EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Directorate-General XXII - Education, Training and Youth

Tempus Phare
application form for a 
Joint European Project

beginning in the academic years 1998/1999 or 1999/2000
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES
1999

SECTION I: DECLARATION

The following declaration should be signed by the JEP Coordinator and by the person at the coordinating institution who is legally authorised to engage the institution.

We, the undersigned, certify that the information given in this project proposal is correct to the best of our knowledge, and that the project has been endorsed by the relevant authorities representing the institutions which will be collaborating in the activities set out in the proposal.

Furthermore, the project partners agree that the present application may be forwarded to other grant awarding organisations and that the content of this application may be disclosed.

We enclose documentation confirming that the other partners in the project have endorsed the content of the application.

Name of the coordinating institution:  Sofia University “St. Kl. Ochridski”

Name of the contact person:		Name of the legal representative:	

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roumen Nikolov		Prof. Dr. Panayot Bontchev	

Function: Head of Department of 		Function: Vice-rector of International and
                  Information Technologies			                  Public Relations, Sofia University
			                  "St. Kl. Ohridski"

Done at: Sofia		Done at: Sofia	

Date: 25.01.1999		Date: 25.01.1999	

Signature:		Signature	

Official stamp or seal of the coordinating institution

SECTION II: BASIC DATA ON THE PROJECT

Title (max. 50 characters)
Centre of Excellence in Information Society Technologies

Objective of the Joint European Project (max. 100 characters)
Training specialists in public administration, banking and employment services in IST, ES, FLS, ECL, PA, HRD and ETSD

JEP type (please circle):	A	U	Subject area code (please insert ONE code only): 856
Please refer to the Guide for Applicants (Chapter 7) for the glossary of codes

Partner countries involved (please circle):

ALB	BG	BIH	CZ	EE	807	H	LT	LV	PL	RO	SK	SLO

Please give the JEP, IMG and/or CME N° of any relevant previously approved Tempus projects:

JEP N°: JEP 2063-91,  SJEP 07312-94, JEP- 11087-96	IMG N°:		CME N°:	

In which language do you wish to receive future correspondence? (please circle):

English	French	German

Duration of the project (please circle):	1 year*	2 years

*	a year covers the period between 1 September and 31 August.

Institutions involved in the JEP:

Please include data on all institutions involved in the project. Refer to the Guide for Applicants, Glossary of codes for the codes assigned to type of institution and country. Use additional sheets of the same format if necessary.

Reference number: 1

Project coordinator (contact person at the coordinating institution): any institution in the European Union, the partner countries or the non-EU G24 countries, Cyprus or Malta

Title: Prof.Dr.Sci. Corr.Member of Academy of Sc.    	First name: Panayot	Last name: Bontchev
Sex (please circle):	M	F
Name of the institution: Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Name of the faculty: Faculty of Chemistry
Address: 1 James Bouchier Blvd.; Sofia
Country: Bulgaria	Post code:	1164 	Town:	Sofia
Phone: (+359 2)  443 656           	Fax:	(+359 2 ) 962 5438   	
E-mail: prbontchev@chem.uni-sofia.bg OR bontchev@vice-rector.uni-sofia.bg 

Reference number: 2
Title: Prof. Dr.	First name: Roumen 	Last name:	Nikolov
Sex (please circle):	M	F
Name of the institution: Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Name of the faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Address: 5 James Bouchier Blvd.
Country: Bulgaria	Post code:	1164	Town:	Sofia
Phone: (+ 359 2) 62 56 511                    	Fax: (+ 359 2) 65 61 57  	 E-mail: roumen@fmi.uni-sofia.bg 

Reference number: 3	Type: U		Contact person: Dr. Nelly Ognyanova
Name of the institution: Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Name of the department or faculty: Department of European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy
Town: Sofia	Country code:   BG

Reference number: 4	Type: U		Contact person: Dr. Nelly Ognyanova
Name of the institution: Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Name of the department or faculty: Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Philosophy
Town: Sofia	Country code:   BG

Reference number: 5	Type: U		Contact person: Prof. Dr. M. Georgieva
Name of the institution: "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Turnovo
Name of the department or faculty: 
Town: Veliko Turnovo	Country code:   BG

Reference number: 6	Type: U		Contact person: Ivan Stanchev
Name of the institution: University of Twente
Name of the department or faculty: Educational Science and Technology
Town: Enschede	Country code:   NL

Reference number: 7	Type: U		Contact person: Prof. I.G.M.M.Niemegeers
Name of the institution: University of Twente
Name of the department or faculty: CTIT
Town: Enschede	Country code:   NL

Reference number: 8	Type: O		Contact person: Dr. Sepideh Chakaveh
Name of the institution: GMD - Forschungaszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH
Name of the department or faculty: Distance Education Learning Telecommunication Applications (DELTA)
Town: Sankt Augustin	Country code: D

Reference number: 9	Type: U		Contact person: Prof. B. Hoetzel
Name of the institution: Universite des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg
Name of the department or faculty: Institut de Traducteurs, d'Interpretes et de Relations Internationales
Town: Strasbourg	Country code:   F

Reference number: 10	Type: O		Contact person: Dr. Nelly Ognyanova
Name of the institution: Bulgarian Institute for Legal Development
Name of the department or faculty: 	
Town: Sofia 	Country code:	BG

Reference number: 11	Type: O		Contact person: Rossitza Kamenova
Name of the institution: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Name of the department or faculty: Personnel Department
Town: Sofia	Country code:	BG

Reference number: 12	Type: O		Contact person: Miroliuba Madjarova
Name of the institution: Ministry of Education and Science
Name of the department or faculty: Department of Foreign Affairs
Town: Sofia	Country code:	BG

Reference number: 13	Type: O		Contact person: Kamelia Stefanova
Name of the institution: International Banking Institute
Name of the department or faculty:	
Town: Sofia 	Country code:	BG

Reference number: 14	Type: O		Contact person: Ivelin Madjarov
Name of the institution: National Employment Agency
Name of the department or faculty:	
Town: Sofia	Country code:	BG

