Australia - Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Collaboration Shelagh Whittleston Manager, Education Australian Embassy, Brussels 29 November 2013
Policy Frameworks Australia-EU Framework Agreement (Treaty level) is currently being negotiated. Research, innovation and education are features Education and Training Policy Dialogue AQF-EQF alignment
Joint Science and Technology Co-operation Committee, JSTCC. 2014 - 20th Anniversary FP7, CAESIE and targeting a new roadmap
New Opportunities 2014 New Parliament, new strategies and more money • Horizon 2020 • Erasmus Plus Website: www.ec.europa.eu
Education Collaboration ICI-ECP : Encounter Program • Joint Degrees • Students, Researchers, Staff Mobility 10th Call - Guidelines out very soon
CAESIE CAESIE has three broad core priority areas: • Clean energy • Healthy ageing through enabling technologies • Sustainable cities • Website: www.caesie.org
CAESIE • SMEs from Europe seeking to partner with Researchers from Australia • SMEs from Australia looking to partner with Researchers in Europe • Researchers in Europe seeking to partner with SMEs in Australia • Researchers in Australia seeking to partner with SMEs in Europe
The Australia Awards • Announced in 2009 • Brings together a number of Australian Government scholarships programs – AusAID – Department of Innovation – Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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AA Endeavour Scholarships & Fellowships • Support Australia’s international education and science engagement • Annual budget of around AUD 40m (£26m) • Two-way
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Opportunities Available • Range of scholarship opportunities available – Executive Fellowships (1-4 months) – Research Fellowships (4-6 months) – VET Scholarships (1-2 years) – Postgraduate Scholarships (1-4 years)
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Australia Awards - Endeavour
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Contact Email:
[email protected] Phone +32 2 2860586 Australian Embassy and Mission to the EU Avenue des Arts, 56 Brussels 1000, Belgium Websites: www.education.gov.au www.aei.gov.au
