Building comparable, compatible and transparent programmes of studies The ‘Tuning Middle East and North Africa’(T-MEDA) project aimed to contribute to the harmonisation of higher education programmes in Southern Mediterranean universities through the development of socially- relevant degree profiles, curriculum and teaching, learning and Photo: © University of Deusto assessment methods One of the original goals of the 1999 Bologna Declaration and Key facts and figures the Tuning Process was to ensure that with the increased mobility in the EU, nurses, architects, lawyers or other profes- Erasmus+ Participants: Countries: 300 academics 17 sionals met common standards of training. The EU co-funded Field: TEMPUS ‘T-MEDA’ project extended this effort towards greater harmo- and managers nisation in higher education to Europe’s immediate neigh- Action: Cooperation for bours to the South. Innovation and Exchange EU grant: Project duration: of Good Practices € 1,207,333.20 01/12/2013 - The idea of “tuning” educational structures aims at establish- 30/11/2016* ing points of reference, convergence and a common under- standing in degree programmes, while preserving their rich Project title (*) Project funded under diversity. It does not mean a quest for uniformity. Tuning Middle East and North Africa the Tempus Programme (2007-2013), a predecessor of Erasmus+ Rather, it is a university-driven process, centred on input from students, graduates, academic and non-academic staff and the labour market. It is they, with all their knowl- edge and experience, that ‘T-MEDA’ put at the centre of decisions on strategies for innovation in higher education, through a series of surveys, international workshops and meetings.

For Dr. Mohammad Bashayreh, Dean of Law at the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University: The ‘T-MEDA’ project made us look at our existing law programmes from the outside. ‘ This is an important exercise from the perspective of quality assurance.’

A significant outcome of ‘T-MEDA’ has been the identi- fication and sharing of ranked generic and specific competences in the fields of nursing, law, architecture and tourism that graduates from higher education Lead organisation institutions in the region should be able to demon- Name: University of Deusto strate, allowing for increased comparability within the Location: Bilbao, Spain sub-regions and with the EU Member States. Website: https://www.deusto.es Partners Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, Algeria; Université d’Alger, Algeria; University of Cyprus, Cyprus; Cairo University, Egypt; Suez Canal University, Egypt; Universite d’Angers, France; Aristotle University of More information Thessaloniki, Greece; Universita' degli Studi di Padova, Italy; Jordan University of Science and Technology, Project website: Jordan; Hashemite University, Jordan; Association of Arab Universities, Jordan; Yarmouk University, Jordan; Modern University for Business and Science, Lebanon; Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon; University www.tuningmeda.org of Balamand, Lebanon; Beirut Arab University, Lebanon; Directorate General of Higher Education, Lebanon; The Libyan International Medical University, Libya; Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya; University of Malta, Malta; University Mohammed First, Morocco; Université Moulay Ismail, Morocco; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Erasmus+ Project Results Platform: Netherlands; Palestine Ahliya University College / Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territory; Islamic University of Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory; Arab International University, Syrian Arab Republic; https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/ International University for Science and Technology, Syrian Arab Republic; The Syrian Consulting Bureau for projects/eplus-project-details/#project/543948- Development and Investment, Syrian Arab Republic; University of Monastir, Tunisia; University of Jendouba, Tunisia; University of Tunis, Tunisia; London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK. TEMPUS-1-2013-1-ES-TEMPUS-JPCR

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