SECTION III: PROJECT PARTICULARS
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION
CTIT - Center for Telematics and Information Technologies, UT, NL
DES – Department of European Studies, FPh, SU, BG
DIT – Department of Information Technologies, FMI, SU, BG
DPA – Department of Public Administration, FPh, SU, BG
ECL – European Community Law
ES – European Studies
ETSD - Educational and Training Systems Design
EU – European Union
FDL – Flexible and Distance Learning 
FEST - Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technologies, UT, NL
FLS - Foreign Language Study.
FMI - Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, SU, BG
FPh – Faculty of Philosophy, SU, BG
GMD - German National Institute of Information Technologies, D
HRD - Human Resources Development
IB – Institutional Building
IBI - International Banking Institute, BG
IS – Information Society
IST – Information Society Technologies
MES - Ministry of Education and Science, BG
MFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BG
NEA - National Employment Agency, BG
PA – Public Administration
SU  - Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, BG
UCC – University Computer Centre, SU, BG
US - University of Strasbourg, F
UT - University of Twente, NL
UVT -University of Veliko Tarnovo
1.	Background of the project
Structural changes in the Bulgarian society and the process of alignment to the European Union require development of flexible administrative structures, able to adopt and renew permanently their management and personnel capacities according to the new realities. A range of important features of the socio-economic life as a whole should be considered: 
a)	massive information saturation, performed by plenty of electronic mediators and technologies; 
b)	qualitative new requirements to the human resources, their skills, working style and motivation; 
c)	need of permanent self-development and renewing – permanent training and retraining of the personnel. 
In accordance with Strategy for Building Modern Administrative System of the Republic of Bulgaria, the ways by which the State and local administration serve the citizens of the country and the national business should be optimised. The services provided by various public administration units should be accessible, comfortable, user-friendly and low-cost for the tax-payers. The realisation of the National Strategy for Transition to IS shall lead to harmonisation of the relationship between administration, population and business and to augmentation of the democratic control of the society on the management of the country. The Government envisages development of a national public administration information system (by 2001) as part of the national information infrastructure. The Council of Ministers is to prepare a Uniform Act for the Principles and Universal Standards for Operation in All Public Administration Units. A large number of public administration employees and other specialists from different institutions have to be trained according the new standards. In spite of the massive academic knowledge and experience accumulated in the European countries, no one Bulgarian academic or training institution provides a complex training, consultation and qualification in the above mentioned areas. Development of a flexible system providing the specialists in public administration, banking, employment services, etc. with knowledge and skills in these areas could facilitate the process of approximating, implementing and enforcing the EU accession. Sofia University in co-operation with all other partners in the Project Consortium ensures an inter-disciplinary training team capable to provide the necessary training and expertise according to European standards. It was proved by the fruitful previous co-operation among the Consortium members.
the new standards. In spite of the massive academic knowledge and experience accumulated in the European countries, no one Bulgarian academic or training institution provides a complex training, consultation and qualification in the above mentioned areas. Development of a flexible system providing the specialists in public administration, banking, employment services, etc. with knowledge and skills in these areas could promote the process of approximating, implementing and enforcing the EU accession. Sofia University in co-operation with all other partners in the Project Consortium provides an inter-disciplinary training team capable to provide the necessary training and expertise according to European standards. It was proved by the fruitful previous co-operation between the Consortium members.

2.	DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

2.1	LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRIX

Wider Objective	Indicators of progress	How indicators can be assessed	Assumptions	
	Establishment of a flexible system for providing specialists in public administration, banking, and employment services, with knowledge and skills with European content.	*	Singed contracts between the Sofia University and University of Twente/GMD for transferring programmes/modules/courses;
*	The users are satisfied with the flexibility of courses and could arrange the best programme for their specific needs;
*	Co-operative agreements signed between the University and organisations for training their administrative staff
* 	The range of audience shows tendency for increase;
*	Tangency for Increasing the audience diversity	*	The Contracts signed by the Authorities;
*	Official feedback by users;
*	Co-operative agreements signed;
*	New student’s groups involved;
* 	Other professionals using resources of the Centre of Excellence;		
Project Objective				
	Training specialists in public administration, banking and employment services in IST, ES, FLS, ECL, PA, HRD and ETSD	* 	The new established Centre of Excellence is an integral part of the Sofia University structure;
* 	Administrators involved graduated successfully the courses / modules;
*	 Trained administrators posses all the necessary language and computing skills for their area of expertise;
*	Harmonised system for transferring credits between the partner institutions;
*	Activities in the partner organisations to restructure their work environment in order to meet the needs for the implementation of pre-accession strategy;
*	Partner-organisation’ authorities support the development of the strategy for European integration.	*	University documents;
*	Certificates for finished courses/modules;
*	Trainer’s reports;
*	Reporting documents of the Centre of Excellence;
*	Plans for restructuring occurred after finishing the study period;
*	Plans for the staff promotion.

Outputs				
1.	Centre of Excellence established with its own premises, well equipped, linked in an electronic network.
2. Eight courses transferred, adapted and developed on the base of European expertise and analysis of administrators' needs.
3. Seven modules carried out with a flexibility of choice and 231 administrators from the partner institutions trained.
4. Achievements assessed and future activities planned	* The new courses and modules are present part of the curriculum adopted;
* New teaching materials developed;
* New materials for self-evaluation and self-study developed;
* 16 BG trainers re-trained in the mentioned above fields;
* 231 administrators trained;
* 24 administrators visiting EU and introduced to best EU practice in their field;
* Electronic network for delivering courses/modules and for free access to the resources for administrators;
* Designed credit system scheme;
* Steering Committee meets regularly for updating	*	Documentation of the Agreement;
*	Publication of Centre of Excellence Curriculum;
*	All the materials produced are acceptable and wide disseminated,		
Activities	Inputs			
1.1 Signing the University Decision and placing premises at the Centre of Excellence disposal.
1.2 Purchase of basic teaching and administrative equipment (Computer Lab with one server and 16 PCs, copy machine, 2 laser printers, multimedia videodata projector system, network equipment) and books.
1.3 Development of the necessary organisational and management structure	*	Three Computer classrooms.
*	Local and Internet network;
*	Three Printers.
* 	Copy machine;
* 	Multimedia videodata projector system;
*	Software  and Consumables;
*	Relevant books and other teaching materials;			
2.1 Identifying the learner's needs - needs analysis of the administrative staff of the partner-organisations.
2.2 Courses analysis, adaptation and development of the Module's Outline.
2.3 Re-training of BG academic staff for the new modules/courses and new methodology introduced in the Centre of Excellence.
2.4 Development, translation, adaptation and publishing of teaching materials.	*	Lecturers;
*	Programmers;
*	Specialists in instructional design
*	4 lecturers' mobility visits from EU to BG.
*	Translation and publishing of teaching and study materials.
*	Training of 16 BG trainers in EU for 1 month.
*	Publishing (CD, Web-Internet, paper) and printing		*	Adequate language skills when necessary	

