The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for the implementation of Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Asia Region in the academic year 2008-2009.

The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window aims at mutual enrichment and better understanding between the EU and Third Countries. It is designed to foster institutional cooperation in the field of higher education between the European Union and Third Countries through a mobility scheme addressing student and academic exchanges for the purpose of studying, teaching, training and research.

The following activities and costs will be covered by the programme: the setting of institutional-based partnerships of European and Third Country higher education institutions to cover two types of activities:

- the organisation of individual mobility of higher education students, researchers and academic staff;
- the implementation of individual mobility. The types of mobility and education to be funded under this call are:
-- students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities;
-- academic staff: exchanging for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research.

For further information, visit Erasmus Mundus - External Cooperation Window

Before contacting the Commission, proposers are strongly advised to consult the original call text in the Official Journal of the European Union at the reference below.