Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme

• Eligibility Criteria
  To be eligible for the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme, applicants must:
  – Be legal entities (public or private bodies);
  – Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  – EU Member States and overseas countries and territories (OCTs);
  – African countries (East and Central Africa): Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda;
  – Southern Africa and Indian Ocean: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe;
  – Western Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo;
  – Be a higher education institution (HEI) accredited by the competent national authorities and providing courses at postgraduate level (master’s level and/or doctoral degree) which lead to a qualification recognised by the competent authorities of their country (independently of their name, ‘university’ ‘polytechnic’, ‘college’, ‘institute’ or other);
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Europe and Africa
• Application Language: English

The European Commission is requesting applications for its Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

Objectives

The specific objectives of this action are to:

• Promote inclusive learning mobility opportunities with a focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation in curricula and research programmes;
• Increase the employability of higher education students and trainees, specifically in green jobs, and their entrepreneurship skills;
• Improve the quality, relevance, internationalisation and climate change focus of higher education in Africa.

Themes

The Global Gateway flagship projects cover primarily the following sectors:

• Climate and Energy (e.g., mitigation, climate resilience, clean energy)
• Digital
• Education and Research
• Transport
• Health (e.g., pharmaceutical supply chains and local manufacturing)

Funding Information

• The estimated available call budget is EUR 29,000,000.
• Projects should normally last 48 months.

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