3.1 Forming the students groups and carrying out the training modules 
3.2. Electronic network for distance delivery established and implemented.
3.3 231 Administrators trained through the 7 Modules carried out in the Centre of Excellence.
3.4 Continuing evaluation and on-going improvement of the modules and trainers' skills through on-the job training and assessment.	*	Key project staff, EU experts;
*	Seven Modules ready for delivery;
*	Teaching and Study materials;
* 	8 EU lecturers to BG for 2 weeks.
* 	BG lecturers teaching exceptional courses.
*	231 Administrators having diplomas/certificates.
*	24 BG administrators to EU for 2 weeks study period.
*	On-the job implementation of the new skills obtained through the course modules training.			
4.1 Publishing brochures of the courses/modules.
4.2 Four Project Steering Committee meetings.
4.3 Development of unified credits system for all the courses taught in the Centre of Excellence.
4.4 Implementation of a network for continuing on-the job support for the trained administrators and dissemination of the project's results.	*	Publishing and printing (Web-Internet, paper)
* 12 EU Steering Committee members to BG for 4 days
* Project Network

2.2.	WORKPLAN - YEAR 1999/2000
Activities	Nov 	Dec 	Jan	Feb 	Mar 	Apr 	May 	June 	July 	Aug 	Sept 	Oct	
1. Centre of Excellence established with its own premises, well equipped, linked in an electronic network.													
1.1 Signing the University Decision and placing premises at the Centre of Excellence disposal.		XX											
1.2 Purchase of basic teaching and administrative equipment and books.			XXXX	XXXX	XXXX								
1.3 Development of the necessary organisational and management structure		XX	XXXX	XXXX									
2. Eight modules transferred, adapted and developed on the base of European expertise and analysis of administrators' needs.						O							
2.1 Identifying the learner's needs - needs analysis of the administrative staff of the partner-organisations.	YY	XXXX	YY										
2.2 Courses' analysis, adaptation and development of the Module's Outline.		YY	YYY=	====	YYYY	YY							
2.3 Re-training of BG academic staff for the new modules/courses and new methodology introduced in the Centre of Excellence.	YYYY	YYYY	====	====									
2.4 Development, translation, adaptation and publishing of teaching materials.				XXXX	XXXX	XXXX							
3. Seven modules carried out with a flexibility of choice and 231 administrators from the partner institutions trained.													
3.1 Forming the students groups.					XX	XXXX		XXXX					
3.2 Electronic network for distance delivery established and implemented.				XXXX	XXXX	XXXX							
3.3 231 Administrators trained through the 7 Modules carried out in the Centre of Excellence.							XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX			
3.4. Continuing evaluation and on-going improvement of the modules and trainers' skills through on-the job training and assessment.								XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	
4. Achievements assessed and future activities planned													
4.1 Publishing brochures of the courses/modules.						XXXX							
4.2 Four Project Steering Committee meetings.						=					=		
4.3 Development of unified credits system for all the courses taught in the Centre of Excellence.													
4.4 Implementation of a network for continuing on-the job support for the trained administrators and dissemination of the project's results.										XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	

YEAR 2000/2001
Activities	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	
1. Centre of Excellence established with its own premises, well equipped, linked in an electronic network.			O										
1.1 Signing the University Decision and placing premises at the Centre of Excellence disposal.													
1.2 Purchase of basic teaching and administrative equipment and books.	XXXX	XXXX	XXX										
1.3 Development of the necessary organisational and management structure	XXXX	XXXX	XXX										
2. Eight modules transferred, adapted and developed on the base of European expertise and analysis of administrators' needs.													
2.1 Identifying the learner's needs - needs analysis of the administrative staff of the partner-organisations.													
2.2 Courses' analysis, adaptation and development of the Module's Outline.													
2.3 Re-training of BG academic staff for the new modules/courses and new methodology introduced in the Centre of Excellence.													
2.4 Development, translation, adaptation and publishing of teaching materials.													
3. Seven modules carried out with a flexibility of choice and 231 administrators from the partner institutions trained.												O	
3.1 Forming the students groups.	XXXX	XXXX		XXXX		XXXX		XXXX					
3.2 Electronic network for distance delivery established and implemented.													
3.3 231 Administrators trained through the 7 Modules carried out in the Centre of Excellence.	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX			
3.4. Continuing evaluation and on-going improvement of the modules and trainers' skills through on-the job training and assessment.	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	
4. Achievements assessed and future activities planned												O	
4.1 Publishing brochures of the courses/modules.			XXXX										
4.2 Four Project Steering Committee meetings.						=					=		
4.3 Development of unified credits system for all the courses taught in the Centre of Excellence.													
4.4 Implementation of a network for continuing on-the job support for the trained administrators and dissemination of the project's results.	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	

2.3.	OUTPUTS & RELATED ACTIVITIES

OUTPUT TABLE

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OUTPUT PLANNED & DEADLINE: [1] Centre of Excellence established with its own premises, well equipped, linked in an electronic network  31/01/2001
NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [1.1] Signing the University Decision and placing premises at the Centre disposal by the University Authorities
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Final University Decision for the premises, given at the Centre disposal. Two of them should be suitable for equipping computer classrooms at SU, one at UVT.
TARGET GROUP: University Authorities
INPUTS: Overheads
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY:  2 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [1.2] Purchase of basic teaching and administrative equipment and books.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Three Computer Labs with 8 PCs each, two network servers, 3 administrative PCs, copy machine, 3 laser printers, multimedia videodata projector system, network equipment, books. Two calls for tender procedures will be applied. The first will be implemented in the beginning of the first year (two servers, 12 PCs, copy machine, 2 laser printers, 1 multimedia videodata projector system network equipment), the second in the beginning of the second year (15 PCs, 1 laser printer). The computers have to be networked in a local set and to the Internet. One server, 9 PCs and one laser printer for UVT, the rest for SU.
TARGET GROUP: Companies - computer equipment suppliers.
INPUTS: 27 PCs, 2 servers, 2 printers, 1 copy-machine, 1 multimedia videodata projector system, network accessories, software, books, etc.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY  57 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [1.3] Development of the necessary organisational and management structure
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Staff allocation and training. Establishment of all the necessary infrastructure for the Centre of Excellence office and computer labs.
TARGET GROUP: University Authorities, Centre of Excellence staff.
INPUTS: Overheads
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY:  3 000 ECU
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Total Tempus funding required for this output (including related mobility flows) over project duration:  ECU: 62 000

