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>
> Dear all
>
> DfES is investing £3 million in a new England-Africa Partnerships  
> scheme (EAP). Please find some key points about the scheme outlined  
> below, and pass this information on to colleagues who might be  
> interested in development partnerships with African countries.
>
> Further information, including the application form and guidance  
> notes, is available at http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-eap.htm
>
> Please note, this is a programme exclusively for English higher  
> education institutions. Scotland, Wales and N Ireland are not  
> included. The deadline for the first round of EAP applications will  
> be 7 September.
>
> Apologies if this is not relevant to you.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Mark
>
>
> DfES new programme: England–Africa Partnerships in HE
>
> EAP will support partnerships between HEIs in England and sub  
> Saharan Africa. It will support projects for science and  
> technology, and also business and management and institutional  
> capacity building.
>
> The aim is to support partnerships which will have longer term  
> sustainability beyond the one year funding.
>
> Eligibility
> The programme is open to HEIs in England. There is no parallel  
> funding on the African side. English HEIs will need to include  
> partner costs in their applications for DfES funding.
>
>
> Funding levels
> In 2006-07 the funding will be £500k for South Africa-England  
> partnerships and £1 million for other SSA- England partnerships.  
> The same funding will be available for 2007-08.
>
> For the current FY successful HEIs will have to have started  
> activity by the end of January 2007 and budgets will have to be  
> committed (but not necessarily spent) by financial year end.  The  
> awards to each partnership will be in the range of £50k to 100k,  
> depending on the number of partners and the scope of the activity.
>
> Points to note
> This is a programme exclusively for English HEIs. Scotland, Wales  
> and N Ireland are not included.
>
> There is no parallel funding on the African side. DfES cannot pay  
> money directly to an institution in another country so English  
> partners will need to budget for their African counterparts.
>
> Applications can only be submitted by the English university.
>
> The programme is for 2 years. Partnerships which have been funded  
> in year 1 may be considered for funding in year 2, but preference  
> will be given to new partnerships.
>
> Because of the timescale, the expectation is that awards will go to  
> existing partnerships in the first application round.
>
> The deadline for the first round of EAP applications will be 7  
> September.
>
> Differences between DELPHE and EAP
>
> DELPHE has now been launched and the first Call for Proposals has  
> been issued. You can read more about this programme at  
> www.britishcouncil.org/learning-delphe.htm
>
> DELPHE applications can only be submitted by the overseas partner  
> in one of the 25 bilateral focus countries.
> EAP applications can only be submitted by the English partner.
>
> As a DFID programme DELPHE has clear development goals and projects  
> have to support the MDGs.
> As a DfES programme EAP does not have any explicit link to overseas  
> development policies and the MDGs. However EAP is intended to  
> support institutional capacity building through e.g. delivering in- 
> country training courses, or helping with new areas of curriculum  
> design or research.   EAP aims to respond to identified training  
> needs and meet skills gaps.
>
> DELPHE projects will be supported for 3 years.
> EAP projects will normally be for one year.
>
> DELPHE projects focus on outputs and outcomes, to be evaluated  
> against a logframe.
> EAP at this stage is less output-oriented and HEIs themselves will  
> need to define clear goals.
>
>
> Mark Eddleston
> Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE)
> British Council
> Bridgewater House
> 58 Whitworth Street
> Manchester M1 6BB, UK
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