European Higher Education Area (EHEA)

Overview

Objectives

This action aims to foster the collaborative engagement of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) national authorities, EHEA consultative members and other stakeholders in bottom-up activities to address the gaps identified in the Bologna Process Implementation Report 2024.

Activities/actions supported

The call provides funding for two types of projects. Type 1 is transnational cooperation projects whereby support is provided to implement the work plan of the working structures such as peer groups, advisory groups and working groups. Overall, transnational cooperation project support focuses on the cooperation of national authorities and relevant stakeholders. Type 2 refers to techical and administrative support whereby professional support is provided for the BFUG and its working structures by operating the BFUG Secretariat.

Anticipated outcomes

This call is expected to make EHEA more innovative, interconnected and inclusive. It also aims to evenly implement reforms related to the Bologna process, promotion and protection of fundamental values, improve the application of EHEA tools, enhance cooperation between national authorities and other stakeholders and enhance knowledge about the EHEA among stakeholders and the public. More expected impacts can be found on page 11 of the call document.

Institution providing the funding

European Commission

Size of funding

9.000.000 EUR

Conditions

Overview of eligibility criteria

Among the EHEA applicants must be public or private legal entities working on the implementation of the Bologna Ministerial Communiquesand the Bologna process priorities in a EU member state or third country associated to the programme which are part of the European Higher Ediucation Area.

Overview of award criteria

The award criteria are as follows:

• Relevance (max score of 30)
• Quality - project design and implementation (max score of 20)
• Quality - partnership and cooperation arrangements (max score of 20)
• Impact (max score of 30).

The minimum overall pass score is 60 out of 100.

Procedures

Application procedures

To submit an application please create a user account and register your organisation for the Submission System and submit the proposal via the Funding and Tenders website, on the webpage of the call - See link here.

You will then need to submit your proposal in three parts; Part A inclues administrative information about the applicant organisations, Part B covers the description of the action and part C contains additional project data. Templates can be found in the link to the call in the section below.

More information is also available here.

Application support available

For support please refer to the call document, the online manual, the FAQs on the topic page and the Portal FAQ. For individual questions on the Portal Submission System, please contact the IT Helpdesk or the EACEA-EHEA-NARICec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EACEA-EHEA-NARIC[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) for non-IT related questions.

Useful links

Link to funding opportunity

Link to the programme for more info