OUTPUT TABLE

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OUTPUT PLANNED & DEADLINE: [2] Eight modules transferred, adapted and developed on the base of European expertise and analysis of administrators' needs. 30/04/2000
NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [2.1] Identify the trainer's needs - needs analysis of the administrative staff of the partner-organisations.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY:
Needs analysis on the basis of volume and type of work, level of experience, kind of specialisation, etc. including:
•	Meetings with the partner-institutions (MES, MFA, NEA, IBI) representatives. Job descriptions and individual analysis of the staff, involved in the education;
•	Questionnaire for preferences toward subject, type of courses, duration, way of delivering;
•	Developing course time-schedule, final scheme for type and duration of courses carried out.
TARGET GROUP: Academic staff involved in the Centre of Excellence, Partner-institutions authorities, Project co-ordinator, Branch officers (contact persons at MES, MFA, NEA, IBI).
INPUTS: consumables and printing, survey administrators, data analysis, staff costs
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 6 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [2.2] Courses analysis, adaptation and development of Modules' Outline.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Content analysis and adaptations of the courses and modules from EU partners' MSc programs to the specific BG conditions. The project team is split into four sub-groups for the different target groups. Each group consists of west-expert(s), the Project coordinator, the concrete Branch officer and experts, lecturers. They design and develop the courses/subjects as regard to: a) content; b) credits, c) way of delivering; d) teaching materials and e) lecturers. The groups work collaboratively at a distance, using Internet services. Each one of the groups report the results to the Project Steering Committee. The eight courses (subjects) to be developed are:
•	European Studies;
•	Public Administration;
•	European Law;
•	Human Resources Development;
•	Educational and Training Systems Design;
•	Information Society Technologies and Services;
•	Office Automation;
•	Foreign Language Study.
All Modules to be carried out target some specific priority area, including also some basic language and computer knowledge and skills. They are tailor-made, formed from the subjects in a flexible way and mainly oriented for the distance delivery.
TARGET GROUP: Project co-ordinator, branch officers, lecturers, experts.
INPUTS: Staff costs for the project team members, 4 visits (2 weeks each) for EU experts to BG .
TARGET GROUP: project team, lecturers
INPUTS: additional working hours for the academic staff.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 35 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [2.3] Re-training of BG academic staff for the new modules/courses and new knowledge and methodology introduced in the Centre of Excellence
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: EU partners organise intensive programme for updating the BG trainers with the new methodology of teaching. The biggest part of the training goes at a distance.
TARGET GROUP: academic staff involved in the Centre of Excellence
INPUTS: 16 BG trainers to EU for one month (3 from UVT, 9 from SU, 4 from partner-institutions - MES, MFA, NEA, IBI).
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY:  36 800 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [2.4] Development, translation, adaptation and publishing of teaching materials.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: On the basis of the course analyses, translation and adaptation of the needed teaching materials, that are not still available, will be performed in accordance with the programme scheme and the audience needs. The teaching materials developed will be put on the Web/Internet, on the CD-ROMs, and printed out.
TARGET GROUP: project team, BG and EU lecturers, translation and publishing company
INPUTS: staff costs for development and adaptation of teaching materials; consumables, costs for translations, printing, copying and publishing (Web-Internet, CD-ROM, paper).
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 18 200 ECU
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Total Tempus funding required for this output (including related mobility flows) over project duration:  ECU: 96 000

OUTPUT TABLE
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OUTPUT PLANNED & DEADLINE: [3] Seven modules carried out with a flexibility of choice and 231 administrators from the partner institutions trained. - 31/10/2001
NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [3.1] Forming the students groups.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Groups are completed on the basis of the chosen field (target group) and territory (Sofia or Veliko Turnovo). Total number of administrators to be trained: 36 MES + 108 MFA +30 NEA + 60 IBI = 231.
TARGET GROUP: project team, branch officers, national administrators to be trained.
INPUTS: Overheads.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 1 500 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [3.2] Electronic network for distance delivery established and implemented.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Adaptation and/or development of WEB variants of existent courses. Establishment and maintenance of electronic set for distance education; conference lists, etc.
TARGET GROUP: lecturers, IT specialists, programmers, specialists in instructional design.
INPUTS: staff costs for lecturers, IT specialists, programmers; communication costs
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 8 500 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [3.3] 231 Administrators trained through the 7 Modules carried out in the Centre of Excellence.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Each Module will be 2 months long, will have 15 participants. Each module will include at least 6 different subjects, one week each. The HRD managers will take part in two additional courses for two weeks– HRD and ETSD. The other participants will have additional two weeks for practice and team project collaborative work. In total for each module the training will proceed 8 weeks: 2 weeks face-to-face, 3 weeks on-the job, 5 weeks from a distance. For each module 8 lecturers will be assigned. EU experts will monitor each module from a distance, with short visits envisaged (eight in total). On the competition base 24 administrators to visit appropriate EU partner institutions to be acquainted with the best EU practice in their field of interest. 
TARGET GROUP: National administrators from MES, MFA, NEA, IBI.
INPUTS Staff costs for the lecturers. 8 EU lecturers to BG (mobility) for 2 weeks. EU experts monitoring training modules. BG lecturers teaching exceptional courses. 24 BG administrators to EU partners (mobility) for 2 weeks.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 92 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [3.4] Continuing evaluation and on-going improvement of the modules and trainers' skills through on-the job training and assessment.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Evaluation based on the review of: staff qualification (professional experience, educational level, work methodology and style); students’ achievements (quality of course’s and final assignments); audience satisfaction and requests for further training. Evaluation will be done at two places: Centre of Excellence and on-the job at the partner-organisations.
TARGET GROUP: administrators trained, EU and BG experts.
INPUTS: staff costs for experts
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 7 000 ECU
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Total Tempus funding required for this output (including related mobility flows) over project duration:    ECU: 109 000

