The European Union's Erasmus+ program aims to support actions in the fields of education, training, youth, and sport for the period extending between 2014 and 2020.

The program aims to allow students, trainees, staff, and volunteers the opportunity to spend time abroad to enhance their skills and increase their employability. It helps organizations to work in international partnerships and to share innovative practices in the fields of education, training, and youth. Erasmus+ also has an important international dimension (i.e. cooperation with Partner Countries, including Lebanon), particularly in the field of higher education. This dimension makes it possible to open up the program to activities of institutional cooperation and mobility of young people and staff on international level.

Lebanon is one of the Partner Countries in the ERASMUS+ program. This allows Lebanese Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to participate in ERASMUS+ calls for projects.

Overview
The European project design and management unit provides support to the faculty members and staff to respond effectively and efficiently to European Union (EU) proposals, calls and initiatives as well as to prepare, manage and monitor a project. Having equipped with the needed expertise, skills and tools. EuNIT aims to achieve the maximum possible benefits and consequently, contributes to the Antonine University (UA) internationalization.

Being a Common Service, EuNIT will act as an internal information hub for all information on EU calls for projects and rules for participation in cooperation/research/mobility programs. The unit will also play this role externally when it comes to information on skills, research, and existing capacity in the University.

Thus, EuNIT will support the following types of EU projects:

• Research and development projects and innovation.
• Mobility and training projects.
• Capacity building projects.
• Development cooperation projects.
  
  

Mission
EuNIT’s mission is presented in four pillars:

• provide Information to and raise the Awareness of the UA community on the available funding opportunities and encourage their participation in cooperation programs;
• provide support for Project Proposal Writing and Preparation of EU projects;
• provide support for Project Monitoring and Administrative/Financial Management; and
• ensure continuous update of staff knowledge on European project guidelines and procedures.

Organisational structure