University fields of excellence and of Mediterranean interest
The pilot program for mobility of students and young professionals is to be implemented within the framework of university fields of excellence and of Mediterranean interest :
- Identified by both the North and the South of the Mediterranean as excelling in their ability to build the skills of tomorrow (Recommendations from the Paris ministerial seminar – 14 December 2009);
- That correspond to skills-related needs in the main countries of origin, by taking into account the labour market situation and employment opportunities in the sectors concerned (Summary of the Tangier conference of experts – 29 and 30 April 2010).
Making use of these courses to implement the “initial training” and “professional integration” aspects of the project, the goal is to try to mobilise the skills and expertise of students who are part of the project to put them to work on behalf of their country of origin.
Academic programmes relevant to the needs of the Mediterranean region :
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Generic courses |
University courses |
| Technical sciences applied to exact sciences and Engineering sciences | Agriculture, agrifood industry, fisheries science Environment and earth sciences (sustainable development, renewable energy, water, resource management, wastetreatment, marine industries, etc.) Computer science, mathematics, telecommunications, electricity, electronics Civil engineering, urban planning, building and public works Transportation (aeronautics, mechanics, logistics…) |
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Technical sciences applied to social sciences |
Law Cultural management Management, finance and business Economics and political science Tourism, hotel business and catering Sport Education (the study of education) |
| Health sciences |
Medicine, biology, biotechnologies |
In addition to the above disciplines, chosen by the partner countries, Mediterranean Office for Youth will give priority to applications for activities that fall within the following priority areas of the Union for the Mediterranean:
| Priorities areas of the Union for the Mediterranean |
| De-pollution of the Mediterranean Sea The establishment of maritime and land highways Developing solar energy Civil protection Developing small and medium-sized enterprises |