OUTPUT TABLE

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OUTPUT PLANNED & DEADLINE: [4] Achievements assessed and future activities planned - 30/08/2001
NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY : [4.1] Publishing brochures of the courses/modules.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Design of the brochures with courses'/modules' description, guidelines and requirements for students, and all other relevant information. The resulted materials are collected in a compendium for broad dissemination through Web-Internet, CD-ROMs, on a paper.
TARGET GROUP: project team, branch officers, publishing company
INPUTS: publishing on the Web-Internet and CD-ROM, printing brochure, staff costs
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 10 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [4.2] Four Project Steering Committee meetings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Steering Committee meets twice a year in BG to monitor the process of the project performance and to design measures for improvement. Three to be held in Sofia, one in Veliko Turnovo.
TARGET GROUP: Steering Committee
INPUTS: 20 visits from EU to BG for 3 days.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY:     30 000 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [4.3] Development of unified credits system for all the courses taught in the Centre of Excellence
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: In parallel with the adaptation of the courses and course materials transferred, their weight is analysed, as well as the credits, adequate to the requirements of ECTS, are judged. Well structured system of credits, compatible with the requirements of the ECTS.
TARGET GROUP: Project co-ordinators, Branch offices, Universities authorities
INPUTS: Curricula experts, Staff costs.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 4 500 ECU
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NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTIVITY: [4.4] Implementation of a network for continuing on-the job support for the trained administrators and dissemination of the project's results.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: Establishing the network, continuing support for the administrators, on-the job help, update and further training. Well structured system of network nodes including experts and lecturers from BG Universities and EU organisations.
TARGET GROUP: Project co-ordinators, Branch officers, Universities authorities
INPUTS: Curricula experts, Lecturers, Staff costs.
TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY: 8 500 ECU
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Total Tempus funding required for this output (including related mobility flows) over project duration:     ECU: 53 000

2.4.	DISSEMINATION & SUSTAINABILITY
Close relationships are already established between the Bulgarian partner institutions. The preliminary need analyses outlined many directions for additional dissemination of knowledge, skills and expertise. This is supported through the variety of the ways for delivering the courses/modules:
•	The delivery of courses/modules at a distance and at a work place allow the knowledge and skills to reach the staff who is not directly involved in the training that has been organised;
•	Teaching materials and brochures (Web-Internet, CD-ROM, paper) as well as the project progress reports are foreseen to be wide disseminated;
•	The approach for transparency perceived envisages periodical presentations to the partner-institutions staff concerning: project progress, new courses developed, European content delivered, new information services acting, etc.
•	All the four national institutions have included a number of specialists with leading positions in the training process. Their responsibilities later will be to organise intensive courses for training their staff in particular professional fields (future trainers).This is one of the most important value of the chosen project programme approach - to ensure possibilities for the national institutions to organise their own self-maintaining long-life learning system;
•	The Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski" affords the expertise of its specialists to the national partner-institutions, for example:
•	consulting the reorganisation of the work environment in the light of the requirements for better information insurance, close team-work, etc.;
•	assisting the development of a distance way for delivering courses in particular professional areas (e.g. Distance courses on Employment policy, delivered by foreign partners to the National Employment Agency);
•	joint development of an electronic linguistic brokerage service with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Transforming this system of education in a permanent process and spreading it to wider and wider audience are the perspective purposes of the project. As a result of the project achievements except the administrative staff of other Bulgarian institutions, students graduated Bachelor level of degree will be involved in studying the Centre of Excellence programme as well. Such programme, licensed by authoritative European universities, compatible with the contemporary educational standards, and delivered by different ways, will attract wide audience with specific needs.
During the last 5-6 year Bulgarian Universities, and SU as a clear leader in particular, developed a project-oriented way of work. Several projects in the frame of different international programmes were performed from the faculties involved in this project. The results of them as well as the staff expertise gained during these years will be used for this project's benefits. Some of the projects, developed by the FMI follow:
•	INCO-COPERNICUS No 1445 “Flexible and Distance Learning through Telematic Networcs;
•	PHARE Project DEMAND - DEsign, Implementation and MANagement of Telematic Based Distance Education;
•	PHARE-TEMPUS SJEP 07312-94 Development of an Inter-University Management Center.
Research projects developed in Bulgaria
•	National Science Fund Project I-502/95 (1995-1998): "Advanced Information and Communication Technologies in Education".

