Transcript European Commission Communications on Climate Change

European Commission Communications on
Climate Change
Year 2005: Communication on « WINNING THE BATTLE
AGAINST GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE »
Year 2007: Communication on « LIMITING GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE TO 2° CELSIUS: THE WAY AHEAD FOR
2020 AND BEYOND »
Year 2009: Communication on « TOWARDS A
COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT IN
COPENHAGEN »
Communication « Towards a comprehensive
Climate Change Agreement in Copenhagen »
The 3 KEY challenges of a possible Climate Change
Agreement:
• Agree on targets by developed countries & appropriate
actions by developing countries.
• The need to address the financing of actions by
ndeveloping countries (mitigate actions and to adapt to
climate change): developing countrieswill require
substantially higher funding from developed world.
• The need to build an effective global carbon market.
The Annual Policy strategy for 2010 adopted by
the European Commission (18 February 2009)
• International Agreement on Climate Change at
Copenhagen
• EU internal commitments
• Revised EU Emmissions trading Scheme
• Investments under Structrural Funds
• Global monitoring for Environment
• Energy Action Plan 2010 – 2014
• Protect EU’s biodiversity
• Integrated Maritime Policy
ERASMUS MUNDUS (2009-2013)
Overall objectives
 Improve quality of EU HE
 Enhance attractiveness of EU HE
 Promote dialogue and understanding between peoples
and cultures through cooperation with 3C
 New objective: Promote EU external policy objectives
and the sustainable development of 3C in the field of
higher education
ERASMUS MUNDUS (2009-2013)
Novelties
 Wider scope: inclusion of external policy objectives > future reference programme in the field of HE
cooperation with third countries
 Collaborative partnerships with 3C HEIs (Action 2)
 Action 1:
 Joint doctoral programmes + scholarships
 Possible inclusion of 3C HEIs in joint programmes
 Better scholarships for EU students
 Stronger focus on continuous quality monitoring
 Action 3: information grants for National Structures
ERASMUS MUNDUS (2009-2013)
Actions
 Action 1: EM joint masters programmes and joint
doctoral programmes of outstanding academic quality,
including a scholarship scheme
 Action 2: Partnerships between EU and 3C HEI in
specific regions as a basis for structural co-operation
and mobility at all levels of higher education
 Action 3: Measures enhancing the attractiveness of the
EU as an education destination
ERASMUS MUNDUS (2009-2013)
Implementation
 Management at EU level by DG EAC+AIDCO through
Executive Agency
 Annual Calls for Proposals
 Action 1: selection of joint programmes assisted by highlevel Selection Board; selection of students by consortia
 Action 2: own legal bases linked to EM programme
decision, external action decision-making procedures
apply, selection of students by partnerships, role of EU
Delegations and 3C authorities
 Strong support role of National Structures