Evaluation of sustainability of international cooperation projects in the field of higher education and vocational training

The Tempus programme and its equivalent for USA/Canada support cooperation between EU and non-EU countries. Previous evaluations concluded that there are repeating problems in terms of sustainability of the projects outputs. This study of the sustainability factors of international cooperation projects like Tempus relies on 3 workshops gathering together representative of the Phare, Tacis and Meda countries as well as documentary analysis. In a second stage the explanatory hypotheses on the sustainability factors are tested by an on-line questionnaire survey and 10 case studies. Finally a handbook for Tempus project managers is produced and disseminated through the Web site of EU..