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The DAAD, funded by the Federal Foreign Office, promotes the “Ta’ziz Partnership” program with partner universities in the following countries in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa): primarily Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon and Iraq, as well as Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Jordan, Libya and Morocco. From the Maghreb region alone, the DAAD has been funding 27 projects from various subject areas since 2022.

The aim of the program is to promote cooperation and knowledge exchange between universities and non-university actors from Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as other Arab countries and Germany. Funding is available for preliminary trips, exchanges of students and educators, digital events, and the development of concepts.

Application Deadlines:

• November 29^th, 2024, for measures between March 1^st, and December 31^st, 2025
• May 30^th, 2025, for measures between September 1^st, and December 31^st, 2025.

Please note: There is a processing time of at least 3 months after the application deadline.

Who is funded? Students, doctoral candidates, educators, early-career researchers, and university management staff from Germany and partner countries.

Eligible applicants include State-recognized German universities and non-profit, self-researching institutions.

Further information: https://www.daad.de/de/infos-services-fuer-hochschulen/programme-der-projektfoerderung/detail/taziz-partnerschaft-kurzmassnahmen/?pfp-id=57660897