EU FUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Sinem BÖLÜKBAŞI
Expert for EU Affairs
Republic of Turkey
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate for EU Affairs
 EU Financial
EU Financial
Assistance to
Assistance and
Developing
Turkey
Countries

Instrument for
Union
Pre-Accession
Programmes
(IPA)
 INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION

IPA is the main

financial
instrument for
3.5 billion Euro for providing EU
Instrument for
Pre-Accession
2014-2020 support in
(IPA) implementing
reforms to move
towards EU
For 2002-2013 membership.
6 billion Euro
 National Coordinator (NIPAC)
Directorate for EU Affairs

Reforms for Accession Regional Agriculture and Regional and Cross-

Employments, Development of
Development Rural Development Border Cooperation
Human Resources and Social
Policies

Competetiveness
Democracy and Rule of Law and
and Innovation
Institutional
Governance Fundamental Rights Capacity Building
Employment and
Labour Market

Rural Development
Energy
Education and Programme II
Civil Society Home Affairs (IPARD II)
Development of
Human Resources

Transport
Regulatory
Justice Social Policies
Reforms
and Inclusion

Environment
Fundamental
EU Programmes
Rights
 INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION

CSOs, Universities, Local

authorities, Chambers,
Unions and etc.

Grant Scheme: a project implementation

methodology designed to ensure the participation of
local institutions to the projects developed by the
Ministries and Central Public central public administration
Administrations
 Lifelong
Learning
Rule of Law
and
Vocational Democracy Education
Capacity Development
and
Building Culture

Social
Inclusion
Public-CSO
Cooperation
Civil Society
Dialogue
 Available IPA Funds for Universities between
2014-2020

IPA 2014-2020

Employment,
Education, social Regional and
Civil society Policies Cross border
Cooperation

190 Million EUR 435 million EUR 89,5 million EUR

When and How?

Universities should follow closely the related call for proposals!
 EU GRANT SCHEMES

 Local bodies are benefitted from IPA through «Grant Schemes».

 A grant scheme is settled through a call for proposal. Guidelines for grant applicant is published
along with call.

 Guidelines of grant applicant includes eligible actions, eligible applicants and size of grants for
grant scheme.

 All of the grant scheme has a deadline.

 The projects are selected competitively.

 IPA Funds used for Universities between
2002-2018

43.8 million Euro allocated to 246 project through Grant

Schemes between 2002-2018
How to follow EU Grant Schemes?

Call for Proposals are

available on
Europeaid portal
and
www.ab.gov.tr
How to follow EU Grant Schemes?
 How to follow
EU Grant Schemes?
 CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE IV GRANT SCHEME
Beneficiary Institution: Gaziantep İstanbul Technical University Alumni Association
Grant Budget: 149.000 EUR
Project Partners:
• Hasan Kalyoncu University -
Turkey
• Universitat für Bodenkultur Wien,
Austria
Environment
Civil Dialogue for Climate Change
Project Objective: Dialogue will be enhanced and the environmental
and climate change awareness will be increased among the CSOs,
fishermen, touristic boat owners and public in the region; a feasibility
study will be conducted for replacing the motorized touristic boats
with solar boats and the pilot project is applied on a single boat.
Main Activities:
 Technical Training Workshops held in Vienna
 Training of trainers organized in Gaziantep
 A feasibility study for the solar boats finalized and submitted to
Governorate of Gaziantep and Halfeti
 1 solar boat put into operation in Halfeti as a pilot project.
 Awareness raising activities held on climate change and
environmental sustainability
 EU Financial
EU Financial
Assistance to
Assistance and
Developing
Turkey
Countries

Instrument for
Union
Pre-Accession
Programmes
(IPA)
 EU PROGRAMMES

Erasmus+ Horizon 2020 COSME in

EaSI

• EU Programs work towards promoting EU’s values and policies.

• EU and participating countries are responsible for their own education and training
systems, but the EU helps them set joint goals and share good practices.
  The EU's programme to support education, training youth and sport between 2014-2020
 Total fund around 14.7 billion Euros
 Have a unique learning experience in Europe
 Receive double/multiple/joint degree, or recognition of your study abroad
 Acquire in-depth knowledge of Europe and European higher education
 Improve linguistic skills, intercultural experience
 Improve employability through recognition of qualifications and study periods abroad
 Academic exchange of knowledge, ideas, contacts

Erasmus+ is being implemented by the National Agency.

