Non-exhaustive list of European programs for cooperation and mobility in research and higher education, with links to the concerned programs and calls for applications.

— European programs for higher education

SOCRATES (Erasmus, Leonardo et Minerva): the main European program for the development of exchanges in higher education. http://www.socrates-leonardo.fr/index.php

ASIA LINK for cooperation with Asia: the objective of the 2001-2006 program is to train highly qualified staff in Asia by developing common projects between higher education institutions and by encouraging mobility of teachers and students between the two continents. http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/asia-link/index_en.htm

ALFA for cooperation with Latin America: the objective of the 2001-2006 program is to train highly qualified staff in Latin America by developing common projects between higher education institutions and by encouraging mobility of teachers and students between the two continents. http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/alfa/index_fr.htm

TEMPUS for cooperation between countries of the MEDA (Maghreb, Machrek, TACIS, New Independent States) and CARDS (South-East of Europe) areas. The objective of the 2001-2006 program is to train highly qualified staff in eligible countries by developing common projects between higher education institutions and by encouraging mobility of teachers and students. http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/tempus/index_fr.html

Canada: the 2001-2005 cooperation program for higher education and training in the European Union and Canada supports partnerships between higher education institutions and/or European and Canadian training centres. Its objective is to improve exchanges and develop student mobility between the European Union and Canada. http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-canada/index_en.html

United-States: the 2001-2005 cooperation program for higher education and training in the European Union and the United-States supports partnerships between higher education institutions and/or European and American training centres. Its objective is to improve exchanges and develop student mobility between the European Union and the United States. http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/index_en.html

— European programs for research

6th RDT Framework Program: the main program to finance research in the European Union has the objective to reinforce the European Area for Research. The 2002-2006 program concerns members of the European Union and foreign countries. http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_fr.html, http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/home.cfm

Marie Curie projects within the 6th RDT Framework Program: with a budget of 1.58 billions of euros, this program concerns human resources, with the objectives to develop and transfer competences in research, consolidate and develop researchers’ professional prospects and promote excellence in European research. http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-ctions/indexhtm_en.html

— Bilateral agreements for scientific cooperation

Programmes d’actions intégrées (PAI): a PAI is a bilateral research project, proposed by a French and a foreign research teams. The two countries involved in a project mainly finance the mobility of researchers. http://www.egide.asso.fr/fr/programmes/pai

COFECUB: the Franco-Brasilian cooperation program organises and coordinates various scientific cooperation programs with universities in Brasil. http://www.egide.asso.fr/fr/programmes/cofecub

ECO-NET for cooperation with Eastern Europe. This new program, which replaces COCOP, aims to help structuring scientific and technological cooperations between research organisations of member states and countries applying for membership to the European Union (except Cyprus, Malta and Turkey) by favouring the opening of European Research Area to countries of Western Balkans, Russia and the New Independent States. http://www.egide.asso.fr/fr/programmes/econet