Press Release: Commissioner Figel’ opens Tempus offices in Jerusalem and Ramallah to upgrade co-operation on education and training

The European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel', opened a National Tempus Office in Israel and reopened one in the occupied Palestinian territory. The move intensifies co-operation on education and training matters with Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Both Israeli and Palestinian universities now fully profit from participation in the EU's external co-operation programmes in higher education, Tempus and Erasmus Mundus.