Tempus

Tempus is one of a number of European Community programmes designed to help the process of social and economic reform and/or development in the Partner Countries.

The Partner Countries currently included are the Western Balkan Countries, the Eastern European and Central Asian Countries, and the Mediterranean Partners.

The Tempus Programme focuses on the development of the higher education systems in these countries through co-operation with institutions from the Member States of the European Community.
The programme is based on the understanding that higher education institutions are of particular importance for the social and economic transition process as well as cultural development; they are also pools of expertise and of human resources and provide for the training of new generations of leaders

Management of Tempus

The Tempus Programme is managed by the European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture, which is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Technical Assistance is provided to the European Commission by the European Training Foundation, which is based in Turin, Italy.

Partner Countries

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Tacis):

Armenia (AM); Azerbaijan (AZ); Belarus (BY); Georgia (GE); Kazakhstan (KZ); Kyrgyzstan (KG); Moldova (MD); Mongolia (MN); Russian Federation (RU); Tajikistan (TJ); Turkmenistan (TM); Ukraine (UA); Uzbekistan (UZ)

Western Balcans (CARDS):

Albania (AL); Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA); Croatia (HR); former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK); Kosovo (1244); Serbia and Montenegro (CS)

MEDA:

Algeria (DZ);Egypt (EG); Israel* (IL); Jordan (JO); Lebanon (LB); Morocco (MA); Palestinian Authority (PS); Syria (SY); Tunisia (TN)

 * Due to the fact that [the State of] Israel does not benefit from MEDA bilateral funds, its participation would be on a self-financing basis