European Commission to allocate 30.4 million euro for higher education programmes

The European Commission has decided to allocate 30.4 million euro to support higher education programmes in the member-states of the Good-Neighbourly Relations Policy and Russia. An academic exchange programme Tempus will support about 50 many-sided projects. They concern the modernization of the educational process and development of higher educational institutions management. About 350 educational institutions will take part in the project, informs BelaPAN.

Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth , has noted that interaction between universities makes the European higher education more attractive.