2.5.	MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT

The overall development of the project is managed by a Project Steering Committee (PSC) composed of the Project Coordinator, Project Contractor, and one representative from each partner organisation. This Committee provides strategic orientation, decision making, project coordination, budget development, monitoring and evaluation, and management on an international level - Steering Committee Meetings, preparation of reports, and contacts with the National and Central TEMPUS Offices. The Project Steering Committee has the role of the top management of the project and defines the guidelines and the general criteria to ensure homogenisation of the different activities, and to sort out problems and nonconformity. Four Project Steering Committee meetings are planned in order to monitor the progress of the project and to establish adequate procedures to face with delays in the development of the outcomes or inappropriate partner performance. 
A transparent information system is on the way of organisation, based on effective communication practice, able to involve all partners and to collect all relevant information related to the project management and evaluation. Each partner organisation allocates a representative - the contact person of the institution or other individual authorised by the contact person - to support this process.
The overall project co-ordination and management will be done on international, national and institutional levels. It involves decision making on various levels, global monitoring and evaluation. The three-level structure of the project management and the international working groups building as the main management approaches adopted by the consortium are good basis for the successful completion of the designed outputs.
The Project Coordinator is responsible for carrying out the concrete executive actions in co-ordinating the project development. These must comply to the decisions and recommendations elaborated during the subsequent PSC Meeting. The Project Contractor is officially responsible for the financial management. A part-time accountant and full-time secretary will assist the Contractor and Coordinator.
The Project Executive Body includes the Project Coordinator, secretary and contact persons from BG partners. They are responsible for the overall management and organisation of the teaching process in the Centre of Excellence, courses, modules and programmes adjustment, courses and teaching materials development and dissemination and the smooth relations with the target groups as well as the evaluation of the activities of the Centre. BG Partners' Contact persons are responsible for the specific activities carried in the the content areas, the coordination with the EU partner institutions, trainers transfer, course development, organisation  of administrators’ groups that are taught, recognition of their needs and assistance of their carrier planing and development, as well as for the dissemination of the outputs of the Project in and over the Institution. They cooperate and adjust their activities in the frame of the Centre of Excellence curriculum and programme scheme. Special role is dedicated to the contacr persons in the four target organisations (MES, MFA, NEA, IBI), called Branch Officers. They have the main responsibility for the formation of the training modules and groups, as well as for the monitoring of the trainees after the training and providing the necessary support and links with the trainers and EU subject experts.
Each Partner Institution has the responsibilities to carry out the tasks within the project development in coordination with the Project Coordinator and the Project Manager. They should take executive decisions and perform proper actions on a local level to ensure smooth project development, to assist the Contractor and the Coordinator in the overall project administrative and financial management.
EU Partner Institutions Coordinators are responsible for the coordination of the transfer of courses and modules from their Universities to the Centre of Excellence, for the support and expert evaluation of the adaptation and development of courses and teaching materials. They will organise the training of BG trainers and administrators that are carried in their university as well as coordination of the credit transfer system between the Centre of Excellence and the EU Universities, and its integration in the European Educational Structures.
The people due to undertake these responsibilities are the contact persons indicated in the Letters of Endorsement. When necessary they may be assisted by a part-time secretary (as is it foreseen in the Activity 2.1)
Management techniques and quality assurance procedures
The Project Steering Committee will monitor the progress of the project with respect to the main objective and designed outputs of the project. A project evaluation plan will be established by the Project Steering Committee, including the following levels: 1) Evaluation of the project results vs. objective and designed outputs; 2) Evaluation of the outputs applicability in the real context; 3) Evaluation of the trained administrators perception and satisfaction; 4)Evaluation of the impact of the training in the partner administration institutions; 5) Project evaluation from a managerial point of view; 6) Strategic evaluation of project impact and potential for dissemination.
A special Project quality assurance programme is envisaged. Interim and final results from the Project should be evaluated parallel trough: 
a)	the self assessment procedures of the Centre of Excellence
b)	the assessment of the experts from the EU partner universities
c)	assessment of the impact of the training on the development of the personnel and renewing the institutional structures of the administrative institutions involved in the Project.
Using evaluation reports, “Drawing Maps” analysis and special developed questionnaires for the target audience, the assessment procedures should give a good feedback for the improving of the Project and further development of the Centre of Excellence.
Role of the Partners
All partners will provide full support for ensuring  further sustainability of the Centre of Excellence and enlarging the scope of trainees after the TEMPUS project completes; will promote the Centre of Excellence activities nationally and internationally.
Sofia University "St. Kl. Ochridski" will participate in the project through the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics - Department of Information Technology, and the Faculty of Philosophy – Department of Public Administration and Department of European Studies. The project activities will be supported by other university units as well, especially from the University Computer Center.
The FMI takes obligations to co-ordinate and fully support the overall Project activities as well as the commitment to provide the necessary conditions for its execution. The FMI also takes obligations to actively participate in the following project activities: training the national administrators of the partner institutions, developing of new teaching methodology based on the usage of IST; developing of the course modules in IST; developing of electronic frameworks of courses and modules and their delivery through the Centre of Excellence; course analysis and development of an operational scheme;  training trainers.
The Department of European Studies takes the following obligations: to contribute to the institution building process relying on its own experience (the Department is the youngest establishment in Sofia University); to develop together with other partners from the TEMPUS consortium a training module in European Studies by applying advanced information, communication and educational technologies, such as telematics based distance education; to provide all necessary conditions for the course approbation and delivery, including involving tutors for face-to-face and distance mode of delivery; to contribute in developing in the frames of the Project other training modules by providing European Study dimensions to them.
The Department of Public Administration takes the following obligations: to develop together with other partners from the TEMPUS consortium a training module in Public Administration by applying advanced information, communication and educational technologies, such as telematics based distance education; to provide all necessary conditions for the course approbation and delivery, including involving tutors for face-to-face and distance mode of delivery; to contribute in developing in the frames of the Project other training modules.
University of Veliko Turnovo takes the following obligations: developing courses and modules, described in the proposal; course analysis and adaptation for the target group needs; implementation of a local branch of the Centre of Excellence; training of the proposed target group in the established local Centre of Excellence.
BILD agrees to provide legal support and contribute to the institution building process relying on its own expertise and experience; to develop together with other partners from the TEMPUS consortium a training module in Legal Issues covering both Bulgarian and European Law. The module will be developed by applying advanced information, communication and educational technologies, such as telematics based distance education. BILD will provide all necessary conditions for the course approbation and delivery, including involving tutors for face-to-face and distance mode of delivery. The selected tutors will get support by other consortium members in Information Society Technologies, Foreign Languages, Educational and Training System Design and Human Resource Development. BILD will contribute in developing in the frames of the Project other training modules by providing consultancy in Legal Issues on national and international scale. BILD is interested in including the developed training modules in other training programmes for different target groups and to rely on the Centre of Excellence resources, facilities and human expertise in its further practice.
The GMD takes obligations to actively participate in the following project activities: transferring expertise in training by using Information and Communication Technologies; developing of electronic frameworks of courses and modules and their experimental delivery; approbation and delivery of courses including by providing the GMD telecommunication infrastructure, resources and expertise, e.g. the Multiserve telecommunication infrastructure; further support of the Centre of Excellence by involving it in other international projects and initiatives.
The CTIT agrees to take part and to contribute to all the activities planned in the project proposal and in particular in: transferring and jointly developing courses in Telematics and Information Technology and ensuring their further delivery; transferring expertise in Public Administration and Policy training by using Telematics;  providing expertise in Institutional Building (CTIT is an Institution similar to the Centre of Excellence); conducting seminars;  training trainers  and study periods in the University of Twente; development of distance courses.
The Facility of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente, agree to take part and to contribute to the following activities: transferring and licensing courses, modules, and programmes, described in the proposal; course analyses and development of an operational scheme; lecturers, training trainers, students study periods in the University of Twente, development of distance courses.
The University des Sciences Humaines de Strasburg, Institut the Traducteurs, d’Interpretes et de Relations Internationales takes the following obligations: to develop together with other partners from the TEMPUS consortium a training modules in French, German and English as a Foreign Language Study by applying advanced information, communication and educational technologies, such as telematics based distance education; to provide all necessary conditions for the course approbation and delivery, including involving tutors for face-to-face and distance mode of delivery; to contribute in developing in the frames of the Project other training modules.
The International Banking Institute undertakes the following obligations: to organise its own team of trainers in banking and finance; to train suitable trainers for the banks' in-house education; to introduce the world-wide recognised standards and requirements for the qualification process and programmes in banking and finance; to devise and implement adequate qualification programmes for bankers.
The Ministry of Education and Science takes the following obligations: to train/retrain at least 15 specialists annually in the field of Educational and Training Systems Design; to provide all necessary conditions for courses approbation; to participate in the development of a Telematics networks and technology for on-going teacher support and distance education; to encourage the staff audience to attend the new courses and to disseminate the results of the project.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes the following obligations: to train/retrain 80 civil servants in the field of information technologies and services, to train/retrain 10 experts in the field of Human Resources Development, to train/retrain 10 experts in the field of Educational and Training Systems design, to train 8 trainers in view of a future developrnent of the goals of the Project, to provide all the necessary conditions for courses approbation, to participate in the development of a telemalics networks and technology for on-going teacher support and distance education, to encourage the staff audience to attend the new courses and to disseminate the results of the project.
The National Employment Agency takes the following obligations: to train 30 specialists each year in the field of Information Technologies and Human Resources Development, to take part in adaptation of Educational and Training Systems design for public administration, to provide all the necessary conditions for courses approbation, to participate in the development of a telematic networks and technology for ongoing teacher support and distance education.

