The origins of the program lie in the Federal Republic of Germany's Ostpolitik. In 1973, it was agreed to expand university relations with the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries.
The DAAD implements the program on behalf of the Federal Government. The political development led to a rapid increase in applications for funding - from 9 applications in 1974 to 108 applications in 1989. In 1992, the program reached a peak: 888 applications; the volume of funding increased to DM 4.4 million.
The program was consolidated in the following years. The German universities are promised funding for a period of three years. This gives them more autonomy and planning security. At the same time, the DAAD was able to gradually reduce the total amount of its funding because the German universities also used their own funds and third-party funds for their partnership measures.
The three-year funding period is intended to give the universities autonomy and planning security and encourage them to set priorities in their partnership activities and develop a partnership concept. In the third year of the project period, the universities can submit a new application for the following funding period.
The aim of the Eastern Partnership Program is to promote partnerships between German universities and universities in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe and the CIS countries.
The aim is to contribute to
is a university cooperation agreement concluded between the rectors/presidents of the respective partner universities.
Exchange of German and foreign university teachers, academics, students and graduates.
