The call for the new Higher Education Partnership (HEP) Programme, ended on 26 May 2023. Total of 41 applications were received by the deadline. The application evaluation process has started, and selections will be informed in the fall. The new projects will start at the beginning of 2024 and end in 2026.
HEI ICI and HEP programmes
- ProgrammesHigher educationHEI ICI / HEPInternationalisation
The Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) and Higher Education Partnership (HEP) Programme supports cooperation projects between higher education institutions in Finland and the developing world that are designed to enhance higher education provision in these countries. The projects support the higher education institutions in developing their subject-specific, methodological, educational and administrative capacities.
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides funding for the programmes through its development cooperation funds. The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) administrates the programmes.
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides funding for the programmes through its development cooperation funds. The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) administrates the programmes.
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Jaakko Kaisto
Supporting education in developing countries helps them to promote skills development, establish a well-functioning, efficient and equal society, encourage entrepreneurship, drive sustainable development and reduce poverty.
The HEI ICI and HEP programmes are thus in line with Finland’s foreign development policy objectives, however, the projects are all designed to reflect each individual country’s specific development aims and must be based on the needs identified by the higher education institutions themselves.