.3.	SUMMARY OF THE JOINT EUROPEAN PROJECT

Project coordinating institution: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

Project title: Centre of Excellence in Information		Project number (for Office use only)
Society Technologies	

Project objective: Training specialists in public administration, banking and employment services in IST, ES, FLS, ECL, PA, HRD and ETSD

The project aims at establishing a Centre of Excellence at SU and a branch of it at the UVT, to design and develop eight courses (subjects) intended for specialists in public administration, banking and employment services; train 230 administrators and specialists from four national institutions (MES, MFA, NES, IBI), ensure sustainable development of the new institution after the Project completes, and extend  the scope of trainees toward other interested parties. 

The courses (subjects) will be developed in co-operation with a team of training experts from the national institutions MES, MFA, NES, IBI. The course areas and fields correspond to the target groups and the TEMPUS IB National Priorities. The main goal is to organize training of specialists in areas of strategic importance for joining the EC internal market, such as: public administration, banking, employment services, etc.
The eight courses (subjects) to be developed are:
a)	Information Society Technologies (IST) and Services;
b)	Office Automation (OA);
c)	European Studies(ES);
d)	Public Administration(PA);
e)	European Community Law(ECL);
f)	Foreign Language Study (FLS) - English, French and German 
g)	Human Resources Development (HRD);
h)	Educational and Training Systems Design (ETSD).

The volume of each course is equal to one academic week intensive training.

The courses c) to h) will be designed and delivered on the basis of an active use of IST. On a metha-professional level the above mentioned areas of knowledge and skills are considered as critical for the specified target groups. The first six courses are intended for all participants. The last two - HRD and ETSD -  are intended only for HRD managers and specialists and will include also knowledge and skills in using some advanced educational technologies, such as: Flexible and Distance Learning, Life Long Learning, On-the-Job Training, Human Performance Support, Multimedia and Internet based Training. Thus a process of cascade training will be ensured, the target group will be extended and the Centre of Excellence sustainable development will be supported.  

The training activities within the project will be organized in seven cycles (modules) each lasting two months (8 weeks). The different modules are offered to different groups of learners. The average number of trainees for each module is 33. Each module includes 6 courses (subjects) and two additional weeks, in which the HRD managers will take part in two additional courses – HRD and ETSD, while the other participants will have practice and team project collaborative work. The best 24 trainees will have the opportunity to have their practice in one of the three participating EU Countries.
In total the training in one module will continue 8 weeks: 2 weeks face-to-face, 3 weeks training on-the job, 5 weeks at a distance. The trainers from the MES, MFA, NES and IBI will take an active part in all Project activities. Each module will be tailor-made, customized in a flexible way, adapted to the individual needs of the participants and their professional practice, and designed for distance delivery by using IST. 

The EU experts will monitor each module at a distance and by short visits (eight in total). After modules complete the Centre of Excellence will ensure continuing support both at a distance and on-the-job. 
On the basis of the evaluated experience, gained during the project the Centre of Excellence will offer its courses to a broader range of specialists later on. There will be also opportunities to integrate the developed courses in different programs at Bachelor and MSc level, e.g. in European Studies, Public Administration, Informatics, Mathematics, Economics and Business Administration, etc.

Sofia University through the FMI (DIT) and FPh  (DPA and DES) in co-operation with the UCC and other university units develops this project idea on the basis of already steady functioning education/training system. As a result of the project-oriented work during the last 5-6 years it has stable acting partnerships with West-European Universities. Now SU has at its disposal resources (human, networks, educational content) enough to give the first impetus on the project development. Several members of the FMI and FPh have already graduated from some of the programmes of UT e.g. the MSc Programme on ETSD. The system of locally developed courses on IST, Public Administration and European Studies is already functioning. A Memorandum of Understanding for close partnership between SU and UT was signed on 18 September 1998 by Rectors of both universities. An agreement for co-operation and licensing of the MSc Programme in ETSD and HRD was signed between representatives of FEST and FMI. Similar agreement between FMI and CTIT and GMD is under consideration. US will provide the FLS training support, including German, French and English. The courses and modules developed will be disseminated in the University of Veliko Tarnovo, where the local Centre of Excellence will be also establishes. By this project contemporary European content will be offered to the Bulgarian audience of public administration. The Partnership with the Bulgarian Centre for European Studies will support this process by exchange of consultation, lecturers and information resources. 

The proposed project corresponds mainly to Bulgarian Tempus priority for “organising training of specialists in areas of strategic importance for joining the EC Internal market” but it could bring some added value related to other priorities areas as well.

The Project Consortium comprises training institutions from the EU and Bulgaria which have long traditions in designing training in areas concerned, on the one hand, and the needs of the partner administrative institutions, described in the Needs Analysis and stated in their letters of endorsement and interest, on the other.

SECTION IV: FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

In this section you are asked to provide estimates of the funding you would require to carry out your project. Please complete the tables you will find below, assigning funds to the headings Staff costs, Travel & Subsistence costs, Equipment, Printing & Publishing costs, Overheads and Other costs. You should refer to the Guide for Applicants, chapter 3.4.2. Grant amount and eligible expenditures for guidance.

Please note that, unless indicated otherwise, only the amounts requested from Tempus should be given in the tables.

All amounts should be expressed in ECU. If your project is of two years duration you should provide separate tables for each year.

Table 1: Staff costs

Here you should estimate the funds required to remunerate staff for their work on the project activities in view of the number of man/days you expect to complete each one. Please note that local rates must be used.

Year: 1999 - 2000
Category of task	Workload in man/days	Staff costs requested from Tempus	
Academic tasks	650	17 200	
Administrative tasks	2100	36 800	
Total staff costs	54 000	

Year: 2000 - 2001
Category of task	Workload in man/days	Staff costs requested from Tempus	
Academic tasks	500	14 200	
Administrative tasks	2070	34 800	
Total staff costs	49 000	

Table 2: Travel and Subsistence costs

The estimated amounts requested for travel and subsistence costs should be based on the indicative tables given in the Guide for Applicants, 3.4.2. Grant amount and eligible expenditures, on which the final allocation will be based.

