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12.1.2012
North-South-South
Higher Education Institution Network Programme
Alva Bruun
North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme2010-2012
•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.
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North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme2010-2012
•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:•T
eacher 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
•On average, funding 100 000 €/network
Application year
Applications/networks
Applied € Funded/networks
Granted €
2007 68 2 993 144 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
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
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Countries represented in NSS networks
HEI institutions from 31 countries represented
Maa Myön
South Africa 17
Tanzania 15
Namibia 12
Kenya 11
Botswana 7
Ethiopia 6
Uganda 5
Mozambique 5
Zambia 5
Viet Nam 7
Maa Myön
Senegal 1
Sudan 1
Swaziland 1
Georgia 1Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Belarus 1
Nigeria 1
Croatia 1
Thailand 1
Montenegro 1
Kosovo 1
Maa Myön.
Ghana 6
Malawi 3
Nepal 4
Egypt 1
Nigeria 1
Peru 1
Zimbabwe 2
Madagascar 1
Mali 1
Rwanda 1
More information
From CIMOwww.cimo.fi
North-South-South programmewww.northsouthsouth.fi
04/20/23