The "Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme"

in the Africa-EU Partnership

Françoise Moreau Stéphanie Truillé-Baurens DG DEVCO.D.4

28th February 2017

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The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES): strategic document launched at the Lisbon Summit in 2007

• Purpose :

Take the partnership to a new strategic level

Provide overarching long-term framework

Move beyond a donor/recipient relationship

Expanding cooperation in areas of common interest

People-centered partnership

• JAES relevance confirmed at the EU-Africa Summit in 2014

The Africa-EU Partnership

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• Forthcoming Africa-EU Summit in Nov.2017 (Abidjan)

• Commission Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Africa – EU Partnership: renewed impetus" to be published ahead of the Summit: a renewed impetus is needed to take account of the

way in which Africa's role in world affairs and its importance as a partner for the EU have grown in the last decade, as well as the development of the EU's own profile as a global actor. It will also address the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and reflections on a new framework for partnership with countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific following the expiry of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement in 2020.

The Africa-EU Partnership

2000 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 2010 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17

I. Africa-EU Summit (Cairo)

Launch NEPAD

Establishment African Union

EU enlargement

Adoption EU Strategy for

Africa

II. Africa-EU Summit (Lisbon)

III. Africa-EU Summit (Tripoli)

EU Delegation

to AU

IV. Africa-EU Summit

(Brussels)

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Adoption of Joint Africa-EU Strategy

(JAES)

Road Map 2014-2017

Creation of the Pan-African

Program

The Africa-EU Partnership

EU enlargement

V. Africa-EU Summit (Abidjan)

Communication Africa-EU

Treating Africa as one

Euro-Med Partnership with North Africa + Neighbourhood Policy

Cotonou Agreement with sub-Saharan Africa

Agreement on Trade, Coop. and Development with South Africa

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JAES Roadmap 2014-2017

5 priority areas: 1. Peace and security 2. Democracy, good governance and human rights 3. Human development (Science, technology & innovation

(STI), Higher education, migration)

4. Sustainable and inclusive development and growth and continental integration (private

investment, infrastructure, trade, agriculture)

5. Global and emerging issues (climate change and

environment, Agenda 2030…)

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JAES Roadmap 2014-2017

Priority area "Human Development": • Strategic objective: "Promote human capital development and knowledge and

skills based societies and economies, amongst others by strengthening the links between education, training, science and innovation, and better manage mobility of people. Our cooperation in the framework of the JAES will complement our actions at national level to improve access to more and better jobs and social protection, as well as access for all to quality basic education, sanitation and health care, including Sexual and Reproductive Health".

• Higher education plays a crucial role for economic and social development in catalysing sustainable development by producing high quality human resources and in disseminating the results of scientific and technical research. In addition to specific, traditional capacity building actions, mobility in itself has a strong potential to improve the quality of higher education, by accelerating the use of transparency and recognition tools, and by helping institutions develop better services to send and receive foreign students and researchers.

PanAfrican Programme (PanAf)

• Purpose: provide dedicated support for the Strategic Partnership

• Key Principles: Promote cross-regional, continental and global

cooperation Support mutual interest and shared values, "beyond

Development" Complementarity with other funding sources, EDF (NIPs,

RIPs, Intra-ACP), DCI thematic (GPGC & CSO/LA), ENI, EIDHR

• Funded under DCI (not EDF): € 845 million 2014-2020

• Focused on the 5 priorities of the Roadmap

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5 strategic areas

1. Peace and Security (3-5% of the financial enveloppe)

2. Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights (7-10%)

3. Human Development (15-20%)

4. Sustainable and Inclusive Development and Growth and Continental Integration (45-50%)

5. Global and Emerging Issues (10-15%)

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PanAfrican Programme (PanAf)

Priority area "Human Development":

• 3 components: science, technology and innovation / higher education/ migration

• Higher education:

Objective: support AU flagships in Higher Education through mobility schemes, harmonisation/tuning and quality support and centres of excellence in Africa

Context: AU African Higher Education and Research Space (AHERS) and Bologna Process in Europe

Building on previous programmes: AU Nyerere Programme, Intra-ACP Mobility scheme, African Higher Education harmonisation and Tuning pilot initiative,

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PanAfrican Programme (PanAf)

Priority area "Human Development":

• Science, Technology and Innovation

e.g. African Union Research Grants, Africa Connect II

• Higher education

Intra-Africa Mobility: 10M€ call launched in 2016, ongoing call (10M€)

Tuning/Quality: 5 M€ project implemented by DG EAC with two components: Tuning Africa and Quality and Accreditation (HAQAA)

PAMCIT: Pan-African Masters Consortium for Interpretation and Translation followed up by DG SCIC

Nyerere: support to the AUC scholarship scheme

• Mobility and Migration

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PanAfrican Programme (PanAf)

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PanAfrican Programme (PanAf) –state of play

PanAf MultiAnnual Indicative Programme 1 (415 M€) 2014-2017:

• 2014: 12 actions approved (107 M€)

→ Focus on human development

• 2015: 10 actions approved (146 M€) → Focus on governance & technology transfers

• 2016: 2 actions + contribution to EU Trust Fund on migration (54 M€)

→ Focus on migration

• 2017: up to 95 M€ → Focus on infrastructure (blending)

Human Development

Science, Technolog

y & Innovatio

n

Higher Education

Mobility and

Migration

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2014: AU Research Grants

2014: Africa

Connect II

2014: Interpreta

tion & Translatio

n (PAMCIT)

2015& 2016: Intra-Africa

Academic Mobility I

& II

2014: Tuning & Harmonis

ation

2014: Migration Dialogue

Thank you for your attention

For more information on the

Africa-EU Partnership:

http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/

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