Year: 1999 - 2000
Staff
East-West	West-East	East-East	West-West	
Total number of people	Total number of weeks	Total number of people	Total number of weeks	Total number of people	Total number of weeks	Total number of people	Total number of weeks	
16	64	16	24	-	-	1	1/2	
Amount: 36 800 ECU	Amount: 25 200 ECU	Amount: ……-…. ECU	Amount: 990.00 ECU	
Total requested from Tempus for staff travel and subsistence:  62 000 ECU	

Students
East-West	West-East	East-East	
Total number of people	Total number of months	Total number of people	Total number of months	Total number of people	Total number of months	
-	-	-	-	-	-	
Amount: ……-…. ECU	Amount: ……-…. ECU	Amount: ……-…. ECU	
Total requested from Tempus for student travel and subsistence: ……-…… ECU	

Grand total requested from Tempus for travel and subsistence:  62 000 ECU	

Year: 2000 - 2001
Staff
East-West	West-East	East-East	West-West	
Total number of people	Total number of weeks	Total number of people	Total number of weeks	Total number of people	Total number of weeks	Total number of people	Total number of weeks	
24	48	11	22	-	-	1	1/2	
Amount: 39 600 ECU	Amount: 19 400 ECU	Amount: …………. ECU	Amount: 990.00 ECU	
Total requested from Tempus for staff travel and subsistence: 59 000 ECU	

Students
East-West	West-East	East-East	
Total number of people	Total number of months	Total number of people	Total number of months	Total number of people	Total number of months	
-	-	-	-	-	-	
Amount: …………. ECU	Amount: …………. ECU	Amount: …………. ECU	
Total requested from Tempus for student travel and subsistence: ………… ECU	

Grand total requested from Tempus for travel and subsistence: 59 000 ECU	

Table 3: Equipment costs

Here you should detail any items of equipment needed for an activity, listed by the institution at which each item will be installed. You should ensure that these details correspond to those given in the Output Tables.
Please remember that only partner country universities may benefit from equipment costs.

Year: 1999 -2000
Beneficiary	Type of equipment	Total	
Sofia University	12 Computers	15 000	
Sofia University	2 Printers	1 000	
Sofia University	1 Copy machine 	8 000	
Sofia University	1 Multimedia videodata projector	5 000	
University of Veliko Turnovo	2 Computers	3 000	
University of Veliko Turnovo	Software	1 500	
Sofia University	Software	4 000	
BG Partner Institutions	Books	1 500	
Total requested from Tempus	39 000	

Year: 2000 - 20001
Beneficiary	Type of equipment	Total	
Sofia University	7 Computers	5 000	
University of Veliko Turnovo	8 Computers	6 000	
University of Veliko Turnovo	1 Printer	500	
University of Veliko Turnovo	Software	3 000	
Sofia University	Software	2 000	
BG Partner Institutions	Books	1 500	
Total requested from Tempus	18 000	

Table 4: Printing and Publishing costs

Please estimate the amount you would require to cover printing and publishing costs.

Year: 1999 - 2000
Type of publication & N° of copies	Total	
Printed teaching materials (200 copies of all materials needed)	7 500	
Teaching materials  - CD-ROM (200 copies)	1 500	
Information and marketing brochures (500 copies)	800	
Total requested from Tempus	9 800	

Year: 1999 - 2000
Type of publication & N° of copies	Total	
Printed teaching materials (100 copies of all materials needed)	4 000	
Teaching materials  - CD-ROM (100 copies)	800	
Brochure with the credit system (1000 copies)	1 500	
Information and marketing brochures (1 000 copies)	1 500	
Final reports and articles - printed (200 copies)	2 000	
Final reports and articles - CD-ROM (100 copies)	900	
Total requested from Tempus	10 700	

Table 5:	Overheads

Please indicate the amount needed to cover overheads.

Year: 1998 - 1999
Total requested from Tempus (4,7 %)	8 200	

Year: 1999 - 2000
Total requested from Tempus (4,4 %)	6 300	

Please remember that the maximum amount you should allocate to overhead costs is 5% of the total yearly grant.

Table 6:	Other costs

Here you should anticipate any other expenses which might arise during your project, giving reasons for each item.

Year: 1999 - 2000
Nature of expenditure	Total	
Visas	800	
Bank losses	700	
Tender expenses	500	
Total requested from Tempus	2 000	

Year: 2000 - 2001
Nature of expenditure	Total	
Visas	1 000	
Bank losses	700	
Tender expenses	300	
Total requested from Tempus	2 000	

Table 7:	Summary of project funding

The estimated amounts given for each heading should correspond to the totals in the tables which detail the budget breakdown for each category of expenditure.

Year: 1999 - 2000
Heading	Tempus
funding	Partner
funding	Other
funding	Total	
Staff costs	54 000			54 000	
Travel and subsistence costs	62 000			62 000	
Equipment	39 000	21 000 (G; K) 		60 000	
Printing and publishing	9 800			9 800	
Overheads	8 200			8 200	
Other costs	2 000	10 000 (G; K) 		12 000	
Total	175 000	31 000		206 000	

Year: 2000 - 2001
Heading	Tempus
funding	Partner
funding	Other
funding	Total	
Staff costs	49 000	7 000 (G; K) 		56 000	
Travel and subsistence costs	59 000			59 000	
Equipment	18 000	13 000 (G; K) 		31 000	
Printing and publishing	10 700			10 700	
Overheads	6 300			6 300	
Other costs	2 000	11 000 (G; K) 		13 000	
Total	145 000	31 000		176 000	

SECTION V: CHECKLIST

Please tick the boxes to ensure that you send a complete application:

X

*	Have the endorsement letters from all the partners been included ?	

*	Have you included a development plan from each of the partner country
	institutions involved in your project ? 	

X

*	If you are applying for an Institutional JEP, have you included a
	needs analysis? 

X

*	Have all the partners agreed to the content of the proposal ?
	
X

*	Has the application been signed by both the legal representative and the
	contact person at the coordinating institution ? 	

X

*	Have you completed the sheet summarising the project ?	

X

*	Have you made 2 copies plus one copy for each partner country involved ?	

X

*	Are all copies complete ?	

PAGE FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

Project title:
Centre of Excellence in Information and Educational Technologies		Your name: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rumen Nikolov
Full address:
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Sofia University “St. Kl. Ochridski”
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