Macedonia Erasmus New Tender

The Commission announced the results of the 2023 Erasmus call for the European Universities initiative which provides support to alliances of higher education institutions. These European University alliances are bringing together a new generation of Europeans who are able to study and work in different European countries in different languages and across sectors and academic disciplines.Thanks to these alliances students can obtain a degree by combining studies in several European countries which contributes to the international competitiveness of higher education institutions in Europe.With the results adding seven new European Universities alliances the total of 50 alliances now involve more than 430 higher education institutions in 35 countries. These comprise all EU Member States and Iceland Norway Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia and Trkiye.The students of these institutions can benefit from a unique transnational and innovative educational offer allowing them to acquire essential skills and competencies for the future. Furthermore by partnering with almost 1 700 associated partners among NGOs enterprises and local and regional authorities the 50 European Universities alliances bring broad-scale innovation to Europes regions.With a record overall budget of 402.2 million from the Erasmus program for this call each alliance receives a budget of up to 14.4 million for four years.The 2023 call opened the possibility for higher education institutions from Western Balkans countries not associated with the Erasmus program to participate as full partners in the call. As a result higher education institutions from Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro have joined the initiative on top of those from North Macedonia and Serbia.As last year the alliances can involve higher education institutions from Bologna Process countries as associated partners. Under the 2023 call close to 30 higher education institutions from Ukraine have also joined the alliances.Next stepsIn the fall of 2023 the Commission will launch the next Erasmus call for proposals with the aim of reaching the goal of the European strategy for universities to expand to 60 European Universities alliances with more than 500 universities by mid-2024.