The new NDICI- Global Europe instrument merges several former EU external financing instruments. It aims to support countries most in need to overcome long-term developmental challenges and will contribute to achieving the international commitments and objectives that the Union has agreed to, in particular the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

The overall objective of this call is to increase skills and qualifications across the African continent. 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 and improve the quality, relevance, internationalisation and climate change focus of higher education in Africa.

Project budget (maximum grant amount) is €1 800 000 per project. The number of proposals expected to be funded is 15.

The grant will be a unit grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount per unit, based on unit costs, unit contributions or financing not linked to costs.

• Education and training
• Migration and Citizenship
• Public Administration

• Central Government
• Educational Institutions
• International Organisations
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Semi-governmental organisations
• State-owned Enterprises

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies), established in EU Member States and overseas countries and territories (OCTs) or 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, Sao Tome & Principe, 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.
• West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Applicants must also be higher education institutions (HEI) accredited by the competent national authorities and providing courses at postgraduate level (masters 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).

Consortium composition

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at minimum 5 and maximum 7 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

• minimum 4 and maximum 6 HEIs from the eligible countries in the following African regions: East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, West Africa.
• 1 HEI from one of the EU Member States (EU technical partner).
• maximum 2 HEIs from the same eligible country in Africa.

 Two categories of projects will be selected:

• Sub-regional projects involving HEIs from at least 4 different countries from 1 of the following African regions: East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, West Africa.
• Cross-regional projects involving HEIs from at least 4 different countries representing the 3 following African regions: East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, West Africa.

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(Publish Date: 07/04/2023-for internal use only)

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