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The new Alliance with Africa: “Investing in people by investing in education and skills”
Deirdre Lennan European Commission, DG Education and Culture, International Cooperation
Global challenges
• Similar challenges for Europe and developing regions of the world
Europe is not using the potential of higher education to create high-performing, sustainable and inclusive societies
Developing regions require transformative education and training systems to meet the knowledge, competencies, skills, research, innovation and creativity for sustainable development
EU Council Conclusions of December 2017
• Council Conclusions of December 2017
Recognize that: international cooperation and learning mobility in the field of higher education, especially through the Erasmus+ programme, have enabled the creation of new cross-border partnerships, the exchange of good practices, building intercultural understanding and shared values, and unlocking and harnessing new knowledge, with a view to enhancing Europe's higher education system's world-wide attractiveness and competitiveness
Invites MS to focus on: Further enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of quality assurance in order to reinforce mutual trust, strengthen recognition procedures of academic qualifications
and stimulate international mobility.
African Union Agenda 2063: "A Prosperous Africa, based on Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development", 'driven by its people "Continental education strategy for Africa" (CESA 2016-2025): •mechanisms for harmonisation and quality assurance to ensure comparable higher education in Africa, and for the establishment of a continental Accreditation and Quality Agency as a means to develop and monitor educational quality standards across the continent.
• partners are invited to provide meaningful and consistent support to the implementation of the ambitious programmes embedded in CESA 16-25.
Africa and Europe's Partnership in higher education
More and better opportunities for young people Necessary knowledge, skills and competences
Relevant, inclusive, quality, entrepreneurial and innovative higher
education Synergies between teaching, research and societal challenges
Harmonisation of higher education Enhance recognition of academic qualifications
Facilitate mobility and exchanges
Erasmus+
• Africa – Europe Alliance : ‘facilitate and increase mobility’ and ‘support knowledge creation in universities to become full actors in the complex processes of innovation on which future economic development and job creation will depend’ through Erasmus
• Increase mobilities of African students and staff (35,000 by 2020 and 105,000 by 2027)
• Next call: October 2019
Erasmus+
• International credit mobility: Short-term mobility for BA, MA, PhD students (3-12 months) & staff (5-60 days)
Bilateral agreements between HEIs from Programme & Partner Countries
• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degrees: Joint Master courses offered by consortia of universities offering scholarships to
best students worldwide for an integrated study programme, leading to the award of a double, multiple or joint degree
• Capacity Building in higher education: Projects supporting new curricula & degrees, learning & teaching methodologies,
staff development, quality assurance, governance, university-entreprise cooperation etc
Joint Africa-EU Harmonisation of higher education initiatives
Next phase of Tuning Africa
Capacities of academia, students and policy makers for the development and acquisition of generic competences strengthened; Non participating universities (staff, students, policy makers) and other stakeholders (secondary schools and professional organisations) trained; A network of African Tuning experts is established and provides support for the reform and harmonisation processes in Africa; African credit transfer system adopted.
Next phase of HAQAA
Quality assurance culture in higher education institutions is further enhanced; Capacities of quality assurance agencies to implement African Standards and Guidelines for quality assurance is strengthened and cross-regional coordination is enhanced; Capacities of the AU in implementing the Pan-African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework (PAQAF) are strengthened.
Joint Africa-EU Harmonisation of higher education initiatives
