Cooperation with partners from the Global South
This website presents the Finnish National Agency for Education EDUFI’s different programmes and actions aimed at supporting educational cooperation with partners from the Global South. The purpose of the website is to increase the multi-stakeholder cooperation related to national and international funding and to increase the cooperation carried out with developing regions.
On the website, you will find good practices related to the theme, results of different projects and information on different funding programmes for educational cooperation conducted with developing countries.
Map of Finnish cooperation with partners from the Global South in EDUFI programmes
Current issues
Centre of Expertise in Education and Development
FinCEED - Centre of Expertise in Education and Development
www.oph.fiThe Centre of Expertise in Education and Development at EDUFI has started its operation in September 2021. The aim of the Centre of Expertise in Education and Development is to strengthen Finland’s role in finding solutions to the global learning crisis and promote the use of Finnish expertise in education and development.
Education export
The Education Finland programme for education export
www.educationfinland.fiCooperation opportunities in higher education
Erasmus+ global mobility for higher education
The global mobility included in the Erasmus+ Programme for higher education offers exchange opportunities also outside of Europe.
Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects in higher education
Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects in the field of higher education support the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in developing countries.
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges
Erasmus+ virtual exchanges projects (EVEs) consist of online activities that promote intercultural dialogue and soft skills development.
Erasmus Mundus action
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) are high-quality international study programmes delivered jointly by several higher education institutions.
Jean Monnet Actions
Jean Monnet Actions support teaching, learning, research and debates on various aspects of the European Union in different education sectors. Higher education institutions as well as organisations and NGOs involved in higher education from almost all over the world can participate in Jean Monnet Actions for higher education.
HEI ICI Programme
The Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) supports cooperation projects between higher education institutions in Finland and the developing world that are designed to enhance higher education provision in these countries.
Higher Education Partnership (HEP) Programme
The Higher Education Partnership Programmer (HEP) 2023-2026 supports collaboration projects between higher education institutions (HEIs) in Finland and in developing countries.
Team Finland Knowledge
The purpose of the Team Finland Knowledge programme is to create and strengthen cooperation between Finnish higher education institutions and the target regions and countries selected to the TFK network, and to design new operating models for cooperation.
EDUFI traineeship
Higher education students and recent graduates can apply for traineeships through us. Many of the placements are in developing countries.
EDUFI Fellowship
Are you looking for a scholarship to help you recruit a foreign student to do doctoral research? The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.
Cooperation opportunities in vocational education and training
Erasmus+ for vocational education and training (in Finnish)
Erasmus+ for vocational education and training offers global cooperation opportunities with programme partner countries in mobility and development projects.
Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects in vocational education and training (in Fi…
Capacity Building projects in the field of vocational education and training develop the vocational education and training in third countries not associated to the programme (so called partner countries).
Networks of global projects
finvet.fiEDUFI’s discretionary government transfer is used to support country-specific and region-specific global projects in vocational education and training.
Cooperation opportunities in general education
UNESCO schools
The aim of the worldwide UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) is to promote intercultural dialogue, peace, sustainable development and quality education.
Cooperation opportunities in the youth sector
Erasmus+ Youth (in Finnish)
In Erasmus+ Youth projects it is possible to cooperate with developing countries in all actions except DiscoverEU.
European Solidarity Corps (in Finnish)
Cooperation with developing countries is possible in all Solidarity Crops volunteering actions. Novelty in 2022 is volunteering in humanitarian aid, which is administered by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission.
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges
Erasmus+ virtual exchanges projects (EVEs) consist of online activities that promote intercultural dialogue and soft skills development.
Cooperation opportunities in the sport sector
Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects in the field of sport (in Finnish)
Capacity Building projects in the field of sport support the capacity, accessibility and internationalisation of organisations active in the field of sport in EU-external Partner Countries.