Tempus Palestine:
Tempus Palestine is led by Dr. Nedal Jayousi and supported by Ms. Aya Fuqha. Tempus is an EU- funded programme that:
*    Supports the modernisation of Higher Education in Partner Countries of the surrounding area of the EU and Middle East along with other regions
*    Establishes an area of cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Palestine ; along with other  Partner Countries.
*    Favors  voluntary convergence with the EU developments in the field of Higher Education

Tempus Approach is based on the following axiomatic:
*    Institutional cooperation.
*   Bottom-up programme mainly implemented through calls for proposals seeking projects targeting reforms in higher education institutions and/or systems.
*    Strong involvement of the Palestinian authorities.
*    Strong accent on dissemination, sustainability and exploitation of results.
*    Complements other EU mobility programmes (e.g. Erasmus Mundus).


*    Palestine joined TEMPUS since 2002
*     21 projects benefited
*    17 projects –joint European projects /partnerships
*     5 on structural MEASURES
*    Main beneficiaries are :
1.    AlQuds University  5 JEP  and 1 SM
2.    AnNajah University 2 JEP AND 1 SM
3.    Birzeit University 5 JEP  and 1 SM
4.    Bethlehem University 3 JEP
Tempus Palestine has :     
*    Strengthened Euro-Med university consortia
*    Enhanced an inter-university network in Palestine
*    Integrated newly needed MA program which significantly contributed to not only to research but also to the development of HR and curricula especially in sectors of water, development, energy, int’l relations ,tourism, etc.
*    Created new opportunities for students
Nedal Jayousi/Ph.D.
NTO Office
Ramallah
March 2012