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North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme Alva Bruun 12.1.2012 North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme 2010-2012 • The North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme (2010-2012) opens up opportunities for cooperation between higher education institutions in Finland and the South. • Support for mobility. Jul15 North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme 2010-2012 • The programme has a total budget of 6 million euro in 2010–2012. • - 60-70 % for student and teacher exchanges • - 10–15 % for intensive courses • - networking –activities • Funding is available for networks of higher education institutions. • The calls for proposals arranged primarily on an annual basis. Components: • Teacher exchanges vary from 1 week to 6 months in length. The networks should encourage longer exchanges in order to contribute most effectively to capacity building in the countries of the South. • Student exchanges vary from 3 to 12 months in length. The programme does not support student mobility which aims at the completion of a degree in the host institution. • Intensive courses aim to generate and disseminate new knowledge. Such courses are an opportunity to provide high-quality higher education and new tools to generating knowledge in partnerships. A key aim is also to diversify, and improve the quality of higher education. • The programme promotes the networking of higher education institutions by supporting preparatory and administrative visits and the organizing of network meetings. Numbers So far more than: • 1050 students • 750 teachers • 60 intensive courses • 100 network/administrative meetings North-South-South application rounds 2007-2011 Application year 2007 • Applications Applied € / networks 68 2 993 144 Funded/netwo Granted € rks 32 1 111 515 2008 27 2 641 636 24 2 129 623 2009 37 5 727 167 30 2 673 495 2011 47 7 584 035 29 2 557 904 2012 29 3 084 251 16 1 704 374 On average, funding 100 000 €/network Sectors represented in the NSS-program • Most sectors represented from social sciences, international law to medical field • Most networks are in ICT, forestry, health care and engineering/technology • Highly interdisciplinary networks 7/18/ 2015 Countries represented in NSS networks HEI institutions from 31 countries represented Maa Myön Maa Myön. Maa Myön Senegal 1 Sudan 1 1 South Africa 17 Ghana 6 Tanzania 15 Malawi 3 Swaziland Namibia 12 Nepal 4 Kenya 11 Egypt 1 Botswana 7 Nigeria 1 Georgia 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Ethiopia 6 Peru 1 Uganda 5 Zimbabwe 2 Belarus 1 Nigeria 1 Croatia 1 1 Mozambique 5 Madagascar 1 Thailand Zambia 5 Mali 1 Montenegro 1 Viet Nam 7 Rwanda 1 Kosovo 1 More information From CIMO www.cimo.fi North-South-South programme www.northsouthsouth.fi 7/18/ 2015