Tempus is the European Union’s programme which supports the modernisation of higher education in the Partner Countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region, mainly through university cooperation projects.
Tempus IV Programme is active between 2007 and 2013.

• To promote the reform and modernisation of higher education in the Partner Countries;
• To enhance the quality and relevance of higher education to the world of work and society in the Partner Countries;
• To increase the capacity of higher education institutions in the Partner Countries and the EU, in particular their capacity to co-operate internationally and to continually modernize, and to assist them in opening up to society at large.
• To enhance inter-disciplinarity and trans-disciplinarity between university faculties;
• To enhance the employability of university graduates;
• To foster the reciprocal development of human resources;
• To enhance mutual understanding between peoples and cultures of the EU and the Partner Countries.

This Action is based on multilateral partnerships between higher education institutions in the EU and the Partner Countries aimed at exchanging knowledge and know-how between EU universities and institutions in the Partner Countries and between Partner Country institutions themselves in certain cases.
Joint Projects are implemented at institutional level. They aim to help develop curricula, enhance  university governance and address issues relevant for Higher education and society. Joint Projects may include small scale mobility activities of short duration for students, academic staff, researchers, university administrators and companies.

Aim: to contribute to the development and reform of education institutions and systems at national level in the Partner Countries. They can address issues linked to the reform of governance structures and systems (qualification systems, quality assurance, etc.) or enhancing the links between higher education and society.
Structural Measures can include studies and research, conferences and seminars, training courses, policy advice and dissemination of information.

This Action comprise the dissemination and information activities, such as thematic conferences, studies and activities aiming at the identification and exploitation of good practice, stakeholder consultations, among others.

• Higher education institutions
• Ministries
• Research institutions
• Non-governmental organisations
• Enterprises
• Other higher education organisations
• Private or public enterprises

• 27 EU Member States;
• 6 countries from the Western Balkans region, including Kosovo under UN Security Council Resolution 1244;
• 16 countries South and East of the EU and the Russian Federation;
• 5 Central Asian countries.

The University of Lisbon is a partner in the Tempus IV Project "Nouveaux stakes, Organisations nouvelles pour les Facultés des Sciences et Techniques du Maroc" MODEGOV coordinated by the University of Limoges.