Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse: Pour la mobilité des étudiants de niveau Master et Doctorat
L’Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse est un programme concret qui promeut des formations d’excellence auprès des jeunes de l’espace méditerranéen. L’Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse a pour finalité de:
- développer les mobilités universitaires en cohérence avec les marchés du travail (filières d’intérêt Méditerranéen) des pays partenaires à travers la labellisation de formations d’excellence donnant lieu à des co-diplomations;
- faciliter la mobilité des meilleurs étudiants de niveau Master et Doctorat de l’espace méditerranéen grâce à un dispositif de bourses de mobilité;
- promouvoir une première expérience professionnelle à l’étranger, avec la mise en place d’une plateforme de stages et d’emplois. www.officemediterraneendelajeunesse.org.
The Mediterranean Office for Youth is a programme taking active steps to promote high level academic programmes for Mediterr anea n students. The Mediterranean Office for Youth programme aims to:
- promote academic mobility in line with development priorities and the labor market (sectors of Mediterranean Interest) of the partner-countries through a label given to programmes of excellence offering joint or double diplomas;
- facilitate the mobility of the best students at Master and Doctorate levels from the Mediterranean area, through a system of mobility grants;
- promote first professional experience abroad, with the establishment of a platform for internships and jobs. www.mediterraneanofficeforyouth.org.
Le premier réseau universitaire méditerranéen pour la mobilité et l’insertion professionnelle des étudiants
- 16 pays participants à ce jour: Albanie, Bosnie- Herzégovine, Chypre, Croatie, Egypte, Espagne, France, Grèce, Italie, Liban, Maroc, Malte, Monténégro, Slovénie, Tunisie et Turquie.
- 200 établissements d’enseignement supérieur partenaires de 100 formations sous label OMJ. L’OMJ a délivré près de 250 bourses à des étudiants issus de 14 pays différents, totalisant près de 400 semestres de mobilité dans l’espace méditerranéen.
- 70 entreprises et centres de recherche partenaires.
The first Mediterranean network of Universities for student mobility and graduate employment
- 16 participating countries so far: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Malta, Montenegro, Slovenia, Tunisia and Turkey.
- 200 institutions of higher education partners of 100 programmes with the MOY label. Nearly 250 scholarships to students from 14 different countries, totaling about 400 semesters of mobility within the Mediterranean.
- 70 partner companies and research centres.

Pour la troisième année consécutive, l’Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse lance un appel à projets pour la labellisation de nouvelles formations d’excellence en Méditerranée. Le label « Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse » est octroyé aux formations de Master et Doctorat à la suite de l’appel à projets: ce label  est donné à une formation - de niveau Master ou Doctorat - qui répond aux conditions et critères fixés par l’OMJ en vue de faciliter les parcours de mobilité des jeunes sur des filières de formation prioritaires pour le développement de l’espace méditerranéen et qui facilite l’emploi des jeunes dans leur pays d’origine.
Les formations sont labellisées pour la durée de la période d’expérimentation de l’OMJ : jusqu’à l’année universitaire 2013/2014 incluse. Pendant la durée de leur labellisation, elles peuvent proposer chaque année les candidatures de leurs meilleurs étudiants pour l’attribution de bourses.
Un nouvel appel à projets est conduit chaque année, permettant à de nouvelles formations d’obtenir le label. Le label « Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse » permet notamment aux étudiants de bénéficier de bourses d‘excellence destinées à financer un ou deux semestres de mobilité. Date de dépôt des candidatures: 31 janvier 2013.
Plus de renseignements sur cet appel à projet sur le site de l'OMJ.
Découvrir le projet de l’Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse
Initié par la France en 2010, l’Office Méditerranéen de la Jeunesse est un programme pilote multilatéral qui facilite la mobilité des étudiants de Master et de Doctorat, au sein des pays du pourtour méditerranéen. L’OMJ a pour finalité de favoriser les échanges et la connaissance mutuelle et de contribuer au développement économique et social de ses seize pays membres. Dans cette perspective, il a pour objectifs de:
- Développer les échanges universitaires dans les secteurs prioritaires du développement des pays partenaires  en cohérence avec leur marché du travail;
- Faciliter la mobilité des meilleurs étudiants  de master et doctorat  de l’espace méditerranéen à travers la labellisation de formations d’excellence donnant lieu à des co-diplomations et un système de bourses de mobilité;
- Promouvoir une première expérience professionnelle à l’étranger, avec la mise en place d’une plate-forme de stages et d’emplois.
A ce jour, l’OMJ est  le réseau universitaire méditerranéen le plus important. 180 établissements d’enseignement supérieur sont membres du programme, 80 formations (Master/Doctorat) d’excellence co-diplômantes ont reçu le label OMJ dans 12 filières d’intérêt méditerranéen et près de 250 étudiants ont bénéficié d’une bourse de mobilité OMJ, soit  400 semestres financés. Cliquez ici pour ouvrir la page des contacts.

The Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) aims to enhance the convergence of sustainable development policies by providing a platform for knowledge sharing and joint learning.
WHO WE ARE
The CMI is created by a Memorandum of Understanding among Founding Members which include, at the end of 2009, Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, as well as the European Investment Bank and the World Bank. Other collaborative arrangements with countries and partners are being prepared. The Center was officially launched on October 9, 2009 in Marseille.
The Founding Members for the CMI are to date:
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on October 8, 2009 establishing the Center with the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, and the Government of France followed by the Governments of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia as well as the City of Marseille.
Programs are designed and implemented under the overall guidance of a Lead organization who will seek the participation of interested parties from the region (or beyond). The Lead organization will ensure synergies with other clusters, bring together the necessary technical resources, and commits to mobilizing adequate financial resources. The Lead organization will facilitate regular information exchange between programs to ensure knowledge sharing through joint learning, and thus help foster improvements in public policies in the region.

Lead organizations, to date, include:

• Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
• Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Forum Euroméditerranéen des Institutions de Science Economiques (FEMISE)
• Plan Bleu, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• World Bank

Partners such as think-tanks, training institutions, centers of excellence or development institutions,
collaborate on the design and the delivery of a program.
To the date, the partners are:

Partners of the Employment and Labor Mobility cluster:

• Agence d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur (AERES)
• Association nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes (AFPA)
• Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE)
• A4E
• Conference of President of Universities (CPU)
• Cultural Council of "Union pour la Méditerrané"
• Directorate General for Education and Culture (EU)
• Ecole de la Deuxième Chance – Marseille
• Education for Employment Foundation (EFE)
• European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
• Euromed Management
• European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
• European Training Foundation (ETF)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Région Provence Alpes Cotes d’Azur

Partners of the Urban and Spatial Development Cluster:

• Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
• Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• World Bank
• Cities Alliance
• Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World (CODATU)
• Euroméditerranée
• French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)
• French Ministry of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development (MEEDDM)
• Medcities
• Plan Bleu, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
• United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

Partners of the Knowledge Economy, Innovation and Technology cluster:

• EIB
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• AFD
• Anima
• European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
• FEMISE
• Mediterranean Innovation and Research Action (MIRA)
• World Bank Institute

Partners of the Environment and Water cluster:

• AFD
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Plan Bleu, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
• World Bank
• EIB
• Forum Euroméditerranéen des Institutions de Science Economiques (FEMISE)
• MEEDDM
• United Nation Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP)

Partners of the Transport and Logistics cluster:

• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Centre for Transportation Studies for the Western Mediterranean (CETMO)
• ISTED
• Mediterranean Univesities Union (Unimed).

More than sixty students from associated universities of Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Finland and Turkey have discussed the issue of mobility and the new European Commission's programme Erasmus for All, which will enter into force in 2014 and will eventually be opened to non-European students, at the first Forum of Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) students.
According to a press release from the Euro-Mediterranean University EMUNI, the Forum, held in Istanbul on 15 and 16 July, saw the students discuss issues related to academic mobility in the Mediterranean region, with the aim of contributing to form a new "Mediterranean generation" in order to break down physical, ideological and religious barriers which could prevent people from meeting each other, students and researchers from travelling, pursuing new job opportunities, developing a sense of belonging to a multicultural space like the Mediterranean basin, and fostering the dream of Mediterranean exchanges, meetings and collaboration.
Three workshops were held during the Forum:
    * Mobility: Visas and practical obstacles to the free movement of people;
    * Mediterranean mobility programmes: "Erasmus for All", "Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci EuroMed"
    * Training and Mobility of students into the world of work: What are the prospects?
Following these workshops, students drafted a joint document that was approved during the Plenary Assembly.
The document seeks to draw to the attention of the European Commission and also of national and international institutions, the necessity and urgency of strengthening students’ mobility in the Mediterranean region and in particularly improving the following aspects:
    * New opportunities for Mediterranean students ensuring the allocation of at least 10,000 Erasmus grants per year to students from the Southern Mediterranean;
    * Visa barriers: designing an ad hoc package of visas for university students of the Mediterranean region in order to expedite visa procedures, making full use of the opportunities offered by the EU Visa Code;
    * Integrating the following in the "Erasmus student charter": To guarantee a "special legal status" for students studying abroad in order to ensure respect of their own religion, culture, traditions and personal convictions.
UNIMED believes that this important event in Istanbul can contribute to the creation of a platform for dialogue among university students of the Mediterranean region in the field of Mediterranean cooperation and providing a forum for discussion aimed at developing a shared and lasting strategy for mutual understanding and the construction of a network of students of the area.
EMUNI is an international university based in Slovenia. It represents one of the six projects of the Union for the Mediterranean, which were confirmed within the common declaration, adopted in Paris, on July 13, 2008. It aims to contribute to harmonisation of higher education and research and contribute to lasting development of the wider social-economic and cultural environment in Euro-Med countries. (EU Neighbourhood Info).
Read more
Press release.
EMUNI website.
Erasmus Mundus.
Tempus.
EU Neighbourhood Info Centre - European Commission launches new dialogue on higher education with Southern Mediterranean neighbours (02-07-2012).
EU Neighbourhood Info Centre video – Education Cooperation with Southern Neighbours.
EU Neigbourhood Info Centre webpage – education and training.