Capacity building in the field of higher education

Objective : The Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) action supports international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of higher education. It supports the relevance, quality, modernisation and responsiveness of higher education in third countries not associated to the Programme for socio-economic recovery, growth and prosperity and reacting to recent trends, in particular economic globalisation, but also the recent decline in human development, fragility, and rising social, economic and environmental inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The action is expected to contribute to the overarching priorities of the European Commission: Green Deal (develop competences in sustainability relevant sectors, green sectorial skills strategies, and methodologies) Digital transformation (development and uptake of digital skills) Integration of migrants (promote mobility and recognition of degrees and credentials) Governance, peace, security and human development (strengthen active citizenship) Sustainable growth and jobs (build skills for life and work), as well as to the external dimension of EU internal policies in the field of education. It will support a successful green and sustainable global economic recovery in the third countries not associated to the Programme, linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The activities and outcomes of CBHE projects must be geared to benefit the eligible third countries not associated to the Programme , their higher education institutions (HEI) and systems. Indicative 2023 CBHE budget per Region (in EURO) Region 1 Western Balkans 12.720.474 Region 2 Neighbourhood East 20.988.310 Region 2 Neighbourhood East Education digital environment for Ukraine 5.000.000 Region 3 South-Mediterranean countries 9.041.775 Region 5 Asia 21.165.532 Region 6 Central Asia 5.590.345 Region 7 Middle East 1.225.152 Region 8 Pacific 490.770 Region 9 Sub-Saharan Africa 28.360.063 Region 10 Latin America 10.847.300 Region 11 Caribbean 1.461.869 Total 2023 CBHE indicative budget 116.891.590 Scope : This Strand is designed to attract less experienced HEIs and small-scale actors to the CBHE action to facilitate access to newcomer organisations. These partnerships should act as a first step for HEIs and organisations with a smaller operational capacity located in third countries not associated to the programme to access and increase means to reach out to people with fewer opportunities. This Strand will finance small-scale projects to reduce the internationalisation gap among HEIs from eligible third countries not associated to the programme, from the same country or Region. Projects should establish partnerships to develop cooperation ideas as well as to facilitate transfer of know-how, experience and good practices, fostering access to capacity building opportunities and improving social inclusion and the access of students/staff with fewer opportunities to a qualitative higher education offer. In particular, these projects will particularly focus on: HEIs from least developed third countries not associated to the Programme; HEIs located in remote regions/areas of third countries not associated to the Programme; Newcomers or less experienced HEIs and Faculties from third countries not associated to the Programme; Students and staff with fewer opportunities. Overarching priorities to be covered by projects under Strand 1 Each applicant will need to identify in Part C of the application form only one of the overarching priorities , which are defined by the European Commission per Region. For Regions 1 to 3 sub-priorities have also been defined (see Part C of the application form). Within the overarching priority identified by the applicant, the project must choose mandatorily only one sub-priority. For Regions 5 to 11 only overarching priorities exist and only one of them must be chosen by the project. Overarching P