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Australia - Europe:
Challenges and Opportunitiesfor Collaboration
Shelagh WhittlestonManager, Education Australian Embassy, Brussels
29 November 2013
Policy Frameworks
Australia-EU Framework Agreement (Treaty level) is currently being negotiated. Research, innovation and education are featuresEducation 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
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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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• Support Australia’s international education and science engagement
• Annual budget of around AUD 40m (£26m)• Two-way
AA Endeavour Scholarships & Fellowships
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• 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)
Opportunities Available
Australia Awards - Endeavour
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China
IndonesiaIndia
JapanUSA
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Thailand
United Kingdom
Singapore
Cambodia
New Zealand
Canada
Malaysia
Philippines
Timor-L
este
Republic of K
orea
Papua New Guinea
France
Germany
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Top 20 destinations for Australian AA Endeavour recipients (2007-2013)
Contact
Email: [email protected] +32 2 2860586Australian Embassy and Mission to the EUAvenue des Arts, 56Brussels 1000, Belgium
Websites: www.education.gov.auwww.aei.gov.au