (studies, articles, etc.). Each network will establish a tool allowing the partners to share their academic works and run peer review exercises, also commenting on the posted documents. The coordinator of the network will regularly make a selection of the most innovative and interesting results to be provided to the Commission.

Funding Information

• Maximum EU contribution per network on external policy issues is: EUR 1 200 000.
• Projects should normally last 36 months

Eligible Projects

• The relevance of the proposal to the priority subject as defined in the call;
• The relevance of the proposal for the respect and promotion of shared EU values, such as respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as well as fighting any sort of discrimination.
• The extent to which the proposal is suitable for fostering the development of new teaching, research or debating activities
• The evidence of academic added value;
• Methodology: quality, novelty and feasibility of the proposed activities
• Quality of the proposed system for analysing and reviewing the academic production
• Quality of the proposed model for feeding EU policy
• The extent to which the work programme is presented in a clear, complete and coherent manner, with due care taken to present the appropriate planning of preparation, implementation, evaluation, follow-up and dissemination phases,
• The extent to which the resources assigned to the activities are in line with their objectives and deliverables.
• Monitoring and evaluation strategy.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must:
  • be a Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) established in EU Member States and third country associated with the Erasmus+ Programme, or
  • be a Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) established in the following third countries not associated to the Erasmus+ Programme: Canada and United States (region 12) may also participate, but not as coordinator.
• HEI established in an EU Member States and third Country Associated with the Erasmus+ Programme must be holders of the ECHE Certificate (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education).

Ineligibility Criteria

• Organisations from Belarus (Region 2) and the Russian Federation (Region 4) are not eligible to participate in this action.
• The designated European institutions (identified in the Regulation establishing the Erasmus+ Programme) pursuing an aim of European interest are not eligible to apply under this Action.

Application Requirements

• Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 12 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) which complies with the following conditions:
  • minimum 3 entities from Canada and 3 entities from United States (region 12);
  • The coordinator has to be established in an EU Member States or a third country associated with the Erasmus+ Programme.

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