For further information: http://www.ua.gov.tr/

Opportunities for everyone

 Erasmus+ School Education

 Erasmus+ Higher Education
 Erasmus+ Vocational Education
 Erasmus+ Adult Education
 Erasmus+ Youth
 Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances
 Erasmus+ Sector Skill Alliances
 Jean Monnet
 Sport
 Strategic Partnership
for Higher Education
GENERATION Y’S VIRTUAL GUIDE TO SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND
PERSONAL BRANDING IN SOCIAL MEDIA

• Coordinator: Sabancı University

• Project Aim: To develop and design a virtual guide to employability, skill development
and personal branding in social media for Generation Y job seekers.
• Main Outputs:
- Employer, Student and Career Center’s Surveys
- Employer Survey for soft skills
- A platform that can be used by students in order to improve their soft skills
- Virtual Guide
- https://guideforgeny.sabanciuniv.edu/
• Budget: 270.640 €
• Duration: 36 Months
• Partners: France and Sweden
 Please visit
Erasmus+
Project Results
page for
tousands of
good practices
and success
stories
 Budget increase from €53bn in FP7 to €77bn in Horizon 2020 (at current prices)

Excellent Industrial
Science Leadership
24,4bn€ 17bn€

Societal
Challenges
29,6bn€
 H2020 will focus resources on 3 key priorities:

Excellent Science Industrial Societal Challenges

 ERC Leadership  Health, demographic change and
 FET (Future and wellbeing
 Leadership in
Emerging Technologies) enabling and  European Bioeconomy Challenges
 Marie Curie Actions industrial  Secure, clean and efficient energy
technologies  Smart, green and integrated
 European Research
Infrastructures  Innovation in transport
SMEs and Access  Climate action, resource efficiency
to risk finance and raw materials
 Europe in a changing world
 Secure societies
 ART, CULTURE AND ECONOMY TO DEMOCRATIZE
SOCIETY. RESEARCH IN PLACEMAKING FOR
ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES
TRANS-MAKING is a 4-
year Marie Curie project
that brings together a
global network of 30
partners from academia
and the arts to design
initiatives that will
democratize the society
through culture.
Partners from France, Spain, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Slovenia, Slovenia, Turkey,
Grant Amount: 1.8 million Euro Poland, United Kingdom, Italy and Tunisia
 Please visit
CORDIS for
Project Results
page
 EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
(EaSI) PROGRAMME

Micro
Finance and Total Budget: 921 million EUR
Progress 61% Social
Innovation
21% Support a high level of quality and sustainable
employment; guaranteeing adequate social
protection, combating social exclusion and poverty
and improving working conditions.
EURES 18%
 Please visit
Employment,
Social Affairs
and Inclusion
page for the call
for proposals
 EU Financial
EU Financial
Assistance to
Assistance and
Developing
Turkey
Countries

Instrument for
Union
Pre-Accession
Programmes
(IPA)
 EU FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

o European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights

o Instrument for Pre-Accession – Civil Society Facility

(IPA – CSF)

o Other EU funds available worldwide

EU funds available worldwide
Grant Programme Related Institution Total Budget Deadline .Website
Information and training EC Employment, 5,1 millon EUR 06.05.2019 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?c
measures for workers' Social Affairs and Grant: 150.000- atId=629&langId=en&callId=550&furth
organisations Inclusion 500.000 EUR erCalls=yes
European Instrument for Delegation of the EU 3,1 million EUR 12.03.2019 https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europea
Democracy and Human Rights Grant:200.000- id/online-
(EIDHR) Turkey Programme 500.000 EUR services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome
Support to Civil Society Delegation of the EU 9,5 million EUR 26.03.2019 https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europea
Networks and Platforms in Grant: 200.000- id/online-
Turkey 500.000 EUR services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome
Increasing the Quality of Ministry of Family, 7 Million EUR 15.04.2019 http://ihale.ikg.gov.tr/list.aspx?lang=tr
Special Education Services for Labour and Social Grant: 75.000- &id=154
Inclusive Education Services 150.000 EUR
Improving Occupational Ministry of Family, 6 Million EUR 04.03.2019 http://ihale.ikg.gov.tr/list.aspx?lang=tr
Health and Safety Labour and Social Grant: 75.000- &id=154
Services 200.000 EUR

VOC-Test Centres-III Grant Ministry of Family, 5 million EUR 27.05.2019 http://ihale.ikg.gov.tr/list.aspx?lang=tr

Scheme Labour and Social Grant: 150.000- &id=154
Services 250.000 EUR
 Sinem BÖLÜKBAŞI
Directorate for EU Affairs
E-mail: sicoz@ab.gov.tr